Rei Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 So the list has been confirmed with the only exclusion of Montolivo. Pity can't see him in A/S.. it's one of our most talented young players.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 According to German media, Marko Marin, Patrick Helmes and Jermaine Jones haven't been advanced to the final squad. Helmes (who, as a forward, still hasn't scored a single goal for the national team) and Jones (who performed badly in yesterday's test match and had a lot of competitors for the defensive midfield) are no big surprises. But 19-year-old Marko Marin is one, since he showed a good performance yesterday and had been praised a lot beforehand by Jogi Löw. Perhaps his training performance was not sufficient, though. Or he's simply too young to stand the stress of such a tournament. So this is our final squad: Goal Jens Lehmann (Arsenal London) Robert Enke (Hannover 96) René Adler (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Defence Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid) Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen) Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC Berlin) Marcell Jansen (FC Bayern München) Clemens Fritz (Werder Bremen) Heiko Westermann (FC Schalke 04) Midfield Michael Ballack (FC Chelsea London) Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart) Simon Rolfes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen) Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München) Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV) Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen) David Odonkor (Betis Sevilla) Attack Miroslav Klose (FC Bayern München) Lukas Podolski (FC Bayern München) Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart) Kevin Kuranyi (FC Schalke 04) Oliver Neuville (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Russia defeated Serbia 2-1 in today's test match in Burghausen (Bavaria). Tomorrow, the Netherlands will play against Denmark in Eindhoven (Netherlands), and Turkey will play against Finland in Duisburg (Germany). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 I know we're not in it but we played some decent football against a very, very average US team yesterday at Wembley and won 2-0. I can't believe the Euros are starting in just over a week. There's next to no build-up here. I expected there to be less than usual since we didn't qualify but if I wasn't someone who was into sport I probably wouldn't even know it was only a matter of days away! Ah well, Trinidad and Tobago here we come!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 It was noval when England didn't qualify, but it would be a lot better if they were there instead of Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Well we all know who to blame for that, and it's not the referee who gave that wrong penalty decision against us in Moscow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 After Trezeguet, Domenech excludes Mexes and Flamini.. strange.. btw, who will be France's first goal keeper between Coupet and Frey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Seems a strange call to leave out Flamini after, by general consensus, a superb season for Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I have a question that stems from a TSN article. Which 2 teams would you replace and with whom? I would replace Greece and Russia with England and Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Russia are a good side. They may not have shown their best at tournaments in the past, but they haven't had a coach like Guus Hiddink in their corner before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Tonight's test match results: Switzerland-Liechtenstein 3-0 Czech Republic-Scotland 3-1 Austria-Malta 5-1 Italy-Belgium 3-1 For all teams it was the final test match before the EURO. Tomorrow's test matches are: Germany-Serbia Romania-Montenegro Portugal-Georgia Hungary-Croatia Spain-Peru France-Paraguay Except for Spain and France, those will be the final test matches for the aforementioned teams as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Does anyone have an update about Frank Ribery's condition? I am updating my Group C predictions 1. Italy 2. Netherlands 3. France 4. Romania Doing more reading I don't think France will take advantage of their youth and will play defensive football against the Dutch, the Dutch firepower will get through for a 1-0 win and see France go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 France-Paraguay remember of France'98.. Paraguay was, after Italy, the team which at time could resist the longest and seriously bother France. Pity they were pull out by those stupid and shameful rule of Golden Goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 One of the rare occasions that we actually saw a golden goal scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 rare? speak for yourself.. I just get enough.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savas Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 I have a question that stems from a TSN article.Which 2 teams would you replace and with whom? I would replace Greece and Russia with England and Denmark. You would replace the cupholder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 I would replace the Dirty Rotten Cheating Scum with Scotland (what should've happened in real life if there was an ACTUAL AND DESERVED BAN) for one example and Turkey with England (or Denmark) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Never mind all this talk of who we might want to see in Austria and Switzerland. I'm more interested in who you think will win it. At the moment, I can't see past Germany but I certainly won't be having a bet on them. If I were to have a punt, I'd be trying to look for a bit of value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted June 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Never mind all this talk of who we might want to see in Austria and Switzerland. I'm more interested in who you think will win it. At the moment, I can't see past Germany but I certainly won't be having a bet on them. If I were to have a punt, I'd be trying to look for a bit of value. I have bets on Germany and Croatia. Germany is the 4:1 favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Yesterday's test match results: Germany-Serbia 2-1 Romania-Montenegro 4-0 Portugal-Georgia 2-0 Hungary-Croatia 1-1 Spain-Peru 2-1 France-Paraguay 2-0 In its final test match before the EURO, Germany made some appalling mistakes in the first half. Especially central defender Christoph Metzelder still hasn't found his pre-injury shape again. Kevin Kuranyi was incredibly shaky as well, in front of his home audience at Schalke and Mario Gomez gave away a 100-percent goal opportunity, standing only a few feet away from the goal-line. But Marcell Jansen, Oliver Neuville (who scored the 1-1 after a Serbian 0-1 lead) and especially Michael Ballack (who scored the 2-1 by freekick -- highly unusual for the German team which is actually very weak on set-pieces) performed strongly so that not everything is lost. I still hope that the German team will recover and that its current weakness is only due to the very intensive training camp on Majorca. Today's test matches are: Netherlands-Wales Poland-Denmark Sweden-Ukraine Greece-Armenia For each team, this is the final test before the EURO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 France-Paraguay 2-0 0-0 actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 I have bets on Germany and Croatia.Germany is the 4:1 favourite Which is precisely why I'm not backing them. Croatia would tempt me if Eduardo was fit and if they were a bigger price than the general 12-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted June 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Which is precisely why I'm not backing them. Croatia would tempt me if Eduardo was fit and if they were a bigger price than the general 12-1. May beat is at 15-1. Yes Eduardo would help, its unfortunate that he is not there and apart of a list that includes Bernd Schneider and could keep Frank Ribery out for the first couple of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 0-0 actually Then it was posted wrongly at first at the FIFA website. The early version spoke of a 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Oops, sorry -- my bad. In fact, it was a typo of mine. I've just checked my Word file with all the final test matches. There I wrote the 0-0 out correctly -- and I did this before I posted the results here. Anyway, here are today's test match results (I'll check them twice ): Netherlands-Wales 2-0 Poland-Denmark 1-1 Sweden-Ukraine 0-1 Greece-Armenia 0-0 Source: FIFA.com and CNN.com Tomorrow, there is no pre-EURO test match scheduled. Tuesday's only test match will be France-Colombia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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