Articles posted on June 13th, 2004

Euro 2004: First Round, Group B, Day 1

Sunday, June 13th, 2004 • 7:22 am

My oh my. This was almost as good as the Euro 2000 final! In fact, it was strangely similar… and bodes well for France for the rest of the tournament. Maybe they’ve finally broken that weird spell under which they had been since the 2002 World Cup, with that failure to deliver in a big […]

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Euro 2004: First Round, Group A, Day 1

Sunday, June 13th, 2004 • 12:15 am

In recent years, the Euro has probably become the most important international competition in football. Nothing can replace the World Cup in terms of world-wide appeal, especially with the presence of Brazil and Argentina — but there is also little doubt that the quality of the World Cup competition suffers from the presence of lowly […]

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