Today is “our” last chance as a soccer nation to go for the title of European soccer Champion of 2004. After a 1:1 stand-off against our German “friends”, we played a good match against the Tjechs. Even though we started with a 2:0 advantage, we managed to loose the match 2-3. Mostly due to a very questionable player change from our Dutch coach “Dick” Advocaat.
So today we need to win big from Letland if we want to proceed to the quarter finals. However, if the Germans win from the Tsjechs, we still loose because we won’t have enough points in our Group D (we only have 1 point, number 1 are the Tjechs with 6 points).
In other words: half of the outcome is chance, half of it is our deal.
I, for one, will not shed a tear when we loose. The way I see it we do not deserve to go on to the quarter finals since we have not displayed any outstanding or special qualities. The big suprise of this tournament are the smaller countries that normally do not score to well. I’m talking about Letland, the Tjechs and even Portugal.
Looking at the scores so far (not that I am an expert), my prediction is that the semi-final probably will have the French, English, Sweden and the Tsjechs…
Too be continued….