I also like the Spains but I must choose Germany gooooooooo!
Entertaining games in Euro2008, I’m happy, although my favourites (Croatia, Romania and Russia) all failed to get into the final 
By the way, the Euro 2008 finals stadium has interesting nazi-era connections.
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Yea, i frankly hope the Germans will execute them in final
Actually “el niño” ( the kid) Torres executed Germany. 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/euro_2008/article1355750.ece
The Germans looked listless…No passion at all…
Agreed, it remember me the match of Germany against Croatia with Croatia won in the first qualifing part of the Euro.
Well, so we’ve losed only the champion:)
Spanish steamroller …
Germany is lost
That’s what actually annoyed me in this tournament. That the team seemed to be the first german team in history that didn’t really want, at least it seemed. They played like crap yesterday, not worthy for a final. They obviously never really found the rhythm you need for such a tourney.
I had thought ‘Banksie’ was dead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pFn-vx9ijA&feature=dir
What a save!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-0e8XIBrZw
But what about Georgie?
To be sure!
But what about Beckham’s halfway line goal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwiTeNrk9jY
Bend it like…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MCwge_vftw&feature=related
But here’s the funniest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0B7r_-zPyc&feature=related
Had anybody heard this one ?
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona has been unveiled as the manager of his national team.
Argentina’s greatest ever player will be asked to inspire its latest generation
The 47-year-old’s appointment was confirmed by Argentina’s 1986 World Cup winning coach Carlos Bilardo, who will assist him as director of football.
“The idea is to return the squad to the spirit of 1986,” said Maradona, who was widely credited with singlehandedly winning football’s greatest trophy 22 years ago.With no top level coaching experience, he has warmly accepted the help of his former coach.
"I am going to listen to everything Bilardo has to say. He is going to help me as we can’t leave someone with the success, experience and knowledge he brings on the sidelines.
“My job will be to go and watch the players as often as possible,” Maradona added.
Honestly I dont know if we going to win something, but what a hell of the party !!
That’s quite a surprise!:shock:
Say, what’s the current physical constitution respectively weight of “Pibe de oro”?
Ah, is not in bad shape, the problem is I am not sure if he going to impose some discipline in the group.
Are you saying that there is a discipline problem in argentinian football?:mrgreen:
Nich, but I am worried that it coul be started from the Maradonas relaxed policies.
There’s still Bilardo around…and he is “old school”.
For the ones living in UK:
Maradona set to be in charge for Scotland friendly
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Argentina legend expected to fly to England this weekend to meet with Tevez and Mascherano
George Burley is all too aware of the abilities Diego Maradona possessed on the pitch. It was 29 years ago that the Scotland manager was part of a defence run ragged at Hampden Park by the teenage prodigy and the two will pit their wits against each other in Glasgow again next month, but this time from opposing dugouts. Maradona marked his 48th birthday yesterday by announcing with a characteristic flourish that he expects to be confirmed as coach of Argentina next week and his first task will be to oversee the friendly against Scotland on 19 November.
It was in June 1979 that Maradona, aged 19, scored the first of his 34 goals for Argentina having bamboozled a home defence that also included Alan Hansen. It accelerated an international career that peaked in 1986 when he lifted the World Cup and he remains fêted in his home country, making his imminent appointment as national coach one that, although a surprise, has been welcomed.
“We could not have a better motivation than having Diego as a coach,” said Carlos Tevez last night. “I’m very happy for him. It’s going to be funny. I hope I can get a seat close to him on the bus. I’m imagining myself training under him.”
The Manchester United striker, though, also gave a hint of the problems that lie ahead for the new coach. “I think he’ll want to come on to the pitch with us,” said Tevez. "I know him very well and I’m sure it’ll be that way. Managing a group like ours isn’t easy, as we’re all key figures for our clubs. It won’t be easy when he has to tell me, Roman [Riquelme] or [Lionel] Messi that he needs us all together all weekend when we want to see our families.
“He must have an idea of how he wants the team to play. Now that Diego’s the coach, he should think more with his head than his heart. I don’t think it’ll be easy because I know his temperament.”
The appointment is still to be ratified by the Argentinian FA, but it seems certain to be nodded through at their next meeting, scheduled for Tuesday. Before then Maradona is expected to be in England this weekend to meet Tevez and Javier Mascherano
“We have to start working as quickly as possible,” said Maradona at his home on the outskirts of Buenos Aires yesterday. “We are going to play the game against Scotland with the best team we’ve got. I scored a goal there, on a tour with [Cesar Luis] Menotti [Argentina’s manager of the time].”
Maradona, initially seen as a rank outsider in the contest to replace Alfio Basile, will take over a side that is – once again – struggling to match the sum of its parts. Basile resigned after defeat by Chile earlier this month. Argentina lie third in the 10-team South American World Cup qualifying group, ahead of Chile on goal difference. They must finish in the top four to qualify while fifth place would mean a play-off against a Concacaf team. Argentina still have to host Brazil, as well as making trips to play Ecuador and Bolivia at altitude.
It is a tough job for a man with next to no experience, let alone success, as a coach. He had two short stints in the dugout, in the mid-1990s with Deportivo Mandiyu and Racing Club. His 23 games produced three wins. “I really never expected this although I always dreamed of having the chance,” he said yesterday. “I’m really looking forward to it.”
Carlos Bilardo, coach of Argentina’s triumphant 1986 team, is expected to become general manager, marking a return to the national team set up after an absence of 18 years, and has been involved in talks with the Argentinian FA this week.
“Maradona is going to be a big influence,” said Burley. “I’m sure all the players will want to play well in front of him. It promises to be a cracking game – it’s fantastic for us to pit our wits against a top team. When Scotland played Argentina in 1979, it’s always a game I remember for the fantastic players they had. And, of course, somebody like Maradona, who I still think was the best player I ever played against.”
The Scottish Football Association had feared that the high-profile friendly would, embarrassingly, not sell out. That is unlikely to be a concern
My last upload , “Beckham and the Battle with Argentina” very funny documetry dealing with the historical rivalry between England and Argentina in football.
Victory against Scotland, good first half, not so good the second one.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1949708.ece
