Euro 2008

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Originally Posted by HunterICX

whats your problem?HunterICX

I wrote these quotes before the match and now is certainly not the moment to pour oil in the fire. In fact what I said makes me look like an idiot now. I guess I have to make a statement.

You know what, yesterday the plebs were firing rockets around my house and today the bild zeitung is going to pour scorn about holland as they always do in such moments. This I find very embarassing and out of place, my apologies for that.

If I hadnt grown up with the images of 1988 and what came in the decade after it I might feel sorry for you because you really could have won the championship. Excuse me if I was such a s.o.b. but there is nothing football without some commitment to your team. And some of your fellow countrymen have made it pretty clear to me that they do not love us.

But - in this championship - I found nothing wrong with the dutch team absolutely nothing. That scene when Van Niestelroy did not fall in the first match was actually very impressive.

This time you only stumbled about a brand new lesson in international football, one that no one could have prepared for: playing with a B-team at the end of the group stage is not a good idea after all. Same trap that Portugal fell in.

In fact I cant remember if there was ever a championship that was won by a team who prematurely won their group and played with their second suit in the last match.

The young team from russia has to be loved for the way they won, it's rare to see a team that enjoys playing football so much.