Re: Latvian group in euro 2004 ?

A
Portugal
France
Sweden
Czech Republic

B
Spain
Italy
England
Germany

C
Netherlands
Croatia
Denmark
Russia

D
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Greece
Latvia

Why not a France, Italy, russia , Latvia ?

Of course it`d be great to play against such world power teams as France, Netherlands, Italy and see our guys fighting shoulder to shoulder with Zidane, Kluivert, Del Piero, Inzaghi etc, but i still wish this group:
Latvia
Sweden
Germany
Denmark

 

The best group for you would probably be:

Sweden
England
Russia
Latvia

 

why not ! i don't know why sweden is in the A group instead of Spain, Italy, England or Germany ?

 

France
Italy
Netherlands
Latvia

It`s ok isn`t it ?

we`ll see groups in 30 november and then we`ll see are there any chances for our team...but we know Verpakovskis so the chance is always

 

France
Italy
Netherlands
Latvia

It`s ok isn`t it ?

we`ll see groups in 30 november and then we`ll see are there any chances for our team...but we know Verpakovskis so the chance is always

Don`t scare me This group isn`t ok at all. All NT has they minuses and pluses, but i believe those 3 three (France, NL, Italy) have more pluses than minuses. These are teams, i wish Latvia not to play in the same group, cause as good we`re playing, the rest of teams are too good...

 

Don`t scare me This group isn`t ok at all. All NT has they minuses and pluses, but i believe those 3 three (France, NL, Italy) have more pluses than minuses. These are teams, i wish Latvia not to play in the same group, cause as good we`re playing, the rest of teams are too good...

Don`t worry Turkey also were much more stronger than our team but we showed a great teamplay and beated them also Sweden, we won them in game 2 but in game 1 was a draw
sooo everythin`s under control

 

Don`t worry Turkey also were much more stronger than our team but we showed a great teamplay and beated them also Sweden, we won them in game 2 but in game 1 was a draw
sooo everythin`s under control

Yesterday i saw Netherland vs Scotland game. Dutch players are just good in what they do. Italy no doubt always is strong, they`re getting far almost everytime. France imo is mood NT, they can win Brasil, but lost to some less known team. So i better wish for bit-weaker group, however in tournaments like this, there aren`t weak teams.

 

That highest rate competition in the world,even more than World cup, be proud to be in the 16 best NT in europe !

 

LONDRES (AP) - Les cotes annoncées par la société de paris William Hill jeudi après l'annonce des têtes de séries pour l'Euro 2004 de football, dont le tirage au sort aura lieu le 30 novembre à Lisbonne:
Quotation of "William hill" bet society of Paris, after the announce of the seeding of the Euro 2004

France 10/3

Italie 11/2

Portugal 6/1

Angleterre, Espagne 7/1

Pays-Bas 8/1

Rép. tchèque 9/1

Allemagne 14/1

Suède 20/1

Danemark 33/1

Grèce 50/1

Bulgarie, Suisse, Croatie, Russie 66/1

Lettonie 200/1. AP

 

why not ! i don't know why sweden is in the A group instead of Spain, Italy, England or Germany ?

exactly

there's a big debate about this in the euro2004 forum

its ridiculous if you ask me

 

exactly

there's a big debate about this in the euro2004 forum

its ridiculous if you ask me

I guess it`s not ment for us to understand this system. The same way i do not understand by which criteria FIFA national team rating table is made, there`s a big butter either

 

why not ! i don't know why sweden is in the A group instead of Spain, Italy, England or Germany ?

sweden had better results in the qualifiers for euro 2000 and wc 2002 than the other mentioned teams. simple.........

btw, latvia was the monly team to beat sweden in qualifying matches for along time

go latvia!

 

The best group for you would probably be:

Sweden
England
Russia
Latvia

remove Russia to this group and put Switzerland

Switzerland was just lucky

 

remove Russia to this group and put Switzerland

Switzerland was just lucky

There`s a saying: Luck provides the strongest

 

There`s a saying: Luck provides the strongest

then also Russia!

 

I guess it`s not ment for us to understand this system. The same way i do not understand by which criteria FIFA national team rating table is made, there`s a big butter either

It is the avarage points in a game of qualifying. France have 3 points per game because they won every time, and Sweden only lost once, that is why they have a higher avarage points per game and are higher in pot that Italy, England...

You take the points earned in qualification, divide by games played and that equals the coefficiency rating forund at the bottom of this page http://www.euro2004.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=127713.html in the table next to team names.

 

It is the avarage points in a game of qualifying. France have 3 points per game because they won every time, and Sweden only lost once, that is why they have a higher avarage points per game and are higher in pot that Italy, England...

You take the points earned in qualification, divide by games played and that equals the coefficiency rating forund at the bottom of this page http://www.euro2004.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=127713.html in the table next to team names.

Thanks for enlighting Seems to be clear now

 

I think the Latvian federation will organize friendly game before Euro 2004, any news about that ?

 

I think the Latvian federation will organize friendly game before Euro 2004, any news about that ?

There is. At 20th December against Kuweit (Kuweit is 52th in FIFA rank, Latvia was 56th before game in Istanbul). Latvian head-coach Starkovs says that in game against Kuweit which will take place in Cyprus, he`ll be checking nearest reserve players, so we can predict that Latvia will not play with strongest squad. But anyway let`s wish luck!
In 19th november Kuweit already played game versus Portugal. They lost with 0:8.

Also some other european NT`s like Chezch rep. have said they would like to fight against Latvia, but these games should be just nearly before Euro2004

 

So Starkov will make his 23 players list with that game i think, and why not a friendly against France that would be nice for me :star:

 

The answer this sunday

World ranking ( November 03): 56 Latvia 545 pts
Ranking last month :69 + 13
Ranking Last year : 78 +22

 

Latvia have begun their preparations for UEFA EURO 2004 by announcing two friendly international dates.

Friendly tournament
Aleksandrs Starkovs' side will play Kuwait in Cyprus on 20 December, and will travel to the country again in February next year to take part in a friendly tournament, the participants of which are not yet known.

 

Group D

Czech Rep.
Latvia
Germany
Holland

Interesting group for you.And tough

 

Latvians will get three great games in Euro 2004.When they collect even 1 point, they can be proud.

 

Today UEFA Euro2004 draw has been finished. Latvia`s group is

Czech Republic
Latvia
Germany
Netherlands

Discussions about Latvia and their opponents in Euro2004 are welcomed here

P.S - I made a first vote for Latvia, not because i think it`s team which will win, cause i`m realistic, but it`s still my favourite one :tongue: