Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
Greece joins Portugal in the Euro 2004 finals Sunday care of the best placed and best timed corner in the history of Greek appearences in major tourney semi-finals. Toronto with its massive Greek and Portuguese communities will be a great place to be on Sunday afternoon.
My little problem has been getting a bit of exercise during Euro 2004. Portugal, Ipswich, two Scotlands, Preston North End long sleeve, Hull City centennial version.
Holland (2004 version) should be cheap on eBay soon enough.
One Hoogvorst brother is 1500 km east of me and another over 6000 km east of
me but through the miracle of the interweb superdooper roadway I have been taught how to turn a screen shot into a .jpeg I can edit and also how to obfuscate the emails I show here to defeat spammers.
I have never met them. But we share the devotion to the man with the wrap-around Bonos and the dreads. I will be listening by computer this
aft and then watching the TV replay this
evening.
The Czechs made it look
easy and now it is the Czechs against the Greeks and the Portuguese against
the Dutch for next Sunday’s final. I think the Portguuese have the best chance
of beating the Czechs but the Greeks are giant-killers and could steal one on 1
July. Given the fact that Liverpool has Owen and Baros, it is stunning that Owen
is not the one warming the bench.
Holland got past Sweden on penalties. Edwin v.d. Sar, the Dutch keeper, was amazing in the penalties, diving the right way every time, stopping one and having at least one near miss. I recall last fall he stoned Arsenal, when playing for his club team Fulham, to a 0-0 draw at Highbury to the admiration of all involved. While Sweden goes home to the akavit and herring, it can take some comfort in having the best kit of any team in the tournament.
While The Netherlands, sporting the Nike uni-look, had a very spiffy crest on their left shoulder blade with both the Swedish and Dutch flags celebrating the game, the Swedish uniform, by Umbro, was style itself. The collar even had a line of yellow on blue with a yellow line up and down at the back forming the Swedish flag. The blue numbers on the yellow also had a yellow line in the middle giving it a real 1976 Montreal Olympics look. Natty.
The TSN commentators kept calling the game a chess match. This is fitba longo for snooze fest. I am hoping tomorrow’s Czechs v. Denmark will be a little more robust.