One can’t help feeling that the Vienna meeting of Austria and Croatia proved two things. First, Austria are the poorest hosts of a European Championship in history (in terms of footballing ability only, of course). Second, Croatia are here merely to make up the numbers. Oh, and one more thing: that England are ineffably bad [...]
June 9, 2008
Euro 2008: Group C Preview & Predictions
The cliched “group of death” kicks off on Monday with Romania facing France, Europe’s most successful nation over the last decade, and world champions Italy against the Netherlands in Berne.
Cutting to the chase, Romania, the supposed outsiders in this group, finished top of the qualifying group via which the Dutch made it to Switzerland. They’re [...]
