Euro 2004

[DAZ]

Well being from a country that shares a border with England i honestly couldn't be doing with them winning ANYTHING!It's bad enough that we're still getting 1966 rammed down our throats constantly as well as Beckham making major headline news if he so much as spills his dinner down his jumper(remember his broken toe before Japan in 2002 that made Parliament for f*ck sake)
In their group i think France will win it as they're just too good for the rest of them!
England v Croatia will be a key game in that group i think.I don't know much about the current Croatia side but Eastern European teams are always technically better than British teams.To me this England side have too many individuals and too many sh*t players.Sorry guys but folk like David James and John Terry could be a liability at this level!
Switzerland won't do much!
From the other groups i think Portugal will do well as will Czech Republic,Italy and possibly Sweden with Larsson back!
Spain should do well but always disappoint!
I would love to se Latvia do well and hope Holland do well as they hammered us in the play offs!!

HRVATSKI NOGOMETNI SAVEZ(i think)

[crni]

Originally Posted by DAZ

HRVATSKI NOGOMETNI SAVEZ(i think)

what's up with that? lol

[DAZ]

Originally Posted by crni

what's up with that? lol

Thats what it says on my Croatia top!

[crni]

Originally Posted by DAZ

Thats what it says on my Croatia top!

kewl!

[rosh]

HRVATSKI NOGOMETNI SAVEZ

so what does it mean ? [could be "your mother !" for all we know hehe]

[coolasfcuk]

HRVATSKI NOGOMETNI SAVEZ

Originally Posted by rosh

so what does it mean ? [could be "your mother !" for all we know hehe]

My guess would be: "CROATIAN FOOTBALL/SOCCER ALLIANCE/ASSOCIATION"

[rosh]

oh okay, so not "your mother" thanks coolies

[coolasfcuk]

well, i hope i got it right, crni will say

so let me cheer as well then:

"aaaaaaaaaaaideeeeeeeeeee nashte!!!" *drum beat: [toom-toom .... toom-toom-toom ..... toom-toom-toom-toom .... toom-toom]*

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Originally Posted by coolasfcuk

"aaaaaaaaaaaideeeeeeeeeee nashte!!!"

and that means...?

"Go, team!" ? haha

[coolasfcuk]

Originally Posted by staringelf

and that means...?

"Go, team!" ? haha

something like that, yeah. that's just one of the things bulgarians cheer at football games.

'aide' is slangish for 'haide' = 'lets goooooo'
'nash'te' slangish for 'nashite' = "ours"

so, there is no dirrect translation... something like: "goooooooooooo ours!!!" ... and score, or else LoL

...so how about for your teams? it'd be fun to know what other countries yell.. and then when we watch the games we can listen for the people yelling those phrases

anyone?

edit: we also say this one a lot: "Bulgari Iunatsi!!!"

'iunatsi' is plural for.....something like a very strong/patriotic guy - sort of a 'hero'

edit 2: oh, let me tell you a story about that one.... when we pronaunce 'iunatsi' it sounds like 'you nazzi' in English ! ... so when i was watching a Euro 4 years ago .. cheering my team like that..... my friends were like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? took a bit of explanation to explain to them, since they were in a bit of a shock! since then i dont cheer my team in USA ... at least not like THAT

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We say the usual "Olé Olé Olé Olé" too... and repeat "Por-tu-gal, Por-tu-gal, Por-tu-gal"...
and we can also say "Força!" (literal translation is "Strength!" but it is used as "Go!")

[coolasfcuk]

Originally Posted by staringelf

We say the usual "Ol? Ol? Ol? Ol?" too... and repeat "Por-tu-gal, Por-tu-gal, Por-tu-gal"..
and we can also say "For?a!" (literal translation is "Strength!" but it is used as "Go!")

we repeat that 'bul-ga-ri iu-na-tsi' way more than just 'bul-ga-ri-a'

'Forca' eh? i knew that from Italian.... Forza Italiaaaaaa ... so y our 'forca' = our 'aide'

previous post edited

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Originally Posted by coolasfcuk

when we pronaunce 'iunatsi' it sounds like 'you nazzi' in English ! ... so when i was watching a Euro 4 years ago .. cheering my team like that..... my friends were like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? took a bit of explanation to explain to them, since they were in a bit of a shock! since then i dont cheer my team in USA ... at least not like THAT

That's just hilarious! And did they belive the explanation?

[crni]

Originally Posted by coolasfcuk

My guess would be: "CROATIAN FOOTBALL/SOCCER ALLIANCE/ASSOCIATION"

yes, indeed it is "croatian football association"

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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!

[rosh]

hehehehehehe mmmm interesting trivia there staringelf. esp croatia supporting england ! and one hour of timed sex for italian players

dunno about anyone else but who likes a time limit for such private things

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Originally Posted by rosh

dunno about anyone else but who likes a time limit for such private things

Yeah, I know, but still... I think 1 hour a day is pretty good to relief the stress

[la aurora]

2 dayyysssssss =)
My wishes for the first round:

Portugal, Russia (sorry, Spain, will keep fingers crossed for u next time ), Croatia, England/France (hard choice, both r good), Italy, Bulgaria, Latvia, Netherlands

Dreams... dreams

[crni]

Originally Posted by staringelf

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.

yeah, he's really an interesting chap
the thing is that he is often a subject for making some gay jokes (mostly on tv) cause many people believe he is/was gay

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Originally Posted by crni

the thing is that he is often a subject for making some gay jokes (mostly on tv) cause many people believe he is/was gay

Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if that were true