Euro 2004: the armchair fanA fan's view of the European Football Championships, by Andy Sennitt of Radio NetherlandsThe Greeks have done it!!- July 4, 2004 The final of Euro 2004 won't stay in the memory for the quality of the football on display, but will be talked about for years to come. Greece beat the hosts Portugal 1-0 to send the entire Greek nation into a mixture of shock and celebration. The Greeks had been to two previous European finals, where they lost five of the six group matches and drew the other, scoring once and conceding 14. So the bookmakers who offered 150-1 for a bet on them winning the championship thought they were safe. I..http://radio.weblogs.com/0121781/2004/07/04.html#a267 Delirious Greeks in the final- July 1, 2004 A quite amazing end to the second semi-final. Level after 90 minutes, the Czech Republic and the Greeks went into extra time. The silver goal rule applied, meaning that the game could finish after the first extra 15 minutes if one team was ahead. The clock ticked up to 15 minutes exactly as the Greeks took a corner - and they scored! Absolutely no time for the Czechs to do anything about it. The TV cameras cut to scenes of delirium in central Athens, where thousands of Greek fans were watching..http://radio.weblogs.com/0121781/2004/07/01.html#a266 |