Euro 2012

Matchday Two – Day Two – Dugout Discussion

13 June 2012 1791 comments
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Yesterday’s batch of Group A results afforded all four teams the chance of a place in the final eight and, this evening, Holland and Portugal will be hoping to keep their dreams alive after opening day defeats. As always, our Dugout Discussion is up and running ahead of the first of the Group B matches:

Today’s early kick-off sees Denmark take on the Portuguese and, with a win against the Dutch already under their belt, Morten Olsen’s men will be confident of upsetting the odds once again.

The team news is already in and the lineups are as follows:

Portugal XI: Patricio; Pereira, Alves, Pepe, Coentrao; Veloso, Moutinho, Meireles; Nani, Postiga, Ronaldo

Denmark XI:Andersen; Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, S Poulsen; Kvist, Zimling, Eriksen; Rommedahl, Bendtner, Krohn-Deli

Unsurprisingly, Morten Olsen keeps the same starting XI that saw off Holland 1-0 last Saturday, with Michael Krohn-Deli looking to notch for the second successive Group B game. Lars Jacobsen can expect a busy time at right-back, as he lines up directly against Cristiano Ronaldo.

Paulo Bento’s side is also unchanged following their narrow defeat to Germany. Helder Postiga keeps his place as the lone forward, though with Hugo Almeida now recovered from flu and the highly-rated youngster Nelson Oliveira pushing for pitch time, Postiga is unlikely to last the 90 minutes unless he considerably ups his game, after a poor performance last time out.

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  1. Carlos Danger
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    bad for ronnie but what good for portugal to snatch the game back at the death

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  2. boc610
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    condolences to all the plucky twisters out there..thats shocking from Ron

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  3. LOCO ABREU
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    I hate you ronaldo! I hate you!

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    1. RÏɠBY
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      careful.. evil feeds on hate 😉

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  4. Back on the horse
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    well done Portugal. I'm off home, to catch the big game

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  5. OPTA FPL
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    Stick or twist CR7 (C) ?

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    1. LOCO ABREU
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      Stick

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      1. OPTA FPL
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        cheers LOCO

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    2. Manamongst
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      Why wouldn't you twist???

      insane.

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      1. OPTA FPL
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        lol @@

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    3. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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      Defo Twist.

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  6. Djerbil
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    Same dutch attack..always knew it....

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    1. chilin_dude
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      Saying you always knew it is foolish. Those that said Afellay deffo wouldn't play are foolish. No one knew for sure either way.

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      1. Djerbil
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        I am not foolish, but I know the Dutch team more than u do..Thanks by the way

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    2. Gaz Downright
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      always knew it a little bit more tonight though? 😉

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  7. BONZ
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    Ron looks gutted despite the win - selfish runt?

    The rest look delighted as a draw would have meant needing to beat Dutch!

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  8. Derailed Bandwagon
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    I warned all the ronaldo hype would end in dissapointment. He rarely plays well for Portugal and and Denmark aren't as bad as people make out.

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    1. Manamongst
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      That warning seems a bit watery considering what he missed tonight. And I'm a Nani owner.

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  9. Nomar
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    All 3 teams could be on 3 pts tonight.

    However, Germany should destroy Denmark.

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
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      like holland did 😉

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  10. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    am pretty sure Ronny did not touch it, but will see the replay in a sec and have a look though I hope it's Fabio's though

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    1. FORCA INTER
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      it dosn't matter anyways cause rules are different and even if he did touched it he didnt have inttention to pass it

      assist stays to fabio 99%

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      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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        he did touch it, but Varela hit it against him, has to be Fabio's

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  11. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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    Confirmed on UEFA-
    Dutch- Stekelenburg(GK), Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems, Van Bommel(C), N. de Jong, Sneijder, Robben, Van Persie, Afellay.

    Germany-
    Neuer(GK), Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm(C), Boateng, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Özil, T. Müller, Podolski, Gomez.

    Go Muller & Afellay.

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    1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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      Dutch SUBS: Vorm, Krul, Bouma, Vlaar, Boulahrouz, Schaars, Strootman, Van der Vaart, Kuyt, Huntelaar, L. De Jong, Narsingh.

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    2. FORCA INTER
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      ok,you posted this 3 times in 5 min :D!

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      1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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        Just Twice.
        One was lost at the bottom of last page & went unnoticed.

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    3. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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      Germany SUBS: Wiese, Zieler, Schmelzer, Höwedes, Mertesacker, Gündoğan, Schürrle, Bender, Kroos, Götze, Reus, Klose.

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  12. GunsnRoses
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    Just like MD1
    32 points on first day and then 3+5+3

    This time 23+(4+RVP)

    Ain't good ... ain't good 😐

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  13. Djerbil
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    Ronaldo has scored only once in a major competition..that was in his debut at Euro 04 match Group Match against Greece

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    1. Limbo Exile
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      against North Korea in 2010?

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      1. Djerbil
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        oh yeah, that one where 6 other people scored also in a 7-0 win

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  14. 7dbeckham23
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    On the plus side, All the Ronaldo to Rooney transfer for GW3 saves us and others a lot of thinking time. Can't believe both my strikers lewandowski and ronaldo got yellows, im so lucky

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  15. Somalion
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    So Ronaldo bottled another big game. Good stuff. Disappointed the Danes didn't snatch it but makes the group very interesting.

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  16. Piggs Boson
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    Messi > Ronaldo. That has to be the end of it surely.

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    1. Menly
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      No. And don't call me Shirley

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      1. Piggs Boson
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        F*cking love Airplane 😀

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    2. emperikal
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      Messi would have never missed either of those chances.

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    3. OPTA FPL
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      Ronaldo is Messi Portugal

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    4. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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      Messi>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ronaldo

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    5. Somalion
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      You'll still have people claiming Ronaldo is better. Messi is far far better.

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  17. Menly
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    Well thank you very much for holding my captaincy for me, but pass it on to the big boys who can actually score would you? Ta

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    1. CatMac
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      oops, did you captain CR7? Evening btw.

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  18. emperikal
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    In hindsight I kind of wish I skipped playing these Euros. I haven't been able to enjoy the tourney since every result at every single turn has gone against me lol.

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  19. turbosmalec
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    Another 2pt captain 4 me. Had Lewy yesterday. Jaysus!

    Giving the (c) to Pirlo or Iniesta 2moro... :/

    Hopefully Benzema won't b such a disgrace!

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  20. Keane There Dunne That
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    who here has bendtner captain 😀

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  21. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    well I told you all CR7 would be a epic fail (no offence to the man or his awesome co-manager). So glad I have Gomez instead (at least for now)

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    1. OPTA FPL
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      NICE AVATAR

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    2. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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      I told you all Ronaldo is rubbish. 😉

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  22. JK - Cønt ⭐
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    CR7 v Denmark = RvP v Denmark

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    1. FORCA INTER
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      +1 😉

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  23. RÏɠBY
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    so i imagine if portugal do get through all you ronnie fans will still pick him right?
    😛

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  24. Abominable Snowy84
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    Anybody having a bet on the golf?

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  25. @FuzzyWarbles
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    come on Ozil and Robben!!! The F.F.S. Poland is sinking fast!!!

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    1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
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      -1

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      1. Abominable Snowy84
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        -2

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      2. Abominable Snowy84
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        +1 i meant lol

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    2. Mull
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      +1000000

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  26. Coldplay
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    Glad that I did not listen to people on here and went with Krohn-Delhi (C). Now the question is whether to stick or twist?

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      Who are you other options mate?

      I switched from Dzagoev with more points than the 3rd greatest Danish footballer ever :D.

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      1. Coldplay
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        😆 thats a risk.
        My possible captains are Cassano tomorrow and Shevchenko/Young/Larsson the day after that.

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  27. GREENDREAMS11
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    can anyone confirm this for me,. last night after the russia game i took out Perquis and shirokov and replaced them with debuchy and coentrao. it doesn't appear to have updated the new scores or subs. when will that take place ?

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    1. 7dbeckham23
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      Did you confirm your team? if you did confirm just give it a wait until all todays game is played, but your right it should be updated in like 10-15 min prior to finishing of game

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      1. GREENDREAMS11
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        ok, i thought it should have been done by now but thats good, thanks for the info dude.

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      2. GREENDREAMS11
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        forgot to say that i did confirm it .

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    2. JK - Cønt ⭐
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      it should have happened/

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    3. boc610
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      did u hit confirm?? it should have by now...

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    4. GunsnRoses
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      You substituted them or transferred ?

      For substitution it should have been already there on the page when you log in.

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  28. CABAYE4
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    When did the prices change? Hadn't realised they had until now.

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  29. Gaz Downright
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    "Think England versus Scotland, without the jokes, and with both sides actually able to win it"

    Lineker on Deutsch-Dutch rivalry 😛

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    1. RÏɠBY
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      🙂

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  30. emperikal
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    Have zero players in this game. This won't end well!

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