two questions:

who's going to win the Champions League?

and...

who's going to win the Euro Cup 2004?

i'll have to say FC Porto for the CL (for obvious reasons) and either England or France will take the Euro Cup this year.

RIGHT HERE!!

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not porto. man, even Ajax beat them ages ago lol probably the english again.

France will take the euro cup? no way. not right now, maybe if they get in shape soon.

maybe England though, they got the talent and all.

france sucked against holland last time, which was only a week ago, Holland hasn't been beaten the last 35 matches or something. they're in for revenge

france is a good team but not great, maybe they'll get in shape for the cup, but I don't think they'll win. I think England has a good shot, Italy/spain/portugal all haven't been what they used to be.

same goes for Germany allthough they've got a lot of upcoming talent for the next years...

Holland is still number 4 or something on the world ranking list, they've got something to prove right now, and I bet they'll get in the semi-finals or maybe even the finals. and then probably get beaten by england, haha.

PSV will win the UEFA cup
real madrid prob.'ll go away with the champions leage. And for the Eruo-cup. I think Italy or England. But i hope Holland

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Italy. naaaaah. have you seen them lately? they've been crap. like we where a couple of years ago with that other coach, dick advocate

PSV won from Auxerre with 3-0 haha that was cool, but they prolly won't win the UEFA cup.

as for the CL... probably some english club. Real is a shit club, they just bought the world's best players and put them in a team. they got the highest budget and thats all, they don't play all too well as a team but they've got the best players thats for sure...

didnt they win em last year?

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I love you guys

WHO MOVED THE SMILIES AROUND!?!?!?!

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Too bad the fucking US/Canada/Mexico and the rest of south american arent united in their sports like all of europe is. Its because the mexis own us at soccer

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I hope Holland too, but i think they are out in the first round!

I think Spain or Italy wins the europa cup 2004

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I think that if Gerrard, Owen, Beckham and Campbell are all fit and in form that England can win Euro 2004. England's weak point is the 'keeper, David James. He's almost guaranteed to make at least one major mistake per game.

Other than England I think Spain might finally realise their potential. I wasn't that impressed with Portugal when England played a couple of months ago. Also, you can never count out Germany - they always seem to play well in tournaments despite being dodgy in qualifying *cough* 5-1 *cough*. But I feel that France will always be a tough game for anyone, especially with Thierry Henry playing out of his skin at the moment, and shouldn't be overlooked.

Champions League? I thought before last night (Chelsea got beat 3-1 by Monaco) that the final would be contested between Porto and Chelsea. It's a little more difficult to back Chelsea now, but I still think they'll make it through. Actually, if Chelsea beat Monaco I'd fancy them to win in the final also.

UEFA Cup? Valencia or Newcastle. Newcastle will do what my club, Liverpool (sob, sob), couldn't and beat Marseilles. I think they'll meet Valencia in the final but if I had to choose I'd probably say Valencia would be too strong for them.

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i'd still go with chelsea winning the champions league...pulling off a 2-0 shouldnt be that difficult....?

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It's definitely within their powers, but I'd fancy Monaco maybe to score at Stamford Bridge. If Monaco don't score then I think Chelsea will go through to the final with a 2 or 3 goal display.

If you're a betting man, bet on the Chelsea game having between 2 and 3 goals: you should get odds of around 7-4 for that. Pair that up with between 0 and 1 goal (around 9-4 odds) in the Porto-Deportivo game for a 9-1 double timer. Just don't put your mortgage on it...

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monaaaaaaacooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Did anyone see Makalele's dive to get the Monaco player (the Greek fella - can't remember his name, Vikos or something) sent off? He's a disgrace, a cheat and most of all, a fairy.

The sending off in the Porto-Depor game was a joke too. Andrade (Deportivo) only tapped Deco (as he (Deco) was getting up from the ground) with his foot and the ref sent him off. Fair play to Deco though, he didn't go rolling on the ground. To be honest, Deco looked like he didn't even notice it and just wanted to get on with taking the free kick. Some referees are complete imbeciles.

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I think Monaca is going to win the Chamopions league!
hmm but who wins the euro 2004 ....I think one of these teams:
Spain, Portugal, England, France;Italy or Germany .

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His name is Zikos.
As for Andrade I think the ref did good to sent him off.

I think(hope) Porto will take the CL.

I also have 2 bets going for Euro : one for Potugal
to win Hellas on the first match and one that Portugal will
win it.

Really what team do you people support in your countries?
Do you go to see your team often?
I support PAOK and next year we will be playing in the
CL for the first time!I'll certainly go to see
a match at an other country

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Zikos! I knew it was something like that!

Portugal might be good bets to win Euro 2004, especially since they have home advantage. Greece have a good team but I'd fancy Portugal to beat them.

I support the mighty (if I keep saying it, it might come true once again!) Liverpool - the most successful club in the history of English football. We used to rule the roost in Europe back in the late 70's and early 80's, winning 4 European Cups in 7 years. Yes, Man Utd fans, FOUR!

Anyway I've had a season ticket in the Kop that I've shared with my brother (It was nigh on impossible to get 3 season tickets under the Dad's and lads scheme when we first got them) for the past 9 years. I've not seen too many good times in the last 9 years (2001 being the exception) but I'm hoping the halcyon days are not lost forever...

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Well I am a Man Utd fan!haha!

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even worst, Deco and Andrade played in Porto for years. they are extremely good friends and if you noticed well, Andrade said to the referee "he is my friend!"

Hahahaha!

Ten Ton Alien: Yeah, I saw that as well. The referee was wrong, it was just a playful tap. Even a yellow card would have been harsh. It's a shame because a straight red is usually a 3 match ban, which would rule Andrade out of the final if Deportivo make it through. He could miss one of the biggest games of his career just because of a card-happy referee who's probably never even played football at professional level.

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