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ORIGINAL: Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Dixie

1-0 Croatia! [8D]

[:(]
I juest betted 2:0 - that'll be difficult, now...

I didn't bet on the scores, just the winners. I need you Jerries to win tonight, although Poland will probably be trickier than most people think...

You'd better win your group as well...[;)]

If you want to win a competition, you must beat everyone anyway...

The Poles may beat us, yes, but it's unlikely [:)]

It would be really sad if the Austrians shouldn't even survive the group phase...

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: pauk


Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

It's a good traditional Croatian name, Eduardo [:D]

Like our traditionally named Agbonlehor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not sure about my spelling) [:D]

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ORIGINAL: pauk


Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

It's a good traditional Croatian name, Eduardo [:D]

Like our traditionally named Agbonlehor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not sure about my spelling) [:D]

[:D][:D]

Agbonlahor, born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
Eduardo (Eduardo Alves da Silva), born in Rio de Janeiro, Croatia???? [X(][X(] [:D][;)]

Number 4 of Austria should be expelled for his start....

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Agbonlahor, born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
Eduardo (Eduardo Alves da Silva), born in Rio de Janeiro, Croatia???? [X(][X(] [:D][;)]

Well, Shawn Phillips and company are all descendants of Horsa and his anglo-saxon tribes[:'(][:D][:D][:D][:D]

ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Agbonlahor, born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
Eduardo (Eduardo Alves da Silva), born in Rio de Janeiro, Croatia???? [X(][X(] [:D][;)]

Well, Shawn Phillips and company are all descendants of Horsa and his anglo-saxon tribes[:'(][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Well, Brazilians that are not good enough for their own national team play in whatever country that wants them...
Japan, Russia(?), Turkey, Kroatia, Germany - and that aren't all for sure...

The funiest thing is with this turkish player. The German TV-Journalist said, he might also have played for Antigua or England, but he said his heart beats for Turkey... - While he doesn't speak a single word in this language [X(]
Strange... [;)]

Eduardo came to croatia when he was 15 (without anything). He got married here and he had a life in Zagreb.

The reason why i like him very much is because he is very decent, nice person. He didn't forget his family in Brasil and he taking a care for them (Sao Paolo?).

A real sportsman and gentelman, which can not be said for Vinnie Jones and George Best (but i do have simpathies for them too).

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ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Agbonlahor, born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
Eduardo (Eduardo Alves da Silva), born in Rio de Janeiro, Croatia???? [X(][X(] [:D][;)]

Well, Shawn Phillips and company are all descendants of Horsa and his anglo-saxon tribes[:'(][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Well, Brazilians that are not good enough for their own national team play in whatever country that wants them...
Japan, Russia(?), Turkey, Kroatia, Germany - and that aren't all for sure...

The funiest thing is with this turkish player. The German TV-Journalist said, he might also have played for Antigua or England, but he said his heart beats for Turkey... - While he doesn't speak a single word in this language [X(]
Strange... [;)]

Colin Kazim-Richards. His mother is Turkish IIRC but he was born somewhere in England and never learnt Turkish, I imagine it's a major benefit not to speak the language of 'your' national team and to have only one other player on the team who can speak your main lanaguage [:D]
More likely is the fact that he wasn't good enough for England [;)], and he didn't fancy playing for the small nation of Antigua. I am aware of the irony that a player who isn't good enough to play for England is at the tournament whilst England are watching it on the TV [:D] [:D]

I think the only England player to have been born abroad is Owen Hargreaves (Canada). IIRC there was a bit of a tug of war over who he would play for, with Canada, England and Germany all after him. With the rise of the EU and the movement of workers there will be plenty more players choosing a 'foreign' nation to play for...

ORIGINAL: pauk

Eduardo came to croatia when he was 15 (without anything). He got married here and he had a life in Zagreb.

The reason why i like him very much is because he is very decent, nice person. He didn't forget his family in Brasil and he taking a care for them (Sao Paolo?).

That's fair enough, and people moving countries is part of the modern world. If he qualifies to play for them then good luck to him. It's a shame he's missing this tournament, with him Croatia may have had a chance to reach the semi-finals or beyond.

A real sportsman and gentelman, which can not be said for Vinnie Jones and George Best (but i do have simpathies for them too).

I don't. They made their money and they made their choices, no-one made them act like they did...

I believe Carlo Cudicini also qualifies for England this summer!! And when we're including a keeper from Peterborough in our national squad, I can see Cudicini getting picked

ORIGINAL: Dixie


with him Croatia may have had a chance to reach the semi-finals or beyond.


I don't. They made their money and they made their choices, no-one made them act like they did...

Yes, with him we should have a chance, at least.


As for Vinnie and Geogrge, hey, they were intersting![:)]


BTW, Swift, we won [:'(]. And i'm talking about soccer, not skiing[:D]

Not so brilliant game for Croatia, but still the points count. [:)]

Croatia have been very luck to hold on, that Simic is a dirty bastard at every single corner [:D]

Hi all,

Victory is what counts but after first 30 minutes I simply don't understand what happened in player's heads to start "juming the play" and inseatd of passing on ground started to play with long and balls... very strange... thus very bad last 60 minutes...


Leo "Apollo11"

45 mins to Germany v Poland, the wife's not too happy [:D]

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Croatia have been very luck to hold on, that Simic is a dirty bastard at every single corner [:D]

atia have been very luck to hold on,

Simic? What kind of stuff you are using?[:D]

Simunic, apologies to pauk and all other croats
 
still lukcy to hold on
 
Germany just scored...Podolski

I gotta unsubscribe from this thread.  Too many spoilers.

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Simunic, apologies to pauk and all other croats

still lukcy to hold on

Germany just scored...Podolski

Yeah, lucky. Honestly i don't know why our team stop playing the game after first 30 minutes... it is not going to be good if Croatia continue with stuff like that.

ORIGINAL: pauk

Yeah, lucky. Honestly i don't know why our team stop playing the game after first 30 minutes... it is not going to be good if Croatia continue with stuff like that.

Croatia played awfull but now we know how the Italians feel after every match [:D][:D]