Groups for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland:

 

Group A: Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal, Czech Republic

 

Group B: Austria, Poland, Germany, Croatia

 

Group C: Holland, France, Romania, Italy

Group of death :o

 

Group D: Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden

France and Italy meet again

 

 

World Cup finalists France and Italy will meet again at Euro 2008, while co-hosts Switzerland will play Czech Republic in the tournament's opening game.

 

France and Italy clashed in the qualifiers for next summer's finals and have been paired again in the competition's proverbial 'Group of Death'.

 

Along with Les Bleus and the Azzurri in Group C are Holland, who won the competition in 1988, and Romania.

 

Switzerland are in Group A and have been drawn alongside 2004 hosts Portugal, Czech Republic and Turkey.

 

Group B is likely to be a fiercely competitive affair with co-hosts Austria drawn alongside Germany, Poland and England's conquerors Croatia.

 

Holders Greece have been drawn in Group D and will face Russia, Spain and Sweden.

 

The opening match of the 2008 European Championship is on 7th June in Basel when Switzerland will face the Czechs.

 

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_2938723,00.html

Great draw! Austria, Poland and Croatia... it could be a lot worse!

 

Good to know that we will play our first game against Poland in Klagenfurt while the other two matches will take place in Vienna. Wonderful city!!

 

Hope we won't see a second "Cordoba" against Austria haha! :)

Groups for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland:

 

Group A: Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal, Czech Republic

 

Group B: Austria, Poland, Germany, Croatia

 

Group C: Holland, France, Romania, Italy

Group of death :o

 

Group D: Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden

 

MO AVAST:angry:SEMB KESSA FRANC DANANZ ALL PIT

Great draw! Austria, Poland and Croatia... it could be a lot worse!

 

Good to know that we will play our first game against Poland in Klagenfurt while the other two matches will take place in Vienna. Wonderful city!!

 

Hope we won't see a second "Cordoba" against Austria haha! :)

 

:lol::lol::lol:well...you can repeat it against Croatia!

MO AVAST:angry:SEMB KESSA FRANC DANANZ ALL PIT

:confused:

:confused:

 

i can translate it to you if you want!!!:wink3:

That would probably be useful! ;)

:D

 

anyway...they drawed a 5th group...the group E: ENGLAND,SCOTLAND,WALES AND ISLE OF MAN....all matches will be played at Wembley...:lol::lol::lol:

:rolleyes:

The Group of Poison might be more appropriate

 

France, Italy, Holland and Romania will be cursing Uefa's seeding systems after those four nations ended up in Group B in Sunday's draw for the Euro 2008 finals.

 

Uefa calculated the seedings on the basis of results in the qualification tournaments for the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 and did not take into account performances in the finals in Germany last year.

 

That system put world champions Italy among the pot of second seeds and beaten finalists France among the four bottom seeds.

 

It has already been dubbed the "Group of Death", but given the fractious relationship between France and Italy in recent years, perhaps the Group of Poison might be more appropriate.

 

Seven years ago in the Euro 2000 final between France and Italy, Sylvain Wiltord levelled in the final minute of the Euro 2000 final before David Trezeguet scored the golden-goal winner in extra time.

 

Italy got their revenge in the 2006 World Cup final when Marcello Lippi's side came from behind to win on penalties, though the final was overshadowed by Zinedine Zidane's sending off after he headbutted Marco Materazzi.

 

During the qualifiers for the 2008 tournament - France and Italy were in the same group. French coach Raymond Raymond Domenech got himself into hot water for his comments on bribery scandals involving the Azzurri.

 

Domenech had accused Italy of bribing the referee of an Under-21 qualifying match for the 2000 Olympics between the two countries.

 

"I'm not the one who invented the stories about refereeing in Italy," Domenech told Le Parisien newspaper. "Some matches have been fixed."

 

Italy's 2006 match-fixing scandal, which led to Juventus being demoted and four clubs suffering a points deduction, centred on teams trying to secure favourable referees for league matches.

 

The Czech Republic and Portugal will be the favourites to emerge from Group A, Germany and Croatia to qualify from Group B, though Group D - with Greece, Spain, Russia and Sweden - is more unpredictable.

 

With no home nations managing to qualify for Euro 2008 the other imponderable is who are you going to support during the tournament.

 

Since the 1974 World Cup finals I have had a soft spot for Holland. It's personal between me and Holland. My Mum insisted I go on a trip to London Zoo rather than watch the final against Germany and I've still got vivid memories of the coach journey home listening to the game on the radio.

 

Who couldn't have a soft spot for a squad that is constantly falling out with one another, players and coaches who like to speak their minds, and whose preferred style of play is superbly technical football constructed in complicated triangles that invariably end up in the opposition side's defensive cul-de-sacs?

 

I do like the Dutch fans as well. In 1998 I was in Toulouse to watch Holland beat Yugoslavia in the last 16 stage. I'll never forget walking behind a Dutch Volkswagen Campervan with a enormous speaker on the roof of said vehicle blaring out "You'll Never Walk Alone". Superb.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A29754020?s_fromedit=1&s_type=15&s_sport=football

Bah, it's a mickey mouse tournament ;)

i cant say i'm happy with our group, could be far worse though.

OMG, Italy will kick France again! poor France;)

OMG, Italy will kick France again! poor France;)

 

:D...well said!

no no no

maldini and nicko

i don't think so

this time we will kick you!!:P

JAMAIS!!

AH BON!!! you think

we will see:sneaky:

thought* i hope i'll not be disapointed because without Zidane it will be hard

Group of Death matches are gonna be awesome. But I'm sure Italy will won all of them ;)

heyyyyyyyy you!!!!:wink3:

 

 

why everybody think that??

we're not as bad as that:(

COME ON GERMANY!!!:drummer:

yes, yes, yes....GO GERMANYYYYYYYYYY:dance:

COME ON GERMANY!!!:drummer:

 

COME ON TAIWAN:P!!!

:smug:Hello!!! The Portugal team is the best, we are going to win the trophy!!!!!!!!!

:D(Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, DECO, Maniche, Tiago, Simão Sabrosa, QUARESMA, Nani, Hugo Almeida and the BEST player in the World CRISTIANO RONALDO)

 

 

 

:cry:Can anyone please (re) upload the concert in Portugal (lisbon 2003)?

Thankss!!!