Some
EURO 2004 curiosities
GAY CONTROVERSY
England is the team which will be supported by the homosexual community of Croatia. All because the coach of the national croatian team severely criticized gay people, accusing them of being "a dangerous influence for young people", and guaranteed he won't accept any gay players. Also, he admitted some men who were in charge of massaging the team players were fired because of allegedly being gay. Therefore, the croatian gay community has decided not to support their country, accusing them of being homophobic, and will support England instead.
A BREAK TO GET MARRIED
Bulgaria was forced to interrupt its training so that its team player Vladimir Manchev could... get married! All the team attended the ceremony and afterwards everybody returned to the field and continued practicing. Manchev had the right to have the day off to celebrate the moment alone with his wife. Honeymoon, though, will only take place after the Euro 2004!
AN HOUR OF SEXUAL PLEASURE
The italian players have been given permission by their coach to have one hour of sex every day during the competition. The italians' lovers can join their room every night, but a timer will control the time they can spend there - only 60 minutes. But how will the coach react if the players get carried away and spend more time having sex? We'll see about that!
DANISH COWS: OUT!
While managing to qualify for the Euro 2004, Denmark won its match with Romania. For that reason, a group of romanian farmers got angry and cancelled 10 danish cows they had ordered for their farm.
EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD...
In Romania, shortly after the team having lost the match with Denmark, a few minor explosions were heard in the region of Lasi. The danish team scored one goal on the 95th minute, which made many people of Lasi get very angry. After an investigation, the local police found out that there weren't any bombs exploding, but instead several people had grabbed their TV sets and thrown them away, breaking them and destroying them.
NO PORN FOR ENGLAND
The english team doesn't have access to many pleasures doing the Euro. Music, DVDs and access to a library are some of the extras which were granted to them. But still, when it comes to movies, the team was forbidden to watch porn flicks - comedy was the most selected movie genre for the national team, only with a few exceptions like "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy.
P(ET)IT BULL?
The good mood of the portuguese players is very noticeable, and Rui Costa seems to be the funniest guy in the team. He started teasing his team mate Petit when he entered the field with a black eye and had everybody laughing as he made up several hilarious excuses for his little 'accident'. Petit laughed and smilled and said there were no worries "It's ok, I don't have a pretty face anyway, it's not like I'm going to disappoint my non-existent female fans", he said. Maybe this is why the player has the nick name of "Pit Bull"? Although he hasn't bitten anyone... so far.
...and less than 3 days left!
