There I was thinking that the Euro 2008 opening ceremony was the usual bizarre interpretative dance performance to which UEFA seems addicted — not even good on TV, for which the visuals seem designed — when a singer (must figure out her name) and the Basel crowd did a great job on the Swiss national anthem, the Schweizerpsalm. Let’s play football!
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June 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
The Swiss were very unlucky to have lost both their first match and Frei. They played with fervour and created most chances whereas the Czechs looked a bit uninspired. Too bad.
BTW: Why not do a daily open football thread here on AFOE?
June 7th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I agree w/ Guy about the open football thread.
To some extent, I think the referees gave the match to the Czechs. Two handballs by the Czechs in the box were not called, both in the last 10 minutes. I also think the second yellow card the Swiss received was really undeserved, especially if the player who took out Frei (forget his name) didn’t receive a yellow card. Better luck next time, I suppose.