JUst wanted to remind everyone here, about how I got slammed, when I dared to say Romania would not do anything in EURO 2000. I said the QF's are the absolute peek of their capabilities and it turned out I was true (not that I didn't want them to win against the dumb Azzuris
). Unfortunately Ilie is absolutley disgraceful at the moment, which really is saddening after that amazing performance in France 98
Then we had Hagi, who really used up all the petrol in the UEFA Cup, and was more of a burden to the team than anything else
But players like Chivu and Mutu are real prospects for the future. I was also dissapointed with Contra, as I expected mor from him
All in all the team did peform well, and got out of this group. But forgive me for saying so, but had ROm been in any other group I think they would've founf it hard to advance. I was right here too - group A sucked big time! I mean the games were OK, but the level of play was low. Portugal was way above the rest, while Germany were way below the rest. That left only ROM and ENG to battle it out and ROM in the end were slightly better and luckier. But this group was far from the great 2 --> the absolute rocket = group C! Amazing stuff, just like I predicted this would be a hell group and was, excellent games thx to Yugoslavia and bring ones thx to Norway. Still the tightest group by far. Group D was also interesting, but only with the level of play, as there was no competition here
I wonder what all those people who slammed me before EURO 2000 are gonna say now? I expect some apologies...
[Edited by labas on 28-06-2000 at 00:34]
[Edited by labas on 28-06-2000 at 00:34]