Random Country Opinions Day 23: Greece

[minionofmidas]

HC that harbors suspicions about what all of its neighbors might do to take some of its territory because that's what it has tried to do to its neighbors, but failed.  One of the more spectacular small-scale examples of a country that overreached in the past century, and definitely one in serious denial of its history.

Yeah, that's why I voted HC on the FOEPIG* as well.

*Former Ottoman Empire Possessions in Greece. As long as they call Macedonia "FYROM"...

[minionofmidas]

What does a senile former Offenbach coach have to do with me?

[minionofmidas]

Former coach of Offenbach.

And no Mantis, we're perfectly capable of being bitter about quarter- or semifinal knockouts, but when we're knocked out that early, we prefer to completely forget it ever happened. This after a couple of months of discussion about how horribly bad we were and will remain for the next few years because the problems are deep-seated and structural etc... but even during that, the opponent in question - the game in question - hardly matters.

People rooting for Greece in the 04 final was mostly about Greece being such extreme underdogs - predicting them to win the tournament beforehand would *really* have led to people questioning your sanity - and then also about Germany being out early (again) and people needing to support *somebody* and settling on Greece because of the German coach. That he was a familiar face, but a blast from the past - he'd been hugely successful, and popular, once but his career seemed *over* by the time he took over Greece - probably helped a bit as well.

[minionofmidas]

What does a senile former Offenbach coach have to do with me?

Former?  Damn.

When I was in Germany and it was Greece vs. Portugal in some Eurocup final, all of the Germans were hardcore rooting for Griechenland.

Portugal defeated Germany 3:0 in the 2000 Euro championship. I suppose there are long and bitter memories.

Germany didn't get out of the group stage so I hope you didn't mean the Final. That, sadly, was when the Italians fell to the French. 

Lunar meant the 2004 final.

[minionofmidas]

What does a senile former Offenbach coach have to do with me?

Former?  Damn.

When I was in Germany and it was Greece vs. Portugal in some Eurocup final, all of the Germans were hardcore rooting for Griechenland.

Portugal defeated Germany 3:0 in the 2000 Euro championship. I suppose there are long and bitter memories.

Germany didn't get out of the group stage so I hope you didn't mean the Final. That, sadly, was when the Italians fell to the French. 

Lunar meant the 2004 final.

I know what Lunar meant. GMantis spoke of them losing 3-0 in the Championship though. They didn't make it out of the group stage.

Ah, that's what you meant. He's referring to the final game of the group stage in 2000.  "Championship" here is just real language for the advertisement-invented "EURO".