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Greece is the word
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As Greece thrash the Portuguese, we visit our online game to give you the final scores and congratulate our winners.
No one could argue that Greece didn't deserve their victory against Portugal in the final at the Estadio da Luz on Sunday evening, well, other than the Portuguese possibly. The Greeks put up a solid performance, reminiscent of Arsenal in all their dreary early 1990s pomp, against the host nation and evidently ignored the script shoved under their dressing room door before the game. As a result, Portugal's Luis Figo threw his toys (and his captain's armband) away after the match in apparent disgust at the defeat. That or he was attempting to show the disgruntled Barcelona fan who ran on the pitch in protest of the player's move to Real Madrid that throwing items of cloth around is not limited to mere Catalans. At least the protester hit the back of the net, which is more than Figo or his teammates managed. So, Greece go into the run up to the Olympics holding aloft the football trophy that France, Germany and Denmark have all enjoyed the company of over the years. And England can look forward to another year when we walk into a competition with the infallible belief that we should come out on top.Where and when did we develop this charming delusion?
But let's not allow gloomy cynicism and spiralling depression to bring us down! Entwisles Haulage's Chris Horn has ruddy well won himself £1,000 for his top predicting efforts in the Commercial Motor/Mercedes. Benz online football game, Euro Striker. He scraped together 35 points after giving his best guess of the results to all games in the European Championships. He needed all his cunning too; Paul Camp, for NYK Logistics, came second with 33 points. Paul wins £500, though whether he will "do a Figo" and decry the unfairness of missing out on a grand by just two points remains to be seen. We will assume not.
Good on yer
However, the prizes keep on coming — such are the generosity and deep pockets of CM and Mercedes. Fowler Welch Coolchain's Darren Chandler came third and bags £250, as does Steve Mitchell of PPG Industries who got 30 points and came closest in the tie-break question of how many goals would be scored in the tournament. Congrat all the winners (includ' ones who were drawn each day of the comp and won additional prizes) and thanks to everyone for taking part.
Greece return to their own country triumphant and putting the finishing touches to the Olympics in August. Anyone fancy a punt on Britain's chances? What? Eh? Oh.•