EC Day 9: Russia v Greece / Spain v Portugal (GDT)

Finally I got around to posting this thread.

let's hope we'll get another fantastic match tonight like the one we had yesterday, hats of to both teams!!!
(no I'm not talking about Germany and Latvia ;))

Today is the first of four succesive deciding days, group A will play to a finish today, and the way the results have gone, chances are that one of Portugal or Spain will be sent packing!

Group A Standings (http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/football/europeanchampionship/standing/groupstage/groupa/full_standing.html)

Russia v Greece

GROUP A
Venue: Estadio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Date/time: Sun, 20 June, 2045 CET
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)
Team News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2004/3787477.stm

Spain v Portugal

GROUP A
Venue: Jose Alvalade stadium, Lisbon
Date/time: Sun, 20 June, 2045 CET
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Team News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/3787483.stm


*************** Predictions **************

Lousy 3 points yesterday, just as I was starting to get some points (damned crossbar and Van der Sar!)


Portugal v Greece: 2-0 (Figo)
Spain v Russia: 2-1 (Raul Gonzalez Blanco)
Switzerland v Croatia: 2-1 (Frei)
France v England: 1-1 (Owen)
Denmark v Italy: 0-2 (Totti)
Sweden v Bulgaria: 1-1 (Berbatov)
Czech Republic v Latvia: 3-0 (Baros)
Germany v Holland: 1-2 (Ruud)
Greece v Spain: 0-2 (F Torres)
Russia v Portugal: 1-3 (Pauleta)
England v Switzerland 2-0 (Gerrard)
Croatia v France 1-3 (Trézéguet)
Bulgaria v Denmark 0-1 (Sand)
Italy v Sweden 1-1 (Ibrahimovic)
Latvia - Germany 0-2 (Ballack)
Holland - Czech Rep 1-2 (Nedved)

39 Points in total

As for today:

Russia v Greece: 1-0 (Izmailov)
Spain v Portugal: 2-1 (F Torres)

Russia 2-1 Greece (Aleinichev)
Spain 2-1 Portugal (Raul)

57 points so far.

I already posted my predictions to the other thread, but I'll copy them to here too.

DAY 1: 3 points
DAY 2: 6 points
DAY 3: 3 points
DAY 4: 6 points
DAY 5: 6 points
DAY 6: 6 points
DAY 7: 6 points
DAY 8: 3 points
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TOTAL: 39 points

Russia 0 - 2 Greece (Karagounis)
Spain 1 - 2 Portugal (C. Ronaldo)

Day 1
Portugal 2:1 Greece (Pauleta)
Spain 3:1 Russia (Raul)

Day 2
Swiss - Croatia 2-1 (Hakan Yakin)
France - England 3-1 (Henry)

Day 3:
Denmark v Italy: 0-2 (Totti)
Sweden v Bulgaria: 2-1 (Larsson)

Day 4
Czech Republic 3 : 1 Latvia (M. Baros)
Germany 3 : 1 Holland (M. Ballack)

Day 5
Greece 0 : 2 Spain (Raul)
Russia 0 : 2 Portugal (Pauleta)

Day 6
England 3 : 1 Switzerland (Owen)
Croatia 0 : 2 France (Henry)

Day 7
Bulgaria v Denmark 2-1 (Berbatov)
Italy v Sweden 1-2 (Larsson)

Day 8
Latvia 0 - 2 Germany (Ballack)
Holland 2- 1 Czech Republic (RVN)

30 Points
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Russia 1 - 2 Greece (Charisteas)
Spain 2 - 1 Portugal (Raul) 3rd time lucky maybe with raul as goal scorer

Day 1
Portugal 2 : 1 Greece (C. Ronaldo)
Spain 2 : 0 Russia (F. Morientes)
Day 2
France 2 : 1 England (T. Henry)
Switzerland 1 : 0 Croatia (A. Frei)
Day 3
Denmark 1 : 2 Italy (A. Del Piero)
Sweden 2 : 1 Bulgaria (H. Larsson)
Day 4
Czech Republic 2 : 1 Latvia (M. Baros)
Germany 2 : 2 Holland (R. van Nistelrooy)
Day 5
Greece 1 : 2 Spain (F. Morientes)
Russia 1 : 2 Portugal (Pauleta)
Day 6
England 2 : 1 Switzerland (Owen)
Croatia 0 : 2 France (Henry)
Day 7
Bulgaria 2 : 1 Denmark (D. Berbatov)
Italy 2 : 2 Sweden (H. Larsson)
Day 8
Latvia 0 : 2 Germany (K. Kuranyi)
Holland 2 : 2 Czech Republic (R. van Nistelrooy)
Another horrible Day 8 for me. Only 3 points.
48 points so far.

Well I couldn't get here in time to post predictions but I hope that Portugal are able to get through now that Russia is up 2-0.

Looks like Greece could be falling back to earth. 2-0 Russia only 17' in.

...Or maybe Greece is doing their best Czech Republic impression?

as long as portugal doesn't win, i don't care how greece is playing. they will still advance.

so go spain!!! :)

Bah forget Greece! Go Soviet Uni...uh Russia !

Is Russia gonna advance if they win this game?

Bah forget Greece! Go Soviet Uni...uh Russia !

Is Russia gonna advance if they win this game?

Nah, Russia is definitively out. They're just playing for pride

Couldn't make it on time today unfortunately.
I got 3 points yesterday for a total of 51.

Russia 2-1 Greece (Aleinichev)
Spain 2-1 Portugal (Raul)

57 points so far.

You have 57 points?
I thought I had the lead yesterday and I didn't lose that many points to you yesterday... :eek:

You have 57 points?
I thought I had the lead yesterday and I didn't lose that many points to you yesterday... :eek:

It's just that I had never counted my points before today.

Two days ago I had a perfect score of 18, that's helping me a lot. :yo:

Spain is out - AGAIN!

Great, great game. I enjoyed it alot! :banana:

Man, it's getting crazy outside!

The Greek have overtaken this town!

I'm happy for them though!

so it will be France-Greek in the quarters i guess... :dunno: :dunno:

Take note Jordi - we made it!

Portugal played alright today, but they were lucky as well. Spain just couldn't capitalize on their chances. I counted one post and one cross-bar - PHEW!

I counted one post and one cross-bar - PHEW!
Two crossbars, I think.

so it will be France-Greek in the quarters i guess... :dunno: :dunno:
ohhhh, not so fast...

Two crossbars, I think.
:huh:
Torres hit the post for what i can remember!

:huh:
Torres hit the post for what i can remember!
Yes, but I thought there was another crossbar. But I could be wrong, can't remember the exact incident.

btw, man, Torres has quite some talent :amazed:
..and you show some insight of the game here!
because clearly this one was not Torres' game; still i come away from this one impressed with Torres as well.
This guy really knows (feels) how to move around the crease! I think he will be a complete great scorer for the next ten years. If Milan will be able to acquire his services, then it would mean hard times for their opponents in the future!
( Kaka+Sheva+Torres :jump: )

I have to go to work right now so I'll leave my predictions for today's (Monday) game right here:

England 2 - Croatia 0 (Owen)
France 3 - Switzerland 0 (Henry)

I have to go to work right now so I'll leave my predictions for today's (Monday) game right here:

England 2 - Croatia 0 (Owen)
France 3 - Switzerland 0 (Henry)

I am also unsure whether I will be on before the games start, so here goes:

England-Croatia 2-2 (Prso)
France-Switzerland 2-1 (Henry, gotta score sometime one would say...)

Btw, according to the predictions (http://www.hfboards.com/showpost.php?p=1520582&postcount=13) I made for the weekend on Friday , I now have 27+6+6+0=39 points. Seems like I was also the only one to predict Germany-Latvia somewhat properly :D

still 51 points after not being able to participate yesterday.
Today's predictions :
France 4-0 Switzerland (Henry)
England 2-1 Croatia (Rooney)