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Nedved Inks Extension, Indicative of an Impending Czech Return?
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Last summer’s “will he or won’t he” was nipped in the bud rather quickly this year, as Pavel Nedved today signed on for another year with Juventus with one fixture still on the schedule. So that brings him to the end of the 2008-09 season and now puts off the retirement talk for good. What it also brings up is the inevitable question: Will he also bring himself back for the Euros?
It’s a vastly different question now than last week, under vastly different circumstances. Essentially, the injury to captain and star attacker Tomas Rosicky has changed the complexion of the Czech midfield, and though a quality squad, they don’t really have the depth to make up for the absence of someone like Rosicky.
If teammates were calling for his participation prior to the injury – and they were in numbers – Pavel will surely be getting a flurry of calls and text messages now. Being in a group with co-hosts Switzerland (a host always goes through), the talented Portugal and sleeper Turkey is certainly no free pass to the second round.
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PREVIEW: Euro 2008 Group C, Romania vs. France
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Monday, June 9, Kickoff 18:00 CET
Zürich (Switzerland) – Travel to Zurich
THE BIG PICTURE
Group C gets underway, with Romania and France battling for psychological advantage in the Group o’Death. A win for either side would prove a huge boost and a loss would be devastating, as both sides still have ... [read more]
EuroDose June 08, ‘08
Comments(1)Some news to read as you send 46 people to jail because someone’s cellphone rang in court:
Photo of a crazy Portuguese fan (The Beautiful Game)
The Carlsberg Golden Cheerleaders of Euro 2008 (Babes in Sportsland)
Match review, from a Croatian point of view (Croatia blog)
And from an Austrian viewpoint (Austria blog)
The all-ladies’ roundtable on Euro 2008 (Ladies…Part 1. Part 2)
And while ... [read more]
How to Watch the Euro 2008 Games Online
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Monday is when the conflict begins for Euro 2008 fans outside of Europe, and especially in the US.
So much wonderful footy! And all of it during the workday!
Our assumption is that most of you who can’t watch the games as they happen are TIVOing them and watching ... [read more]
Awards of the Day: June 8th
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Player of the Day: Lukas Podolski – one easy goal, one hard one. After featuring almost exclusively off the bench for Bayern this season in the Bundesliga, it’s hard to claim he was in form or anything close to the sort. Play him, Jurgen!
Team of the Day: Germany were the best, but ... [read more]
Euro Wrap, June 8th
Comments(7)The big day 
Euro 2008 got started in Austria today, with everyone from Group B in action. Review and video from Austria 0-1 Croatia and Germany 2-0 Poland below…
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Five Things We Learned at Euro 2008, June 8th
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1. You can’t make an offside trap out of Poles
Poland’s attempts to push out and catch Podolski and Klose offside were comical. I’m no expert, but don’t offside traps require everyone to run in the same direction?
2. A certain Austrian lady should throw away her underwear now
She won’t be needing these.
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Samsunspor Team Bus Meets Train
What do you say to this? Holy @#$%. Incredibly, everyone from Samsunspor - Turkish Super Lig - survived and the team bus is the only thing which netted catastrophic damage. And as evident from the video, no signs/warnings appeared that, ya know, a train was steaming in. Someone's likely to see a change ...
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Adriano Gets Quarantined For Fatness
Adriano is both one of the most gifted strikers of his generation and one of the most disappointing, ballooning to Ronaldo's late-career playing weight right smack in the middle of his prime, among other, non-gravitational-field-related issues (drinking, partying, shooting people, etc). Now at Corinthians and fresh off an Achilles injury ...
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Excellence In Futility
The set-and-finish own goal is one of extreme rarity, such that it should have its own show on some science channel. To deflect a ball into the net is one thing, but a composed boot, if shanked? That's truly special stuff. The gentleman in question is Ashraf Soliman of Maccabi Umm ...
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Kitties Taking Over The World
A pitch invasion took center stage during the first half at Anfield this evening, if only because no one else could. There's something in here about the cat being more productive than Andy Carroll, too. Also, it already has at least three Twitter accounts. Of course. (One of them.) Another cat, a ...
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Balotelli Feels The Magic
Beyond anything which Mario may or may not be doing...what an odd sequence to catch during a game, isn't it? Fans get caught doing things quite often, but not players seated in cushy boxes. That said....Mario makes a coke can disappear. I think. Which is pretty nice. Though I imagine the ...
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Bayern: The Good Guys (!)(?)
If you've paid any attention to the Bayern Munich news bits over the past years, you'll know that they've got some characters running the show. Thus their public persona isn't exactly seen as the cuddly teddy bear, smiled-at-least-once-in-their-lives types. So to hear that they gave Borussia Dortmund, a direct competitor, ...
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Learning To Tackle, Possibly A Couple Years Late
This might be a touch simplistic and naive, but... Shouldn't DVDs on 'how to tackle' be handed out to the youth teams of Premiership clubs, rather than the guys getting six figures a week to go in at some poor man's ankles? But the higher ups at the FA in England have ...
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No Time For Playing In The Snow
Footballers already get millions to play a game as their career, delighting in an extended childhood. Why not go all the way and stop for playtime in the snow as well? Actually, Joel Obi's plunge into a snowbank really just serves as further proof no game should ever be canceled due ...
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