Yet another shocker. Now, Germany, Italy, and Spain are all out of Euro 2004. Germany lost to the Czech Republic's largely second-string team and Holland decisively (please!) beat Latvia to advance to the quarter-finals. In spite of their internal team conflicts their quality (actually Ruud van Nistelrooy's quality) is finally showing through.
Well, many of the favorites are out of the tournament and one would have to class England as one of the three best teams left in the tournament (at least on paper) with France and Holland being the others.
That said, the Czech Republic, Portugal, or Sweden all have a decent chance of advancing to the semis as well. This should prove a fascinating quarter-finals. As with WC2002, England has a good chance of reaching the finals if they play to their potential.
Wouldn't that be cool? To see a replay of England v. France as the final? I'm not sure if that would work out in the brackets. Must check.
Posted by artandscience at June 23, 2004 02:23 PM