What a lousy match. Hope the final will be either Spain Germany or Holland Germany.

^{HUP HOLLAND HUP}

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Basel is slowly turning into orange for tonights match.
This was already early this morning in the city...

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sjouke

My tip for tonight is Holland 2 Russia 1. In 90 minutes.

Russia will beat the Dutch tonight. Mark my words.

On Sunday Spain will make it.

The final will be Holland vs. Germany I'm sure.

JumpingKentFlash

Now that my favourite team, Sweden, is heading back home.... I have to admit I've just loved watching the Dutch team. I'll chear for them from now on.
Unfortunately Turkey beat Croatia, just when I started to like Croatia, much because of their rock'n'roll manager. He's totally cool! And he likes the Stones.

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Silver Dagger
My tip for tonight is Holland 2 Russia 1. In 90 minutes.

It's really standard to predict 2-1. I personally think there will be more than three goals.. the Dutch are going to be doing a lot of scoring I think, that's what they aim for in every match. IF the Russians want to keep up they'll have to have a similair strategy, which I think actually they will. So it should be an exciting match.

I'd give the Dutch the advantage because not only do they have enough solid forwardss, they also have a really strong defense, which has been important in their previous matches as well.

My tip for tonight would be Russia 2 Holland 1. Personally I'd like Holland to win, but I think the Russians will struggle hard and prevail in the end.

Do vidjenja Croatia......(ja placam.....)

But tonight Holland!

And I'll think it will be a SENSATIONAL game with LOTS of GOALS

'laat de Leeuw niet in z'n hempie staan'

Vamos España, Vamos TOROOOOO!!!
Carlitos
Tenerife

As I said before I think Holland will reach the final. Spain and Holland is a hard one to predict but I think the Azzuri are just so damn hard to beat once they get their game in play. I really don't think Spain will be able to break them down as they play so defensively minded and then hit teams on the break as they did against Germany in the World Cup semi-final two years ago. Spain's problem, like it always has been, is a raised expectation from having played too many middle quality teams in the build up to the really big matches that count.

Basel is definitely taken over by the Dutch today. Thousands of them on every street and square. And it's beautiful weather today, sunny and 27 degrees.

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sjouke

Hey Sjouke, are you in Basel yourself today ?

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I remember that Argentina was predicted an easy finalist of the 2006 WC after the game against Serbia. And i've seen many "surprises" in the finals. Surprises being "the usual suspects" (Italy, Germany, Brazil etc) reaching the finals after a false start or bad playing. Of course this is not a rule written on stone but... Soccer is not a sport where the team that plays better is going to win for sure. I would say that it is the team that makes less mistakes

A friend of mine made a little website and is selling t-shirts with quotes of football players (& related) on a small scale.
it's in german, sorry - but have look anyhow
[www.wir-muessen-gewinnen.de]

here are some quotes:


"ich denke, wenn die geschichte sich wiederholt, können wir nochmal das gleiche erwarten."
transl: "I think if history repeats itself, we can expect the the same again."

(terry venables)





"unsere chancen stehen 70:50"
our chances are 70:50

(thorsten legat)


"i hope, we have a little bit lucky"
(lothar matthäus)



"ich sage nur ein wort: vielen dank!"
I'll only say one word: thanks a lot

(horst hrubesch)



"hooligans aller nationen, bleibt vor eurem fernseher sitzen."
hooligans of all nations, stay seated infront of your tv

(hans- friedrich ploetz, dt. botschafter in london)



"und jetzt skandieren die fans wieder: türkiye, türkiye. was so viel heißt wie türkei, türkei."

and now they chant again: türkiye, türkiye. which means as much as turkey, turkey
(heribert faßbender)

"ein spiel ist nicht gewonnen, bis es verloren ist."
a match isn't won, until it's lost

(david pleat)

"mal verliert man, und mal gewinnen die anderen."
sometimes you loose, and sometimes the others win

(otto rehhagel)



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and again the germans have the easiest way to the final....

And not to forget the Dutch Professor & Noble Prize Winner in the field of "Ouwehoeren" Johan Cruijff:

"elk nadeel hep ze voordeel"

(every disavantage - in the game - has its own advantage)

LOL keeffriffhard, that IS a classic one ... but it looses a lot of its power in the translation

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and again the germans have the easiest way to the final....

As opposed to who? We had Croatia who could have gone all the way had they not had such bad penalty takers. And many people fancied Portugal. Is that easy? Maybe on paper the semi-final against Turkey is easier than say Holland v Spain or Italy, assuming they beat Russia but you know anything can happen in football.

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Hey Sjouke, are you in Basel yourself today ?

Yes, I live in Basel and it is a crazy atmosphere today... The "procession" towards the stadium is just on-going. See the pics on my link. It is very hot in Basel today and really orange everywhere.

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sjouke

Just had a look at the pictures Sjouke. Helemaal te gek

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Really great to see all those pictures from Basel. My wife and I were there in 1995 to see the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour at the St. Jakob stadium. We had a great time then. Very nice city with nice people. Good memories

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Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu what happen with Holland 30 minutes, Russia almost 65% posesion of the ball, lots of opportunities...
Another favourite as Posrtugal to home??
Spain scored FOUR goals to Russians by the way...
Carlitos
Tenerife

What did I say, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL of Russia!!!!!

Carlitos
Tenerife

5 minutes for the surprise
Vamos Russia!!!
Carlitos
Tenerife

Vanisteltoy Gol!!
Lucky champion like always, Russia deserve to pass, let´s see the extra time

Yep, sorry for all my Dutch friends, but Russia has been the better team so far.

Anyway, I live close to the Dutch border and hope that the Netherlands can shift a gear and make it. Hup!

@#$%& hell. Well done Dutch boys. The games keep getting better and better. And Carlitos man...please win tomorrow.