Sukshma

Greece won… no kidding. Portugal were beaten 1-0.

Of the two shots that Greece had on goal, one was off target, the other was the goal that won them the match. In comparision, Portugal had 16 opportunities!

It’s hard to say who will win. Netherlands have been scraping through their earlier games and really need to up the ante when they play this one.

Update (June 25, 2006): The next time these teams will meet is tonight - FIFA World Cup 2006, Germany! The highlight of this 2004 Euro cup game on google video.

Netherlands wins on penalties and break the Jinx finally!
Bad luck for the Swedes!

Are into Penalties, score is 0-0…

Penalties always suck for Holland!

Yesterday afternoon, I fell asleep during the biggest upset in Euro 2004. Greece knocked out France in the quarter-finals. The nap was in no way related to the pace of play it was just a result of working late and sleeping less.

Greece 1 - 0 France
Report (soccernet)

Dutch fans by Dick a flight home (soccernet.com)

AMSTERDAM, June 20 (Reuters) - Dutch fans at Euro 2004 have clubbed together to buy a plane ticket out of Portugal for coach Dick Advocaat following the 3-2 defeat by the Czech Republic.

Advocaat was blamed for making a substitution in the second half which allowed the Czechs to come back from 2-1 down.

‘We collected the money in just three minutes,’ said Johan de Laat who organised the initiative on a camp site in Portugal, news agency ANP reported.

Advocaat’s ticket was booked for Tuesday’s Virgin Express flight from Faro to Brussels, a flight that cost �120, according to the airline’s website.

The Dutch play their last Group D game on Wednesday, needing to win to have any chance of reaching the quarter-finals.

‘We will give him the ticket through room service at his hotel. All he needs is his passport,’ De Laat said. ‘He doesn’t have to come back to the Netherlands.’