That's right, bitches. This country is hosting once again some of the best in football. (or some of the future best players)

Group A
23 May (17:15) : Serbia & Montenegro 0-1 Germany (Polanski)
23 May (19:45) : Portugal 0-1 France (Bruno Vale(og))
25 May (17:15) : France 3-0 Germany (Sinama-Pongolle, Gouffran, Mavuba)
25 May (19:45) : Portugal 0-2 Serbia & Montenegro (Zé Castro(og), Ivanovic)
28 May (19:45) : Germany 0-1 Portugal (João Moutinho)
28 May (19:45) : France 2-0 Serbia & Montenegro (Bergougnoux, Toulalan)

Standings:

code:
| Place | Team                | MP | W | D | L | GF-GA | Pts |
|       |                     |    |   |   |   |       |     |
|  1st  | France              |  3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  6-0  |  9  |
|  2nd  | Serbia & Montenegro |  3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |  2-3  |  3  |
|-------|---------------------|----|---|---|---|-------|-----|
|  3rd  | Germany             |  3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |  1-4  |  3  |
|  4th  | Portugal            |  3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |  1-3  |  3  |

code:
| Place | Team                | MP | W | D | L | GF-GA | Pts |
|       |                     |    |   |   |   |       |     |
|  1st  | Ukraine             |  3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |  4-3  |  6  |
|  2nd  | Netherlands         |  3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  3-3  |  4  |
|-------|---------------------|----|---|---|---|-------|-----|
|  3rd  | Italy               |  3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  4-4  |  4  |
|  4th  | Denmark             |  3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |  5-6  |  2  |

code:
| Place | Name                    | Team                | Goals |
|       |                         |                     |       |
|  1st  | Klaas Jan Huntelaar     | Netherlands         |   4   |
|  2nd  | Thomas Kahlenberg       | Denmark             |   3   |
|   =   | Nicky Hofs              | Netherlands         |   3   |
|  4th  | Artem Milevskiy         | Ukraine             |   2   |
|   =   | Ruslan Fomin            | Ukraine             |   2   |
|   =   | Bryan Bergougnoux       | France              |   2   |

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Last edited by noikeee on Jun-04-2006 at 21:24

Quaresma! Noooo my fav portugese player

Go Italy I guess shame that Switzerland isnt in it but most of the players who won the U-17 are in the First Team for the Nation now

Goalies: Bruno Vale (E. Amadora), Daniel Fernandes (PAOK/Greece), Paulo Ribeiro (FC Porto)

Defenders: José Castro (Académica), Semedo (Feirense), Nélson (Benfica), Nuno Morais (Marítimo), Pedro Ribeiro (FC Porto), Rolando (Belenenses), Bruno Amaro (Gil Vicente)

Midfielders: Custódio (Sporting), Diogo Valente (Boavista), João Moutinho (Sporting), Manuel Fernandes (Benfica), Raul Meireles (FC Porto), Filipe Oliveira (Marítimo), Nani (Sporting), Quaresma (FC Porto)

Forwards: Hugo Almeida (FC Porto), Lourenço (U. Leiria), Vaz Te (Bolton/England), Varela (V.Setúbal)



Yep, Quaresma, Moutinho and Manuel Fernandes appear to be out of the World Cup.

We have an outstanding team from the midfield upfront, plus a great centreback which is Zé Castro, but the Euro should be quite even and things can go wrong.

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your midfield is fucking sick bro. I say Portugal will be sick in a few years not that they arent now

Moutinho/Fernandes/Quaresma/Ronaldo is probably going to be the best midfield ever

quaresma sucks, i don't know what you guys like in him

good luck portugal

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Originally posted by fastmp3 quaresma sucks, i don't know what you guys like in him good luck portugal

im guessing riquleme sucks to you too

he's okay, riquelme > quaresma

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quote:

Originally posted by fastmp3 he's okay, riquelme > quaresma

okay

Starting tomorrow.

Judging by recent press conferences, our team is over-confident as fuck. France fucking us up deeply is a possibility.

Can't be arsed to put up squads, sorry. There's a fantasy football league on uefa.com for this, you can see the squads there for example. If you want to join, here's the TA league code: 2950-577

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quote:

Originally posted by fastmp3 quaresma sucks, i don't know what you guys like in him

go search for some videos of him.

he's not the most efficient or consistent player in the world, but comes up with some awesome trickery at times, sometimes leading to brilliant goals. that's what the people like!

he's perhaps almost as naturally talented as Cristiano Ronaldo and only isn't up there cause of attitude.

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not gonna join mate U-21 fantasy really doesnt get me hard so to speak

My pick is Portugal - Italy finale
Portugal to win

Also paradork what do you think of Anderson of Porto and Fernandes of Benfica both are targets of the 2 Milanese clubs

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 Also paradork what do you think of Anderson of Porto and Fernandes of Benfica both are targets of the 2 Milanese clubs

Stop calling me paradork you twat.

Anderson was branded as the "new Ronaldinho" when he arrived from Brazil, and that's usually complete bullshit, but this time I'm thinking the guy is the real deal. Very impressive the last couple of matches, it's obvious he has a huge natural talent. Next season is going to be crucial for his development tho.

Manuel Fernandes has shown lots of potential too, but been a bit inconsistent this season. Had some physical problems and still isn't a key player at Benfica. I'm almost sure he'll become a very good player, but maybe not world class.

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