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So it’s Spain and Germany in the final of Euro 2008. History against flair. In today’s show we focus on these two teams while also remember ing that football is not just all about the Euro 2008 as the Copa Libertadores comes down to the final game. We also

• Look back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the football news
  
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue the languagecaster predictions competition

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Euro 2008 semi-finals, Copa Libertadores final, managerial casualties and appointments, as well as guns all feature in this week’s good, the bad and the ugly.

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It was good for Spain and Germany as they both won through to the Euro 2008 final. The Germans winning with a last-gasp winner against Turkey while Spain crushed Russia 3-0. Differing manners of victory, styles of play, managers and footballing history ensures we will have an intriguing final. continue reading

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This is the very last set of predictions of the summer but there is no way back for Damon as he has been well and truly taken apart by Damian. Only two games this week but they are hugely important: the finals of Euro 2008 and the Copa Libertadores.

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Euro 2008 semi finals, tactical battles, Ronaldo’s transfer saga and violence in Bosnia all feature on this week’s the good, the bad and the ugly.

Good

Good of course for Germany and Turkey who go through in two very contrasting games. Germany - Portugal was open and pulsating with lots of goals, while Croatia - Turkey was a much more cagey affair that finished in unbelievable drama with two goals in the last two minutes of extra time sending the game into penalties. continue reading

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Turkey and Germany win dramatic quarter finals to set up a semi final that few would have predicted. Who will play in the other one? Damon asks some football fans their verdict. We also

• Look back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the football news
  
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue the languagecaster predictions competition

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Damon’s dismal run continues. It looks like Damian has the crown all sewn up, but Damon will never say die!

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The Good

It’s been a great tournament so far with only a few dull games - one was the Greece vs Sweden encounter. Favourites (Germany) knocked back a bit, dark horses (Russia, Croatia, Turkey) providing the surprise element, and good attacking football by the ‘bigger’ teams (Spain, Portugal and Holland. The games are proving popular in England, too.

The Dutch have provided some great goals already. perhaps the two best out of the nine they’ve scored in total were Sneijder’s goal against the Italians and Van Persie’s against France set up with some sublime play by Van Nistlerooy.

Also good for Italy’s Buffon, who made a dramatic save against Romania to keep the Italians in the hunt, and for Spain and David Villa who gets another against Sweden.

The Bad

Away from the Euro 2008, Brazil are beaten in the World Cup qualifiers 2-0 by Paraguay - and araguay only had 10 men!

Greece, the reigning champions, are out after three straight losses. Peter Cech fumbles in goal and surely is partly responsible for the Czech Republic going out against Turkey in arguable the best game of the tournament so far..

The Ugly

On the last show we featured Leo Beenhakker’s comments made against the referee after a late, late penalty decisiion went against his Poland side, well, that country’s prime minister is reported to have said he wanted to kill the referee (Webb) after that decision. Pretty ugly indeed.

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Damian increases his lead again! It looks like Damon will lose his Summer Podcast Predictions crown as well! Will the start of the quarter finals change his luck?

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Euro 2008 is a week old and Greece join the co-hosts in exiting the competition. Germany are looking shaky while Holland impress.

On today’s show we look at two of the dark horses who are through to the quarter finals. We also

• Look back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the football news
  
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue the languagecaster predictions competition

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Euro 2008 is a week old and already hosts Switzerland are out, Portugal and Croatia are through to the quarter finals and Germany and Italy are no longer everyone’s favourites.

On today’s show we ask a German fan about his country’s chances as well as reviewing your predictions from last week. We also

• Look back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the football news
  
• Introduce a football expression in English for Football
• And continue the languagecaster predictions competition

Transcript

Damon: OK, I am sitting here with Hans, a German supporter. Of course Germany were the pre-tournament favourites, so I’d just like to ask him what he thinks of the tournament. How’s Germany going so far do you think?

Hans: Well, you know very well how Germany’s going so far. We lost last night against Croatia and we’ve beaten Poland 2-0. So, we’re going fairly averagely. continue reading

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Hat-trick hero, favourites upset, hosts ‘go home’ and Polish sour grapes all feature in today’s good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links to discover more about each story.

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Damian stretches his lead to 5 after gaining a 2-1 victory in last week’s predictions battle. Damon needs to get back to winning ways and today’s show features matches from the European Championships and World Cup Qualifiers in Asia and South America. 

 

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On June 7 2008,  the Japan National Team had a match in the 3rd Qualifier of the FIFA World Cup 2010 against Oman. This was the same opponent as last week in Japan but this time it kicked off at 5:15 PM in Masqat, Oman. The weather was astonishingly humid and muggy and because of the condition, every player was drained of their reserves of strength. continue reading

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On today’s good, the bad and the ugly, we feature some of the highs and lows from the Euro 2008 competition, including superb attacking football, tournament-ending injuries and hooligans arrested after all day drinking. (And they are not even English!)

Click on the links below to read more about these stories that have featured on the show

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We have only reached day four of the tournament and already three teams have laid down clear markers by winning their opening matches in impressive style. First up it was Portugal who easily dispatched a poor Turkish side 2-0. Then continue reading

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Much like the Germans, the Dutch and the Portuguese, Damian has laid down a clear marker in the predictions race by taking a 6-2 win after the first few days of the tournament. Can Damon make a comeback or will Damian stretch his lead even further after the next set of fixtures?

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