Awards of the Day: June 18th

June 18th, 2008 | By: Chris | 9 Comments »

Player of the Day: Andrei Arshavin. Do you think Hiddink was just playing mind games by saying he might not start? Because if this is what he’s been showing in training, it was nothing more than a load of shit. This is not the same team that faced Spain. Dutch beware.

Team of the Tournament Spot Locked: Stepping up is Yuri Zhirkov, Russia’s hybrid LB/LW whose attacking runs from deep and passing have been a nightmare for opposing defenses. That sound you hear is Western Europe panting like dogs.

Harshest Sale of the Day:
The Geneva store in the picture is giving 50% off the shirts of the less fortunate (or shitty, in some cases) teams in this tournament. Tough way to lose 50%, but hey, a little bit of consolation.

Retroactive Worst Bench Award:
Portugal, since they were the only group winner that couldn’t win a game with their backups. Not that it matters or anything, just that it would’ve been a nice cherry on top of the sundae. No one wants a sundae without the cherry.

End of an Era Award:
Henrik Larsson. His first tournament without scoring a goal. After all the hoopla regarding his shocking return, it looks like it was just a lot of bark and no bite. (Bet he would’ve scored with dreadlocks.)

This Ain’t Your Slightly Older Twin Brother’s Greece Award:
0-0-3. Four years was a LONG time ago, wasn’t it?

The Hoodoo of Hiddink Award:
If Roman Abramovich wasn’t bankrolling him right now, what do you think oh, say, Roman Abramovich would pay to lure him out of Russia? The man’s just a walking, talking knockout round ticket. Get your bets in for 2010 now.

Get The Man Some Aspirin Award:
Sergey Ignashevich for the early boot he took from Zlatan….and a fantastic boot at that.



Mourning:
Matchup of the Day has been replaced with a moment of silence for the loss of Sweden. Sad day.









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Username By Marco Pantanella | June 18th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
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The Hoodoo of Hiddink Award: If Roman Abramovich wasn’t bankrolling him right now, what do you think oh, say, Roman Abramovich would pay to lure him out of Russia? The man’s just a walking, talking knockout round ticket. Get your bets in for 2010 now.

Agreed, the man can do wonders with small teams. Two issues though:

1) Hiddink can get to the playoffs, but not much further (Netherlands 2000, South Korea 2002 -would have stopped at Round of 16 had it not been for the “refereeing help”-, and Australia 2006)
2) Would Hiddink be able to do as well with a big team such as Chelsea?

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Username By AJ | June 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
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Visually appealing Swedish babes gone = :(

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Username By Abby | June 18th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
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I’m more ruing the loss of the visually appealing Swedish footballers…

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Username By Martin Adams | June 19th, 2008 at 12:46 am
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I love the awards, you hit the target. :)
I read this blog all the time to get info on the Euro 2008 and have fun, but I am commenting for the first time. I was triggered by a project management tool ProjectOffice.net, that managed to organize the entire championship in the tool itself. It is fun to see how they did it. The website: http://www.europroject2008.net

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Username By Mat | June 19th, 2008 at 4:44 am
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The more the better Chris, we’re insatiable!…No matchups for the day….you did some serious injustice to the Portuguese lasses …never mind the german “females” (..no offense please)

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Username By Jan | June 19th, 2008 at 4:49 am
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That’s Ochsner Sport in Switzerland!
Darn, I have to call my grandparents and ask them to buy me the Switzerland shirt! 50% off!!

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Username By alessio | June 19th, 2008 at 8:36 am
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Wow. Sweden, I need to get there soon.

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Username By ordeal_rules (JCS) | June 19th, 2008 at 9:29 am
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larsson did score in the first game no?

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Username By Ian Rose | June 19th, 2008 at 9:43 am
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Nope, that was Ibrahimovic and Petter Hansson.

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