And thus it endeth...
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misscamYes, Euro 2004 is over and that means this will be the last football-exclusive post for some time. Yes, I know, you're all heartbroken.
So, it's time to summarize... Cam style, of course.
Underdogs of the Tournament: Greece.
Most Sadly Overrated Team of the Tournament: France.
Most Sadly Overrated Player of the Tournament: David Beckham. (Henry and Zidane both contender for the spot, but did show some quality in the game against England.)
Most Excruciatingly Boring Match of the Tournament: Croatia - Switzerland 0-0
Most Exciting Match of the Tournament: Netherlands - Czeck Republic 2-3
Most Exciting Match of the Tournament Not Due to Gameplay: Sweden - Denmark 2-2
Most Magnifiscent Goal: Maniche scores the second goal against the Netherlands.
Team That Showed Most Promise During the Tournament: The Czeck team.
Player That Showed Most Promise During the Tournament: Tied between Wayne Rooney and Milan Baros.
The "That's the Best You Can Do?" Team of the Tournament: Germany, always sharp during tournaments - except this one, it seems.
Cam's Greatest Moment of Glee: Sweden equalizes to 2-2 a few minutes before full time in the match against Denmark, thus ensuring both Denmark and Sweden go through and Italy is out. Scandinavia rejoices.
Cam's Greatest "What the...?" Moment of Surprise: Tied between Greece scores on Portugal seven minutes into the opening match and France scores twice on England within three minutes just before full time to win the match.
Cam's Greatest Moment of "Ack!": The Czecks scores three goals on Denmark in fifteen minutes after the Danes have pretty much run the match for the whole first half.
The "The Goal is That Way, Are You Blind?" Player of the Tournament: David Beckham. Two penalty misses in two seperate matches.
Goalkeeping Accomplishment of the Tournament: Ricardo for Portugal first saves the English penalty, then shoots the following Portugese penalty himself and scores, sending Portugal to the semi-final and England home.
The "How the Hell Did He Do That?!" Goal of the Tournament: Zlatan scores Sweden's equalizer against Italy by flicking his heel mid-air to send the ball in a lovely loop over the nearby defense player and into the goal.
The "You'd Think They'd Won" Moment: Latvia, ecstatic after a 0-0 draw with Germany secures the country its first ever point in a major tournament.
Proving Referees Can Be Loved: Pierluigi Collina. We love the bald man that is authority personafied.
Proving Referee-ing Is a Most Ungrateful Job: Urs Meier, disallowing England's last-minute goal against Portugal which would have seen England won. Instead it went to penalties and England lost. English fans were not amused. Cue 16 000 hate mails and newspapers printing Mr. Meier's adress.
The "Boo, I say! Boo!" Moment of the Tournament: Francesco Totti and Alexander Frei spit on respectively a Danish and an English player.
The "Mmmm, Cam Likes" Player of the Tournament: The Greek goalkeeper, though I honestly cannot say why. (ETA: Now I know! He looks a bit like George Clooney!)
The "Oh, Shut Up Already!" Special Mention 1: The Norwegian commentators. You are not clever, now shut up and let me watch the game.
The "Oh, Shut Up Already!" Special Mention 2: Gianluigi Buffon, the Italian player, claiming Sweden and Denmark fixed their game. Without having watched it. UEFA tells him to stuff it.
Eyerolling Moment of the Tournament: Francesco Totti tells all reporters he's a greater man than them and elaborates on the theme quite a bit.
Name Most Destined To Crack Up Cam without Fail: Schweinsteiger from the German team.
"You Know Your Fans Don't Love You When..." Moment of the Tournament: Dutch fans buy the Dutch coach a ticket from Portugal because they want him to bugger off. To add to the insult, the ticket is to Belgium.
History Does Repeat Itself: Spain once again fails to do big at a major tournament.
History Does Not Repeat Itself: Greece, having never even won a single match in a major tournament before does manage to do big.
Proof Defensive Play Does Not Pay: Tied between Italy falling back to secure their 1-0 lead over Sweden with Sweden then able to take over the match to secure an equalizer and England doing the same with a 1-0 lead over Portugal and also getting punished by the other team equalizing.
Proof Defensive Play Does Pay: Greece, the most defensive team of the tournament, manages to go all the way.
And the Winner Is...: Greece, of course, making football history and stunning all of Europe.
So, it's time to summarize... Cam style, of course.
Underdogs of the Tournament: Greece.
Most Sadly Overrated Team of the Tournament: France.
Most Sadly Overrated Player of the Tournament: David Beckham. (Henry and Zidane both contender for the spot, but did show some quality in the game against England.)
Most Excruciatingly Boring Match of the Tournament: Croatia - Switzerland 0-0
Most Exciting Match of the Tournament: Netherlands - Czeck Republic 2-3
Most Exciting Match of the Tournament Not Due to Gameplay: Sweden - Denmark 2-2
Most Magnifiscent Goal: Maniche scores the second goal against the Netherlands.
Team That Showed Most Promise During the Tournament: The Czeck team.
Player That Showed Most Promise During the Tournament: Tied between Wayne Rooney and Milan Baros.
The "That's the Best You Can Do?" Team of the Tournament: Germany, always sharp during tournaments - except this one, it seems.
Cam's Greatest Moment of Glee: Sweden equalizes to 2-2 a few minutes before full time in the match against Denmark, thus ensuring both Denmark and Sweden go through and Italy is out. Scandinavia rejoices.
Cam's Greatest "What the...?" Moment of Surprise: Tied between Greece scores on Portugal seven minutes into the opening match and France scores twice on England within three minutes just before full time to win the match.
Cam's Greatest Moment of "Ack!": The Czecks scores three goals on Denmark in fifteen minutes after the Danes have pretty much run the match for the whole first half.
The "The Goal is That Way, Are You Blind?" Player of the Tournament: David Beckham. Two penalty misses in two seperate matches.
Goalkeeping Accomplishment of the Tournament: Ricardo for Portugal first saves the English penalty, then shoots the following Portugese penalty himself and scores, sending Portugal to the semi-final and England home.
The "How the Hell Did He Do That?!" Goal of the Tournament: Zlatan scores Sweden's equalizer against Italy by flicking his heel mid-air to send the ball in a lovely loop over the nearby defense player and into the goal.
The "You'd Think They'd Won" Moment: Latvia, ecstatic after a 0-0 draw with Germany secures the country its first ever point in a major tournament.
Proving Referees Can Be Loved: Pierluigi Collina. We love the bald man that is authority personafied.
Proving Referee-ing Is a Most Ungrateful Job: Urs Meier, disallowing England's last-minute goal against Portugal which would have seen England won. Instead it went to penalties and England lost. English fans were not amused. Cue 16 000 hate mails and newspapers printing Mr. Meier's adress.
The "Boo, I say! Boo!" Moment of the Tournament: Francesco Totti and Alexander Frei spit on respectively a Danish and an English player.
The "Mmmm, Cam Likes" Player of the Tournament: The Greek goalkeeper, though I honestly cannot say why. (ETA: Now I know! He looks a bit like George Clooney!)
The "Oh, Shut Up Already!" Special Mention 1: The Norwegian commentators. You are not clever, now shut up and let me watch the game.
The "Oh, Shut Up Already!" Special Mention 2: Gianluigi Buffon, the Italian player, claiming Sweden and Denmark fixed their game. Without having watched it. UEFA tells him to stuff it.
Eyerolling Moment of the Tournament: Francesco Totti tells all reporters he's a greater man than them and elaborates on the theme quite a bit.
Name Most Destined To Crack Up Cam without Fail: Schweinsteiger from the German team.
"You Know Your Fans Don't Love You When..." Moment of the Tournament: Dutch fans buy the Dutch coach a ticket from Portugal because they want him to bugger off. To add to the insult, the ticket is to Belgium.
History Does Repeat Itself: Spain once again fails to do big at a major tournament.
History Does Not Repeat Itself: Greece, having never even won a single match in a major tournament before does manage to do big.
Proof Defensive Play Does Not Pay: Tied between Italy falling back to secure their 1-0 lead over Sweden with Sweden then able to take over the match to secure an equalizer and England doing the same with a 1-0 lead over Portugal and also getting punished by the other team equalizing.
Proof Defensive Play Does Pay: Greece, the most defensive team of the tournament, manages to go all the way.
And the Winner Is...: Greece, of course, making football history and stunning all of Europe.
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Date: 2004-07-07 10:48 am (UTC)To give you your point, I've got my own silly fandoms and I'm certainly not going to ogle the ass of an acting scientist dressed in a light blue lab coat and funny bow tie who used to have a funny science show for kids. :P