Hellas

Before Euro2004 started, everybody thought Greece were there just as a punching bag for the Portuguese and Spanish. They only qualified for two major tournaments before and both times they didn't win a match. Together with Latvia they were lowest at the bookies, with about 200:1 odds to win it. Even Marco van Basten predicted that Greece will leave Portugal with 0 points and 10 goals againts afer three matches. I will never ever argue anything San Marco says.

Fast forward 3 weeks and look who's in the final now. Portugal and Greece. Who in the world would have thought Greece would make it to the final??? I don't even think the Greek Gods would have thought that.

Otto Rehaghel made the team into an effective play-killing German-esque team. They make it hard for anyone to play against them and when the opponents are frustrated, they score a goal out of nowhere. Passive football, but clever nonetheless. Especially for a country like Greece.

So now the Greeks are still partying on Omonia square, Athens. The Olympics will be postponed because all the workers are there at Omonia. If they can beat Portugal on sunday, that's it, I need to review my football knowledge all over again...