The Official European Football Thread

[jero]

Originally posted by Grant
Thanks jero! Guus is pretty much a hero to us for coming on to take the job as coach in only a few months leading up the qualifier and gaining the trust of the players and the nation to knock the Uruguayians out. After the 2nd leg match when we got through, the crowd chanted his name from afar. He is confident we can do well next year.
Nah, no this is not the Grant Fisher. That's always caused problems for me here lol.

I've seen the game on TV here in Holland. It was broadcasted live (because of Guus) and afterwards we had quite a party!

[Wawazat]

Everybody was high on Old Gouda

[jero]

Originally posted by Wawazat
Everybody was high on Old Gouda

hell yes man! And Holland is famous for some other things to!

[BOMBER]

Originally posted by jero
I've seen the game on TV here in Holland. It was broadcasted live (because of Guus) and afterwards we had quite a party!

Looks like we'll be playing a friendly before the Cup.
Try and take it easy on us,I don't fancy heading into June without any confidence after taking a battering from you guys.

[BITEYOASS]

Damnit, it just sucks that I can't go to Germany next year! Like Bon Scott once said: Ain't no fun waitin round to be a millionaire!!!!

[Wawazat]

You will not get tickets anyway, it´s a fookin lottery

[jero]

Originally posted by Wawazat
You will not get tickets anyway, it´s a fookin lottery

Yep! No way we can see it live, or pay € 1250 for a ticket on the black market. But I rather invest that in beers and some other stuff and watch it on TV

[Grant]

Originally posted by Wawazat
You will not get tickets anyway, it´s a fookin lottery

The tickets for us went on sale today. I'd like to go but are more inclined to save my money...unless I get to be amongst those stunning female Brazilian fans.

[jero]

Originally posted by Grant
The tickets for us went on sale today. I'd like to go but are more inclined to save my money...unless I get to be amongst those stunning female Brazilian fans.

I know what you mean Grant!

[jero]

Originally posted by Grant
The tickets for us went on sale today. I'd like to go but are more inclined to save my money...unless I get to be amongst those stunning female Brazilian fans.

I know what you mean Grant!

[jero]

Jerome,

It was a couple of French who came up with the WC:

No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA World Cup ™. Ever since the first tentative competition in Uruguay in 1930, FIFA's flagship has constantly grown in popularity and prestige.


Jules Rimet
(Copyright FIFA)
A group of visionary French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the innovative Jules Rimet, are credited with the original idea of bringing the world's strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of World Champions. The original gold trophy bore Jules Rimet's name and was contested three times in the 1930s, before the Second World War put a 12-year stop to the competition.

When it resumed, the FIFA World Cup™ rapidly advanced to its undisputed status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. Held since 1958 alternately in Europe and the Americas, the World Cup broke new ground with the Executive Committee's decision in May 1996 to select Korea and Japan as co-hosts for the 2002 edition.

Since 1930, the 16 tournaments have seen only seven different winners. However, the FIFA World Cup™ has also been punctuated by dramatic upsets that have helped create footballing history - the United States defeating England in 1950, North Korea's defeat of Italy in 1966, Cameroon's emergence in the 1980s and their opening match defeat of the Argentinean cup-holders in 1990....

Today, the FIFA World Cup™ holds the entire global public under its spell. An accumulated audience of over 37 billion people watched the France 98 tournament, including approximately 1.3 billion for the final alone, while over 2.7 million people flocked to watch the 64 matches in the French stadia.

After all these years and so many changes, however, the main focus of the FIFA World Cup™ remains the same - the glistening golden trophy, which is the embodiment of every footballer's ambition.

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
you deserve to win if you do win...did george foreman deserve to win against ali in the rumble of the jungle because he was the harder puncher? football is a simple game...you score...you win...

or to quote the one and only... "Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end,
the Germans win." -- Gary Lineker

1054
1966 (final)
1972
1974
1976 (final)
1980
1982 (final)
1986 (final)
1990
1992 (final)
1996
2002 (final)

and we deserved it...

No way...

Especially 2002 you were miserable.

[jero]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
No way...

Especially 2002 you were miserable.

Don't forget 74!

[Seshmeister]

Holland should start practising their penalty kicks 8 hours a day from now!

[Wawazat]

Originally posted by jero
I know what you mean Grant!

That hotel the brazilian team choose this year and will be next year for the first round is not far from my home.

There will be lots of female fans again in 2006 , now am i just lucky