to Greece. That's the last of the 'big' countries out. Who'd have thought it? Germany, Italy, France, Spain and England all out before the semi-finals.
If they put it together they will be hard to beat. It's great to see all the favored teams go out even though my English team is gone. England didn't deserve to win anyway. Portugal outplayed them.
I don't get it either. How the hell does a team with France's firepower lose to Greece? I'm not all that familiar with Greece but I cannot mentally make a team of Grecians that belongs on the same field with France. Yet obviously they do. Could someone who watched the game fill me in here?
The French did not look as if they wanted to win it. They just did not play together well and did not give their all.
On a player-by-player basis Greece should have had no chance - many players are not even first-choice in the Greek league. The upside is that by this they got a lot time to train together. The teams made up from star players usually meet for the first time mere days before the competition kicks off - by far not enough time to get a working team formed. (The clubs are to blame for that; they don't like to give expensive players to the national teams, as there is no re-compensation, but a huge risk of injuries)
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