June 8, 2005

Our view of the opening matches in the 2005 UEFA Championship Final

Plenty of ragged games in the first round but the quality of play should improve now that opening match nerves are behind everybody.
Germany, Sweden, and France looked the best prepared and organized in their opening matches. Norway , Denmark , and Finland were close behind and showed that they knew what was required to win and played accordingly. Host England never acquired any sort of rhythm in their play with plenty of long ball kicking, and Italy looked as if they had never played together before.

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