Comments on: Best Euro Group Teams Ever http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html News from Euro 2008 Championships in Austria and Switzerland. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:09:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ian Rose http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-5411 Ian Rose Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:04:12 +0000 http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html#comment-5411 Shazback .... dammit. It was a typo in the spreadsheet that I was using but I should have double-checked it. You are absolutely right that France 1984 was the only team to ever win out, beating Denmark, Belgium and Yugoslavia in the group stage, then Portugal and Spain to win the whole enchilada. Platini was a god that tournament. Absolutely amazing. Good catch, and my apologies for the miss. Shazback …. dammit. It was a typo in the spreadsheet that I was using but I should have double-checked it. You are absolutely right that France 1984 was the only team to ever win out, beating Denmark, Belgium and Yugoslavia in the group stage, then Portugal and Spain to win the whole enchilada.

Platini was a god that tournament. Absolutely amazing.

Good catch, and my apologies for the miss.

]]> By: Shazback http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-5410 Shazback Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:54:09 +0000 http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html#comment-5410 I must have missed the part where France '84 lost in the Semis... All I know is that they won all 3 of their group games (1-0 vs Denmark, 5-0 vs Belgium, 3-2 vs Yougoslavia), topping their group with 9 points, 9 goals scored, 2 goals against (so that's only one little goal conceded worse than the Dutch of 2008), and they went on to win the semis 3-2 against Portugal, and the final 2-0 against Spain... Interesting factoid? Platini scored in all 5 games France played that year, and won the trophy on home soil as captain, netting a record 9 goals in the process. Surprisingly, however, he wasn't selected as best player of the tournament, a distinction that went to Jean Tigana, a team-mate of Platini's. I must have missed the part where France ‘84 lost in the Semis… All I know is that they won all 3 of their group games (1-0 vs Denmark, 5-0 vs Belgium, 3-2 vs Yougoslavia), topping their group with 9 points, 9 goals scored, 2 goals against (so that’s only one little goal conceded worse than the Dutch of 2008), and they went on to win the semis 3-2 against Portugal, and the final 2-0 against Spain…

Interesting factoid? Platini scored in all 5 games France played that year, and won the trophy on home soil as captain, netting a record 9 goals in the process. Surprisingly, however, he wasn’t selected as best player of the tournament, a distinction that went to Jean Tigana, a team-mate of Platini’s.

]]> By: jonkon http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html/comment-page-1#comment-5392 jonkon Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:27:43 +0000 http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html#comment-5392 how about every Spain side from 1930 to 2008? how about every Spain side from 1930 to 2008?

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