Generally, I believe this to be true. That said, I've heard there are a lot of Manchester United fans that would disagree.
Actually, quite a few Englishmen and others around Europe are club over country. You have to remember, their athletic set-up is different than ours. Clubs are woven deeply within the fabric of communities over there and passions run exceptionally deep.
I honestly wonder what fans in England would say if England actually won a major international tournament again.
Much to my wife's dismay I'm becoming more interested in international soccer. Definitely still a novice, but I find it much more interesting and entertaining now than I ever have. Don't know if I will ever become much of a league fan though. I very loosely follow the EPL, but that's about it. Thought the US looked sloppy..........again. Got to think it's hard to get overly amped up for a weak team, but it would be nice to see us dismantle the CONACAF teams on a regular basis. Don't know anything about what we are walking into Tuesday other than what I have read on here, but sounds like it will be a decent challenge.
I didn't think it was all that bad last night. They had several good chances and the score could have easily been 6-1. We still have one or two absolute brain-dead moments per match which good teams can easily capitalize on. That concerns me.
Something is wrong with me. I'm watching a talented, yet obvious underdog leading one of the tournament favorites at halftime, but all I'm thinking about is how much longer I have to wait before I get to watch Germany.
The way Russia played yesterday and the fact that the Netherlands couldn't put one goal in the net have already made this a surprising Euro Cup.
An on another note, watching this tournament reminds me how much better the national anthem sounds when it's not sung by pop stars trying to make a name for themselves.
Wow, the Dutch are in deep shit. They looked awful today and next have the Germans up. I thought the Portuguese looked fairly good today, taking it to the Germans on a number of occasions and the final match between them and the Netherlands could be for second in the group. I also wouldn't put it past the Dutch to beat the Germans, as I wasn't overwhelmed with them today, either. Of course, knowing the nature of the Dutch, they are just as likely to implode and start [itch bay]ing at each other.
England with a decent result today. France probably should have won. Milnet did, however, whiff with an open net. Oxlade-Chamberlain played really well today. Well done.
Anybody who has a 5th grade understanding of World History could've seen the problems between the Polish and Russians coming. And, seriously, allowing the Russians to march en masse to the stadium as a part of a Russia Day celebration? What the hell were they thinking?
Russia is a wonderful place with plenty of delightful people, but it's like they have the absolute worst public relations strategy in the world. I saw Dinamo and Spartak play in Moscow and it was scary from beginning to end. Every bodega in Russia sells beer by the two-liter for 50 cents though so this could explain things.