Euro 2008 open thread

One thought from the first match: qualification form seems to matter. Russia scraped into the tournament. They had some nice touches but the gulf in quality showed. Would England have been picked apart the same way?

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1. Doug Merrill Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

   Boy is Sweden-Greece exciting! It’s like grass growing! Or maybe trees! At any rate, a thrill a month — at leas!!

2. Jacob Christensen Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

   Fortunately, there’s Ibrahimovic. 1-0. Now we can go back to sleep.

3. Jacob Christensen Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

   Oh well. A messy, messy 2-0. But still an uninspiring match.

4. Doug Merrill Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

   They’re moving? When did that start?

5. David Weman Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

   Haha! Being hatefully boring didn’t get them anything this time.

   Someone put that goal on youtube.

6. Guy Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

   Agree with David. Brilliant goal by Zlatan. The second one was brilliant in its “fumbleness”, though. Loved the yellow stands.

   Anti-football only gets you so far. The Greek got lucky once, but this time around the emperor was shown to have no clothes. Once they came behind and had to start playing actual football, they were lost.

   But then again, I cannot really blame them. You have to make do with what you’ve got.

7. Guy Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

   And kudos to Spain. Hope they continue in the same vein.

8. Doug Merrill Says:
   June 11th, 2008 at 6:14 am

   ¡Viva Rossiya!

   They’re the only ones to show that more than one team can score in a game…