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A game of two halve Our Euro 2004 competition is
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so tight that you enter now and still scoop the E1,000 top prize
you know you're in trouble when you start being compared to Paul Gascoigne. English football's latest wunderkind, Wayne Rooney, may possess the flair, creativity and low centre of gravity that the Geordie wild child had, but with so much adoration being poured onto the 18-year-old there's only one way to fall.
you know you're in trouble when you start being compared to Paul Gascoigne. English football's latest wunderkind, Wayne Rooney, may possess the flair, creativity and low centre of gravity that the Geordie wild child had, but with so much adoration being poured onto the 18-year-old there's only one way to fall.
you know you're in trouble when you start being compared to Paul Gascoigne. English football's latest wunderkind, Wayne Rooney, may possess the flair, creativity and low centre of gravity that the Geordie wild child had, but with so much adoration being poured onto the 18-year-old there's only one way to fall.
It's a safe bet that the News of the World has already pencilled in a date, 15 years from now, when a photographer pays a visit to Rooney's excessively modest council house in central Liverpool to snap the once gifted footballer cracking open a six-pack of Kestrel super strength with his best mate, 'Terry six chins' and reminiscing about the good old days before life's temptations took their toll.
Or maybe that's just an embittered Liverpool fan for you... Roon army on the march
Celebrate for the moment, barring a catastrophe on Monday evening against Croatia, the Roon army should already have booked their place into the next round. This is much more than Spain can lay claim to. A lacklustre performance against Portugal sealed its fate and sent the team —who always
promise so much — scurrying back over the border. Italy is also perilously close to being kicked out after another draw against Sweden (at least it's consistent) damaged its chances of progression.
And Holland's future in the tournament is out of its hands after an astounding comeback by the Czech Republic left the Dutch stunned at their 3-2 defeat and Liverpool fans wondering why Milan Baros doesn't produce similar performances in the Premier league.
This match will also go down as one of the most entertaining games of any European Championship competition ever and possibly made TV executives sigh with relief after a string of largely uninspiring games were forced down the nation's throats.
But so what? What's more important is who is top of the Commercial Motor/MercedesBenz Euro Striker table! At the time of going to press Fowler Welch Coolchain's Darren Chandler was in pole position with 25 points, knocking last week's number one, Steve Mitchell, down to joint third with Biffa Waste Services, James Hankers. Not that Chandler can allow his visionary ability to fail him now though; Chris Horn of Entwistles
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In fact, the scores o dreds who have entered so close you can enter the tion and still be in with a c winning cash. Correctly guessing time scores of each you five points, and wit mum of seven matches le t y could launch yourself to the top of the table with just a few canny predictions. Stranger things have happened —just ask the departing Spanish football squad. •