Markus Merk comes from the town I was born...Kaiserslautern. He?s one of the best German referees and a pretty nice and intelligent guy as well. :)

yea, he is a solid ref for sure

i`d like to see Collina to ref the final, he is a SOLID ref for sure :P :RockOn: :RockOn:

[quote=tallinn:express]i`d like to see Collina to ref the final, he is a SOLID ref for sure :P :RockOn: :RockOn:[/quote]

he is to fucking old!

to old = more experience 8)

[quote=swedetech][quote=tallinn:express]i`d like to see Collina to ref the final, he is a SOLID ref for sure :P :RockOn: :RockOn:[/quote]

he is to fucking old![/quote]

I dont know what age has to do with it, hes the best reff around without doubt. One of the few reffs that uses his common sense instead of sticking to UEFA rules and ruining the game.

vive o portugal!!!!! go porkchops

[img]http://www.headstrong-hq.com/pics/beck-kick.jpg[/img] :lol: :lol: :lol:

:roll:

[quote=Musical Journey][quote=swedetech][quote=tallinn:express]i`d like to see Collina to ref the final, he is a SOLID ref for sure :P :RockOn: :RockOn:[/quote]

he is to fucking old![/quote]

I dont know what age has to do with it, hes the best reff around without doubt. One of the few reffs that uses his common sense instead of sticking to UEFA rules and ruining the game.[/quote]

as far as I heard he won't even be able to ref in Italy next season cause of that fact that is old = slow!

He will be retiring after next season , he is 44 and the age to be a refree in the Calcio is 45 I think , I saw this doc about him on RAI and he said he will concetrate on taking care of his grocery shop (he owns one) in a little village in Italy.

With Overmars instead of Van der Meijde Holland has a good chance to make it through the final, with a pornstar look-a-like referee (Frisk). And then... the final! Nedved suspended... [color=orange]rondvaart door de grachten![/color]

[quote=Ferry Kloos] with a pornstar look-a-like referee (Frisk)[/quote]

That is exactly what i thought. [img]http://www.euro2004.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/EURO/149171_220X220.jpg[/img]

He most defo does.

hahahaha

Frish is the only ref with 4 games in the tournament so far and they don't have one single complaint... not even after the reviews UEFA does themself after each game and they look at videos etc (never happend in a major tournament before.)

:Bingo: :Bingo: :Bingo:

Portugal....now or Never.....:)

[quote=Bululu]He will be retiring after next season , he is 44 and the age to be a refree in the Calcio is 45 I think , I saw this doc about him on RAI and he said he will concetrate on taking care of his grocery shop (he owns one) in a little village in Italy.[/quote]

He is considering a move to England, I believe he has been offered the chance.

He could show some of the dodgy refs in the premiership how its done! :Bingo:

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3849093.stm[/url]

I hope the Czech's win. It would be a good time to get a bet on Germany winning the World cup in 2006 the odds should be at there best right now.

Well, today is the day!

You can feel the tension in the air around here! This whole country is united behind this team, like I?ve never seen it united for something.

Just so you can imagine it, our Prime Minister has just been nominated President of the European Comission (the most important political job in Europe), so a TV station went out to get people?s opinions on that. The answer was always something along the lines "well, good for our PM, but I?m really looking forward to our game against Holland" or "I don?t really care for that, I just want us to beat Holland".

Here we are, in the middle of one of our biggest political crisis ever, and people only care about the game!

Also, our coach Scolari asked that today everyone wore a piece of red or green clothing, so everyone?s walking around wearing red or green.

Yeah I read all that. Do people not normally wear the national colours? It should be compulsary for an international

No colour in the world though can couteract the presence of the orange glowing Dutch fans

Lets hope for a good game where there is a clear winner.. no god damn penalty shoot-outs

I guess very little will get done in Lisbon today.. work wise?

GREECE!!!!!!!!!

I have nothing more to say... GOOOOOOOOOOOO Greece!!!!!!!!!!!!! [img]http://www.euro2004.com/ml/euro2004/Teams/photo/250X170/49.jpg[/img]

:Anal: [img]http://www.euro2004.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/EURO/200841_MEDIUMSQUARE.jpg[/img]

Finnally we r going to watch some football!!!

Man I was looking forward for a bit of action.

                         :Respect: Football ROCKS. :Respect: 
                            Definitely the best game ever.

[quote=Aaron Cook]Yeah I read all that. Do people not normally wear the national colours? It should be compulsary for an international

No colour in the world though can couteract the presence of the orange glowing Dutch fans

Lets hope for a good game where there is a clear winner.. no god damn penalty shoot-outs

I guess very little will get done in Lisbon today.. work wise?[/quote]

Well, the thing is that most Portuguese football fans really care more for their Club team (Porto, Benfica, Sporting, etc.) than their National side. That?s all changed now, and it took two Brazilians to change that (Scolari and Deco)!

My girlfriend works downtown and she says that place has turned orange! They?re out in force! I?m almost afraid of driving out there. I?ve driven to work this morning and now to come home for lunch and everyone?s crazy, you can seem people?s minds are not on their jobs, or driving or whatever. I?m so distracted that I tried to open the wrong car a few minutes ago...I was like "why won?t this bitch open???" until I realised it was an identical car, but not my own... :YeaRight:

Good luck to both Portugal and Holland tonight. I support the Dutch but i beleive that Ronaldo and the rest of the lads will do their best :!:

As for Greece, let's just hope that they are going to play consistently against the best team of the tournament so far. Bring it on :twisted:

I hope that will enjoy a great much tonight. I am not supporting anyone..just for the love of the game. The beers are in the freezer for almost 10 hours... :Naughty:

As for Greece, you never know with this team. They are capable for the best and the worst. I hope that we shall win and qualify to the final.

[quote=Kinetic][quote=Aaron Cook]Yeah I read all that. Do people not normally wear the national colours? It should be compulsary for an international

No colour in the world though can couteract the presence of the orange glowing Dutch fans

Lets hope for a good game where there is a clear winner.. no god damn penalty shoot-outs

I guess very little will get done in Lisbon today.. work wise?[/quote]

Well, the thing is that most Portuguese football fans really care more for their Club team (Porto, Benfica, Sporting, etc.) than their National side. That?s all changed now, and it took two Brazilians to change that (Scolari and Deco)!

My girlfriend works downtown and she says that place has turned orange! They?re out in force! I?m almost afraid of driving out there. I?ve driven to work this morning and now to come home for lunch and everyone?s crazy, you can seem people?s minds are not on their jobs, or driving or whatever. I?m so distracted that I tried to open the wrong car a few minutes ago...I was like "why won?t this bitch open???" until I realised it was an identical car, but not my own... :YeaRight:[/quote]

hehehe :lol:

nice one, sounds excellent! Good luck!!

to be honest, i think portugal is playing better than holland and has been playing better and better, however i`ll be cheering Holland tonight 8)

hahaha, the netherlands are out ... luck is over. Portugal deserved the win, even afer the own goal. Actually, it should have been 3-1 or even 4-1. Go Portugal :RockOn:

Go Portugal! good job!

:Bingo: :Bingo: :Bingo:

Own goal ... but the guy saved many many balls! So ... We can forgive him :D

Very nice game! and yes! Portugal defenety diserved the win! A Portugal - Grece final would be cool ... Both teams have a huge motivation ... and would be a great game ...

Portugals are damn good, i think they will win, Czechs will lose, it's tipycal for them to play perfect and then to lose

great job by portugal, first host nation to make the final since 1984 :shock:

still, i'd rather see the greeks (yea right) or czechs win the tourney :Bingo:

FODA-SE GANH?MOS, CARALHO!!!!!

That means "Fuck, we won!" and some other profanity.

It?s fucking mad outside!

Why did we have to suffer this much again? We deserved the win, the Dutch were dead after that 2nd goal (or should I say, that missile?), but they believed again after the own goal. But they did little more than "kick and rush". We could?ve killed the game a few times before, but there you go.

GO PORTUGAL!!!

Go Portugal!!! They deserved it 100% and won 3:0! 3 wonderful goals :wink: The Dutch missed a couple of fine chances, but Portugese had even more. And what a support from the crowd, I wish I was in Portugal to party... :lol:

[quote=brakada]Go Portugal!!! They deserved it 100% and won 3:0! 3 wonderful goals :wink: The Dutch missed a couple of fine chances, but Portugese had even more. And what a support from the crowd, I wish I was in Portugal to party... :lol:[/quote]

they won 2-1 :?

[quote=peloquin][quote=brakada]Go Portugal!!! They deserved it 100% and won 3:0! 3 wonderful goals :wink: The Dutch missed a couple of fine chances, but Portugese had even more. And what a support from the crowd, I wish I was in Portugal to party... :lol:[/quote]

they won 2-1 :?[/quote]

yeah, but the 3 goals came from Portugal :wink:

:lol: he didn't look on scores

OH, btw, I don?t give a crap about who plays against us in the final. It was our 3rd time in the semis, and we finally got through, so you?ll forgive me if I say I don?t really care anymore!!! :Smiley: [/img]

^^^^^ I keep on clicking on the links, but nothing happens... :( :wink:

copy and paste the links in your browser.

Last two ones don't say that much :?

Yeah, I know. Crap, does someone know a good place for hosting pics from where we?re actually allowed to link them???

:?