BV Works The Holidays, Euro Ladies Tournament ‘08 Group C

USA! USA! USA! King George is a tyrant! Let’s blow some shit up! Let me hear a Marv Albert inflected “yes!”

Now to the business at hand, starting with yesterday’s business of Carlo’s Group B selections. We had getboof’s first moral dilemma concerning the whole business of Carlo and the Austrian youth. In my eyes the Austrians clearly outclassed the Croatians. Mr. Rossi admits so much. Even after stating that he was glad eurogirls do not post the age of the lovelies they photograph (I let my grandpa write the first half of this sentence) he disqualifies the Swiss Austrians based on the assumption that they are underage, citing his lack of desire to go on record with his support of ephebophilia. This in turn puts Mr. Rossi on the record fully implying that he does indeed love the youngsters. Therefore, in conclusion, “Shenanigans!”

It’s my turn to doink this up. Here is your group of death.

France

Yes, I am intentionally starting with the girl who is likely underage. And yes, the French are still very much in the running for the group. This girl on the right looks so much better with her mouth closed, but unfortunately no one has ever told her that.

Romania

Italy

And the ladies my forefathers didn’t mind sailing away from,

The Netherlands

And after much deliberation, here is your table:

Italy

Romania

Netherlands

France

I’m playing the Pocahontas role here, spurning my own kind for the exotic, mysterious strangers, with Romania as my sexy Capt. John Smith. A very tightly contested group and once again there are no losers when euro girls are up. Ace has Group D coming soon.

2008 Euro Ladies Championship – Group A

Kicking things off is a pretty wide open group containing Portugal, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and co-hosts Switzerland. Most of these images should let you click on them for a bigger version. Let’s get right to it:

Portugal:

Czech Republic:

Turkey:

Lot of entrants in this one, but I’m paying the most attention to the two wingers at right.

It appears as if Lindsay Bluth/Funke is a Turkey supporter…  For reference sake, here is Lindsay:

Switzerland:

Well there ya go. A very strong first day showing. It’s quickly becoming clear to me that there are going to be no losers in this tournament. I’m going to have to give the Swiss hosts the nod for the group A win, which comes as a surprise to me, at least. A good initial showing, plus they have the depth to make some noise in this tournament. I think I’m going to have to go with the Turks for second, narrowly edging out the Portuguese. Despite their lush skin tones and chiseled physiques, the Portuguese ladies will end up leaving one a bit unsatisfied. They lack solid substance underneath all the glitz and glamor – amazingly similar to the football team they support. Anyway, lets get the official table:

Group A:

1. Switzerland
2. Turkey
3. Portugal
4. Czech Republic

Disagree with me? Let me have it in the comments.

Also, before anyone gives me flak for missing this photo, it came to my attention that it was taken at the Euro 2004 tournament (hence the presence of English fans in the background). Regardless, the photo still deserves to be on this blog, so here ya go, a little group A bonus.

Euro 2008 v 2.0 – The Ladies’ Championship

We here at Get Boofed are major advocates of taking a good thing and straight up overusing the shit out of it.  For that reason, we hereby present to you, our loyal reader(s), the GetBoofed Euro 2008 Ladies Championship.  The tournament will utilize the same formant and nations as the actual event, only the teams will be advancing based solely on the caliber of female fans they were able to get to Austria/Switzerland.

The group stages will last one day apiece, beginning with group A later today.  Winners will be chosen arbitrarily by us, with the possible exception of reader polling being done for the semis and the final.  Two pictures will be allowed per country during the groups, one a piece during the elimination rounds.  However, multiple girls in one picture is acceptable, and it will still only count as a single picture.  The same picture may not be used twice, and only genuine fangirl groupies and wannabe groupies will be allowed…none of this pompous WAG business.

One quick note.  Most of the material for this comes from the fine people at Euro2008girls.  They don’t know who we are, they don’t know that we’re doing this, and they surely don’t endorse this site.  That being said, they truly are doing the lord’s work over there, and we strongly recommend you check them out.

Anyway, let the games begin.  Check back later today for all the group A action.  And, to get the ball rolling, here are some ineligible famous fans.  Don’t let them cloud your judgment later in the tournament, I just had to somehow get them on this site.

Sylvie Van der Vaart – wife of Rafael

Sarah Brandner – girlfriend of German Bastian Schweinsteiger

Belen Rodriguez – Argentinian girlfriend of Italian Marco Borriello

Princess Maxima of the Dutch royal family

The Last Soccer Related Euro 2008 Post

…because I’m leaving the window open for some EuroGirls posts.

 

BV put me on the spot for a more in depth Euro final post earlier, but really, what can one say?  The forearm tat loving Spanish were simply better than the Germans, themselves afficianados of bad dye-jobs.  To quote the mighty Cardillo over at Deadspin:

When a team plays six games and wins six games, outscoring them 12-3 and playing an attractive brand of soccer, there’s not a whole lot to breakdown. Again, so many times moments of lunacy, or mistakes, or referees whistles determine big matches in world soccer. If one side is simply better – Germany couldn’t even get the ball in the dying minutes thanks to the pressure of Xavi, Senna, Carzola, Güiza, etc. in their own half – it’s almost as much call for celebration.

Spain absolutely fucking dominated.  The game could have just as easily been 3-0.  Germany played with the same flaws that they had been all tournament (ie: an overreliance on set pieces, a lack of form at the front, and an uncanny resemblence to the Dutch while playing Russia in their lack of desire to move away from the ball/generally maintain possession), though the Spain were the first second team to convert those flaws into a German loss.

 

The only difficult question surrounding the match was who the man of the match for Spain was.  Torres and Sergio Ramos seemed the early clear cut choices for me, but as the game went on it became clear that Marcos Senna insisted on giving Germany fits throughout the second half.  He was a major reason the Germans didn’t mount more of a comeback effort than they did.  Really, you could have any of the three for MOTM and not be wrong.  I think we all know who Spain’s Queen Sofia would vote for though….

Oh yeah, another thing?  5 of Spain’s 10 starters in the field are under 25 years old.  There were 12 total <25 players on the squad this summer.  I guess what I’m saying is keep your eyes open for a Spain/Argentina final in South Africa as Spain due to get better for the next couple years.

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Red Hips of Spain

I promised at least 1 hot girl this weekend and figured might as well throw something up for the ladies too. Not to put him on the spot here, but I imagine Carlo Rossi will have an informed Euro recap that will arrive shortly. From what I could tell, Fernando Torres was dominant and the Germans could have used Ballack at 100%. On the euro2008girls.com front, not as strong of showing from the Spanish women, although you certianly can’t argue with the above pictured mamacita, who is muy caliente fo sho. I am hoping we can get a getboofed roundtable discussion up sometime this week to debate and eventually crown a winner of the euro08girls title.

Stray observation from the match. If (when) they ever make a Jens Lehmann biopic, there is no way he isn’t played by John C. Reilly. “This fall, John C. Reilly is The Curly Haired Keep, rated PG-13.”