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Originally posted by Anne Elk
How about hockey-on-grass? Euro 2004 has just started and it's a doozy. France scores 2 goals in the closing minutes to beat England. Latvia come close to upsetting Croatia. Germany and Holland battle to a 1 all draw. I really need to have long lunches in Irish bars for the month of June.
There's also CONCACAF WC qualifying. The US plays Grenada on Sunday. There were some nasty tackles in the game last Sunday.
Shalrie Joseph (NE Revolution and Grenada) wore a mask earlier this season, but he's no hottie.
Anne
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I watched the France/England match at a bar in Brooklyn owned by some very cool English folk. I was, however, rooting (quietly) for France. What a game. Zinedane Zidane showed Beckham up for the overhyped clotheshorse he is. Fabian Barthez, scorned by Manchester United, stops the penalty that would have sealed the deal for Engerlund. The arrogance of the English commentators after England went up 1-0 was amazing. One might think they had actually won an international championship since 1966.
In other news, Henrik Larsson, the King of Kings, scores two goals in little over one minute against Bulgaria in a 5-0 rout. Bittersweet for Celtic fans, as Henrik left the club this year after seven glorious seasons and is rumored to be moving to Barcelona or another Spanish team. At 32, Larsson is already a living legend for Celtic and his return from international retirement has been sensational. 'Mon the Sweden!!!
Oh, and English fans clashed with police in the Algarve, which was a huge surprise.
