june 16th
There really is not a lot going on this morning. Sol Campbell is going to ask Patrick Vieira what he meant by the ‘cheat’ comment, and …erm….that’s your lot when it comes to Arsenal.
Former Gunners Marc Overmars and Giovanni van Bronckhorst played for Holland last night. A smart RVN goal saved a point for them after the Germans had taken the lead, but neither team looked like they’d pose any real threat to the likes of Spain, France or even the free scoring Swedes. And Igors played for Latvia against the Czechs and played pretty well too, setting up their goal and trying an audacious chip from the half-way line. He looks like he might be worth signing…er..wait..forget that.
Some funny stuff from the England camp. Calamity keeper says the FA are at fault for not having any Zidane free kicks on the video tapes they gave him. James says “We had a tape full of French set-pieces but none of them were free-kicks by Zidane. I think I’ll have to have a word with the guy who put it together.”
Er…why don’t you do your own work instead of blaming someone else? And maybe you should have a word with any Sunday league coach who’ll tell you that when you make a wall you don’t stand behind the thing and leave the part of the goal that the player is obviously going to kick into free. It was a great free kick from Zidane, but it would have been an easy save for Hames if he’d been positioned right. To add further mirth to the situation, he wants to be voted Europe’s best keeper. No, really. He does.
He says “I’m here to play well and my aim is to be voted the best keeper of the tournament. I saw Thomas Sorensen for Denmark against Italy the other night and I know I’ve got my work cut out already.”
Now, when you’ve stopped rolling around on the floor and you’ve wiped away the tears from your eyes, let’s try see what’s saying. He reckons that he could possibly be voted a better keeper than Sorenson, or the magnificent Buffon (who hardly seems to move to make saves his positioning is that good), or Casillas or Kahn? I know keepers are supposed to be confident and cocky, but this is too much.
Anyway, we’ll see how he goes against the mighty neutrality of the Swiss tomorrow. Tonight’s it’s Spain and Greece, while the Russians will knock the hosts Portugal out.
