UEFA EURO 2004

[Glaucus]

Well Done Greece, you managed to squeak through to the next round!!! I was sure they were out after their humiliating defeat to the Russians, but to my surprise Spain lost without scoring a single goal and thus Greece edges ahead thanks to their Goals Scored stat. *phew*

Wish I could be in Greece right now, I can only imagine all the parties going on...  Although if I were the Greek coach I'd have those guys locked up in a training room running drills - they can party later!!!

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

MrZammler wrote:
Me too, we would rather have England rather than France, but I cant see France loosing to Switzerland though (or even a tie).

Nah, I think Greece would have a better chance against France. Yes, France has one more point then England, but I think they fluked out against England when they scored two quick goals in extra time. Nah, England has the better team. At any rate, it's now settled, France vs Greece this Friday!!!

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Some nasty fans out there. At the Den vs Swe game some fans held a sign that read "2 + 2 = Nordic Victory; bye bye Italia". It was pretty quiet in our "little Italy" the other day. Btw, speaking of Italia, what's with the blue & white uniforms? Why are they wearing tradional Greek colours?!?  :pissed:  Well, now they can root for Greece! :-P

EDIT: Oh yeah, bye bye Germany! But you Germans can root for Greece too, we have a German coach you know!!!  :-P

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

cecilia wrote:
a friend just sent me a wonderfully rude flash anim.

Orgasms from around the world

Well, that settles it, I'm moving to Sweden!  :-P

ps. there is no "american" represented, because, as we all know, americans don't have sex. they just talk about it alot.

I also noticed there was no Greece. Perhaps that's for the best!  ;-)

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Yup, Portugal wins. Great game, and yes, Portugal deserved that victory.

Now lets see if Greece can follow Portugal's lead!

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

AHAHAHAHAHA...

GREECE WINS!!!

BYE BYE FRANCE!!! :banana:  :pint:  :pint:

Now Portugal gets to have their ass kicked by Greece again!  :-)

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Czechs are the team to beat. If Greece takes it, Portugal has no chance. Actually, Portugal has no chance either way...  To be honest, I think all Greeks are thrilled that their team made it as far as it did. I just hope they put forth their best efforts as they did with France. If we lose, we shall lose with dignity! GO GREECE GO!!!

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

GREECE WINS!!!

I can't believe it!!! I watched the game at a sports hall with about 100 other Greeks. After the game we drove around with flags, honking etc...  We drove through our Little Italy and then through the Portugese district. Heh, fun. None of us believed we'd beat the Czechs!!  Great game!

GO GREECE GO!!!

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Here's a good re-cap of the game:

Greece triumphant
Dellas header in extra time sends Greece to Euro final



:pint:  :-D

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
@Glaukos
What do you actually have with Greece (also beseen your nick)? Roots?

Yeah, Roots. I was born and raised here in Canada, but both my parents moved here from Greece less then a year before I was born. I have lots of relatives in Greece as well. I speak Greek, my dad makes the best Bougatsa and I love Retsina - that makes me pretty darned Greek!  :-)

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Bodie_CI5 wrote:
mmmmm bougatsa kai retsina,you forgot the tsipouro dude!

Tsipouro?!? That stuff will make you go blind man!!!  :-)

Hey, where you on Canadian TV celebrating? There was someone with a shaven head... was it you? (my small claim to fame if it is) :-D

hehehe...  I'm guessing you're talking about what was going on in Toronto's Danforth street - Canada's "little Greece". I knew the celebrations there made the national news, good to see it hit the international news channels! :-) My uncle has Greek TV on sat and we were watching the festivities in Omonia Square (the heart of Athens, for those who don't know). Wow! You'd think every single Greek won the lottery that day! :-P

Hamos!!!

I just watched the goal agian. What timing! It's like 14:40 in the first overtime quarter, the corner is called, and I'm watching the players casually walk over to their positions. I'm watching the clock...
14:57
14:58
14:59 (corner kick)
15:00 (goal!!!)
GAME OVER!!!
MAYHAM!

Nine months from now there will be a noticable spike in the Greek birth rate. Most common name in Greece for newly born males: Otto! :-P

ZETO ELLAS!  :pint:

  - Mike

EDIT: Btw, how were the celebrations in Melbourne? I was there about 6 years ago and know first hand that there's TONS of Greeks there. Musta been crazy there too!

[Glaucus]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
@Glaucus

I thought, your name, "Mike", isn't Greek at all?
Or is your real name the Greek equivalent of Mike?

Well, officially my name is Michael. In Greek it's Mihalis (pronounce me-HA-lees, emphasis on the caps).

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Less then an hour to go! Here's to a good, clean game! :pint:

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Wow, I can not believe it!!! What a game! Honestly, I'm so happy it's over, the stress was getting to me!!! I was very impressed with Greece's play today. No one can say we fluked out, we beat three top ranking teams in a row, each with a score of 1-nil. In each game you could see the frustrations of the opponents as the game dragged on. It's an amazing strategy and it worked flawlessly. Otto Rehhagel is a genius!

After the game we had a long line of cars, complete with police escort, and paraded from the hall we watched the game down to our "little Italy", where the Italians were out on the street cheering our victory. In the streets there was singing and dancing, and yes, plates got smashed. :-P It was quite the experience.

Think I'll be having pork chops for dinner tonight!  :-D

:pint:

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Fluffy, Nice pics! I'd imagine the festivites in West Broadway/Kitsilano area would be just as exciting.

Yeah, the same thing happened here. After the initial parade, lots of Portuguese came by and we celebrated together (although they didn't stay long). They even re-paraded down the street but this time with Porto cars as well.

On the satellite I saw celebrations in Lisbon, and for a second I thought it was Greece. There were so many Greek flags there it was unreal. I hear there were over 10,000 Greeks at the stadium itself, and probably just as many who never got tickets waiting outside. And I can only imagine that all of Greece is now buring from celebrations. Crazy!!!

  - Mike