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My trip was sadly interrupted by a killer virus that wiped me out for the trip - fly to belgade, sleeper train to Podgirica, into Skhodra Albania, ferry from Bar to bari on the day of the game, vomiting, crying and a 1AM coach to Ancona to get the next mornings ryanscare flight back to Blighty.


we lost the coach at a desterted service station near to lecce and then walked for 4 hours through to the train station to get the train that got us to Ancona with minutes to spare.


Every single step was agony


I cant remember much of the game as I was lying down on the crumbling terraces


I have to admit that my worst Italian experiences as detailed above were Champions league games v Inter & Juve - unpleasant, if only for the final result- hence my tainted viewpoint



now last months game in Prag was another matter...

snorky Wrote:

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> lozzyloz Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Well snorky, coming from somebody who's country

> > doesn't have a football team, I guess I'd be

> > bitter too.

> >

> > a) Obviously

> > b) I'm part South American so that works for me

> in

> > the World Cup

>

>

> eh ?

>

> so my country of origin doesnt have a football

> team ? where do you think I from - Monaco ? The "

> Nazi" Channel islands ? Antarctica ? Lilliput ?


I didn't expect you to want me to spell out that Scotland have never got past Round 1 (assuming they'd entered or not withdrawn) of the EC or WC.


Having said that, I'm not feeling particularly big in my pants about Italy's position in their group.

lozzyloz Wrote:

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> snorky Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > lozzyloz Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > Well snorky, coming from somebody who's

> country

> > > doesn't have a football team, I guess I'd be

> > > bitter too.

> > >

> > > a) Obviously

> > > b) I'm part South American so that works for

> me

> > in

> > > the World Cup

> >

> >

> > eh ?

> >

> > so my country of origin doesnt have a football

> > team ? where do you think I from - Monaco ? The

> "

> > Nazi" Channel islands ? Antarctica ? Lilliput ?

>

> I didn't expect you to want me to spell out that

> Scotland have never got past Round 1 (assuming

> they'd entered or not withdrawn) of the EC or WC.

>

> Having said that, I'm not feeling particularly big

> in my pants about Italy's position in their group.


maybe, but we won the Kirin cup the other year.


now thats not something the likes of Pele or maradona can boast about

Wouldn't you just know it, Germany win via a free kick, scored by my favourite German player Mr.Gonad, aka Bollock. They were so average last night it was painful. I really hope they don't progress any further because the quality and standard of their play is woeful.
Re: Euro 2008

Posted by: Ted Max June 11, 11:05AM

I think Italy and Holland will both come through from that group.


France = England if they'd qualified. Meaning the prevailing assumption that by just scraping through a poor group, they'll be fine once they get to the real thing, because they have so many world class players.



Ahem....

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