Crazy statistics…
We’ve proved to entire world that our team, together with Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, plays the most beautiful football on the Euro, but what is with the real possibilities of the Vatreni in the competition which preoccupied the whole Europe.
The calculation of everybody who enjoyed him(her)self with a draw comes to the same thing: road to the semi-finals is wide open and further, everything is possible.
According to the theories of the streets which are talked over in the markets and at hairdresser’s, the Bilić boys should knockout Czech Republic or Turkey, and then leave the heart on the field against Portugal or Germany in the semi-finals. This is what the street says, but even the bravest aren’t brave enough to talk audibly about the finale. That would be too nervily.
Meanwhile, the problem which couldn’t be solved in talks on the streets, came to the hands of the foreign statisticians, and the result was shocking.
On Euro 2008 will win Croatia, for which exist exactly ten reasons:
1. Austria and Switzerland won’t win because only one of the last nine hosts succeed in it.
2. Poland, see you next time. Why? The last eight winners took part in the previous tournaments, which means that Poland is – out.
3.Greece, did you know that European champion has never defend the title? Good bye.
4.Portugal maybe does play excellent, but looks like they aren’t aware that only Germany managed to take the European title after being defeated four years before in the finals.
5.France shouldn’t even arrive at Euro because the defeated one in the World Cup finale has never won the following Euro.
6.In the 6th round of the statistic hell we’ll get rid of Czech Republic and dangerous the Netherlands at once, because the defeated semi-finalists only once won the title on the next Euro.
7.Spain maybe does have the best counter attack, well, and the best team on the Euro, but they haven’t seen even the semi-finals for 24 years.
8.Italy also has small chances because only once the World champion became and the European champion. Arrivederci!
9.Russia, Romania, Sweden and Turkey have the biggest misfortune when the statistics is in question. Why? Well, the last six winners of Euro, watching their English names, have the beginning letter in the first eight letters of the alphabet (France, Holland, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece) and so does Croatia…
10.Germany is left for the end, because they wasted their chance in the qualifications when they didn’t finish first in qualifying group. Only one representation in history won Euro as the second from qualifications. It was Denmark in 1992 when they got their spot instead of Yugoslavia.
It’s clear as daylight, only one representation fulfills all statistic terms to become the European champion…
Just because these things are tue, does not mean they will never happen. For example, just because second place in the qualifying group has only gone on to win the tournament once, doesn’t mean it will never happen again.
You may as well say Croatia can’t win because a team that plays in a red and white checkered shirt has never won the European Championships.
I especially like your ‘Russia, Romania, Sweden and Turkey can’t win because the last six winners all have names that begin with one of the first six letters of the alphapet. Ridiculous!
I didn’t make up this, as I wrote in the post it was ‘invented’ by some foreign statisticians. Those people who came up with it aren’t even Croats. I’m not saying that we’ll win it because of this reasons, but when they came out I just wanted to share them with other people, more like something funny than something 100% serious. Sorry if I hurt your feelings…
No need to apologise, if anything it should be me. Sorry I misinterpreted your blog.
I honestly thought it was your views.
No problem,I’m glad you understood it after all…all comments are welcome