Today, the French team was devastated with a display of Greek mentality. The French were sorely lacking in flair, and in invention, something which they can easily empathize with England. The French however blamed their campaign exit on the power imbued with by the Gods of Mount Olympus to the Greeks. They argued that Aphrodite filled their minds with the vision of beauties, and that Zeus had confiscated their ability to perform lightning moves to endanger the Greeks. The retirement of the concorde has also somewhat diminished their speed and the roaring bite of their play.
The Greeks on the other hand thanked the Gods, and Pythagoras for his theory to allow them to play efficient and somewhat effective triangular football. It is similar to that shown by the Spanish side, where their diagonal play resembled that of the bishop's move, but the Spanish were lacking in sharpness, something Zorro might have helped with. Magician extraodinaire Zidane is expected to hang his boots and try his luck juggling in Cirque du Soliel, while some are about to boost the numbers in delifrance.
Things to ponder. Spain, England, France, Germany, Italy were all European superpowers, in more ways than soccer. Portugal and Holland are by far, the remaining 'powers' left in the competition. This might be signalling the shift from Old Europe to new Europe, lead especially by the Czech Republic.
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