Ping Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 The European Championship starts tomorrow, being hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Anyone else going to watch this? Any team(s) you're rooting for? Being of Polish heritage, I'm hoping Poland will at least do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hessian Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Definitely watching it. I guess I should be rooting for my own guys (Croatia), but seeing that our coach is a complete plonker and the atmosphere in the team is rock-bottom, not to mention they play both Spain and Italy, so their chances of passing the group stage are slim to none. Also, I have money on Poland and Russia today, so fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Umm is Germany in Europe? Then Germany. I'm with Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Never been really into the Euro championships and yes, that's because Belgium hasn't been in it since they organized the stupid thing. Don't really have a favorite team, but I'll be rooting for the underdogs all the way to the end. But if one of the big teams has to win it, then Spain can have it once more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 in b4 soccer sux I'm rooting for Greece as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hup hup Holland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I always pick my favorite as the competition go. Whoever gives the best show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I'm generally not a massive fan of sports unless they involve horses, and I apologise if I end up taking this thread off topic a little, but I'll be watching because I'm curious to see if any teams will actually carry out their threats to either walk off or not play if faced with racist abuse. Saying that, it's ridiculous that the FA should also make that promise while one of the players selected for England is currently awaiting trial for racist abuse - FIFA, UEFA and the FA have long accepted a ridiculous double standard concerning racism in the sport, and it's about time they actually did something to stamp it out instead of condemning it with empty words. As for my own team preference, Deutschland über alles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 I have no idea why Poland decided to sit back instead of go for the second goal. That penalty save by Tyton was pretty epic, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 As far as I know my ancestry is English as far back as the Roman occupation, so I cant escape the hatred and claim some random euro-heritage... Go England? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinku Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I'm going to go with my heritage and root for Germany and Portugal, who coincidently play each other on Saturday. Additionally, I'll be keeping an eye on Spain....but that's just because of my favorite Chelsea player, Juan Mata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I'm going to go with my heritage and root for Germany and Portugal, who coincidently play each other on Saturday. Haha, if I went by my heritage I'd end up rooting for half of Europe. I suppose Belgium and Portugal are the closest, but Belgium is not in and I'm not really in the mood to cheer CR7, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 One would assume I would root for Portugal, but they don't deserve my support right now. I think I'll go for England... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinku Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Haha, if I went by my heritage I'd end up rooting for half of Europe. Well...you could do that I'm not really in the mood to cheer CR7 Yeah....I'm not really cheering for him...I guess I'm more just cheering for Germany and just observing how Portugal does haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hessian Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Holland - Denmark 0 - 1 Now THAT I didn't expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted June 9, 2012 Author Share Posted June 9, 2012 Holland - Denmark 0 - 1 Now THAT I didn't expect. Neither did I. Somehow, my younger brother predicted the Danes would win before the match started. I seriously do not know what compelled him to say that, but somehow, he got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Germany 1 - 0 Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 As sad as I am to see the Netherlands lose their first game, they didn't really seem to be trying all that hard for what little of the game I managed to see on my lunch break. I'm happy Portugal didn't win their game today though. I've never liked the Portuguese team's play style, and I think it would be somewhat amusing to see how far Germany can go in a Polish-set Euro competition. XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I always root against the Dutch, so I guess it's been a pleasant surprise seeing Denmark win (Also, Zimling plays in Bruges so of course I'm gonna root for him). And then of course, typical Germany. Not that I'm a fan of Portugal, but yeah, I always root against Germany as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinku Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Germany 0 - 1 Portugal Don't you mean Germany 1 - Portugal 0 ? http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/matches/round=15172/match=2003322/postmatch/report/index.html#gomez+guns+down+portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Don't you mean Germany 1 - Portugal 0 ? http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/matches/round=15172/match=2003322/postmatch/report/index.html#gomez+guns+down+portugal My bad. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinku Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 My bad. Fixed. It's all good . I hadn't checked the score when I first read the post, so there was a bit of a fright at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawathehutt Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Deutschland uber alles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Naturally supporting the ever-dark horses, the Russians. There's some real talent in that side that isn't overly well known throughout Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltiades Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Anyone see Sheva? I'm not really rooting for Ukraine, but I'm happy for the guy. Also, England and France are both boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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