
Saturday saw the unfancied Danes do a 1992 and beat the Netherlands, thanks in no small part to the inspired leadership of Niklas Bendtner, the uncrowned king of Denmark. The Portuguese didn’t fare so well, dominating for spells against Germany before going down to a scrappy Mario Gomez goal (is there any other kind of Mario Gomez goal?) This hotly anticipated duel with bring together two of European football’s most hypnotic hairstyles – Fabio Coentrao and Nikla Bendtner.
Denmark: Mercyful Fate – ‘Come to the Sabbath’
God bless King Diamond – wonderful falsetto, not so great on spelling. ‘Come to the Sabbath’ is taken from the band’s 1984 classic Don’t Break the Oath, and is a beautiful and evocative account of Tony Iommi’s ultimately successful attempts to woo Ronnie James Dio away from Rainbow.
Portugal: Moonspell – ‘Scorpion Flower’
Moonspell are arguably Portugal’s most successful heavy metal export, having played virtually every style on the metal spectrum since forming in the mid-nineties. ‘Scorpion Flower’ is one of their gothier productions, from 2008’s Night Eternal.




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anyway, great game so far.
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lol no way, Holland is doomed.
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I'm Dutch and when we refer to the Netherlands as 'Holland' we do mean the whole country. Although yes, technically it would be a region.
As much as I was dissapointed by our loss against the Danes, hell yes for Mercyful Fate. The pressure's on for the game against Germany later this evening. Oh I hope they can pull a surprising win. Otherwise we are doomed.
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and i'm portuguese
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I meant 'Holland' as an English translation for 'Nederland', next to 'the Netherlands'.
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And to add insult to injury, Bendter just scored. I think it's about time for that Balon D'or.
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we always say 'Holanda' (Holland) here in Portugal so :P
anyway, Ronaldo wasted 2 awsome chances. the guy is supposed to be one of the best players in the world, yet hes useless in our national team. Pepe was boss, best player in the game, imo.
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but lol Ronaldo
Hope tonight is a goal frenzy. I have two midfielders and two attackers playing in it. Should be a good match considering the rivalry and the Dutch's need to win.
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"anyway, Ronaldo wasted 2 awsome chances. the guy is supposed to be one of the best players in the world, yet hes useless in our national team. "
geez. calm down, dude is like our 3rd best scorer ever,
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Huntelaar is starting out on the bench today.
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lol but i am extremely agitated, football and my meds in action rawwwwr
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"geez. calm down,"
Saying to someone he's supposed to calm down kind of implies that, yes.
"lol but i am extremely agitated,"
You should listen to less Cannibal Corpse.
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Just read. Fucking pissed.
Don't get why he doesn't just go for the plainly better choice.
Also don't get why everyone picks RVP over Huntelaar in the dream team anyway. Kinda pisses me off that they get rewarded for just going with the more obvious choice.
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Maybe "calm down" wasn't the best chocie of words.
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ughhhh why did my tactics always backfire
Germany to win 4-1 I think
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yea we'll see about that biatch.
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If Schweinsteiger and Gomez keep going like this for the rest of the tournament, this is going to be Germany's trophy.
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I have Ozil as my captain and he's had several chances for goals/assists
Dutch being completely outplayed though
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anyway i hope holland will tune there game up and make this a more even and interesting match. (i had hoped for a 5-2 match, could still happen)
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Great goal by RVP though
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Surprisingly well, one of the German commentators was pretty accurate when he said he has gotten better physically.
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Yes, and he proved it tonight
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In Portugal, Netherland = Hollanda
here (Indonesia), Netherland = Belanda
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wat both of Gomez' goals were sublimely taken
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Yeah, pretty much. Ironically all those Romanic countries with financial problems have pretty well trained soccer teams.
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Either way, I'm going to say everything Pirlo does is a work of art.
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But I'm still in awe at that free kick. No keeper in the world would have saved that.
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But it's Italy so it's worth it.
Go Croatia!
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If they do, remember that I called it before the tournament began.
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Not gonna lie, from all I've seen the Irish looked the most sloppy yet.
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Ireland have no chance.
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Yeah, I know this is highly unlikely. But still.
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Goals scored. If that's still equal they draw lots. But that's pretty rare.