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Group A : Portugal Turkey
Group B : Germany, Croatia
Group C : France, Italy
Group D : Spain, Russia

Winners, germany .

Fancied outsider : Croatia

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 09:10:16 AM EST
if Croatia wins, does that mean that England weren't actually that bad and the press had it all wrong?

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 09:17:57 AM EST
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Oh no, England are bad. Really bad, truly terrible beyond belief. Clueless and predictable

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 09:31:25 AM EST
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hmmmm bash the clueless football team or the equally clueless media,  decisions, decisions.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 10:00:02 AM EST
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In 1994 France failed to qualify to the world cup, beaten by Bulgaria and Sweden, which didn't seem that good at the time. They ended up playing the little final, ranked 3rd and 4th...

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 06:49:04 AM EST
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It wasn't the loss to Bulgaria in the final second, aux parc des princes...but the loss before it to israel, after leading at half-time 2-0, again at parc des princes, which showed yet another papin/cantona team unworthy of international play.

france had that group locked up. home loss to israel was nothing short of shameful.

good players on that team...as long as they played for money.

by redstar on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 08:00:08 PM EST
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"They laughed when I told them I wanted to be a comedian. They're not laughing now" (Bob Monkhouse)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 10:50:20 AM EST
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replace Holand for France.. and that's my bet

except for the winner.. I still do not know

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 08:10:51 AM EST
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Holland? Where?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 09:04:32 AM EST
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{snigger} nanne and nomad will be after you

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 09:51:45 AM EST
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Even for the most persistent linguist, it becomes impossible when the Netherlands enter the football pitch and all fans starts chanting "Hup Holland Hup". I might have slipped myself once. Or twice. Half the orange attributes carry "Holland" as slogan as well. No wonder people are still confused after 400 years.

Best to let this one slide...

by Nomad on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 01:20:09 PM EST
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Sorry...

in spanish is Holanda.. so.. fast translation...

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sun Jun 8th, 2008 at 07:31:04 AM EST
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