[RobsonLegend]

Ugh. Absolutely sickening.

12 matches, and it all came down to this. Ridiculous.

[SolidSnakeHR]

As a Croatian I can only say .
We have bunch of excelent players and coaching staff: McLaren, Carson, Robinson, Neville
Enough with fun: We were better and England was lucky with only three in the net.

[TeKnIcIaN]

SolidSnakeHR

[USAManUtd13]

In my opinion, it was a mistake to start 451. However, if you're going to do it and have Crouch as a lone striker, HOW IN THE MOTHER EFFING HELL do you not start Beckham to feed Crouch??!?!?!?!? It's absolutely insane; it's like the man has a personal vendetta against Beckham.

Sorry to see England out, glad to see McClaren sacked, hoping Beckham gets a chance at the century mark.

Horrendous error by Carson, but he had two admirable saves...gotta feel for the guy. Wonderful goal by Crouch after a perfect ball from Beckham. Sloppy game all around, though.

[SolidSnakeHR]

I'm also sorry that England is out, but they failed to show good play in decisive games. First against Russia in Moscow and then on Wembley against Croatia.

[ou7blaze]

Lost against who was it Macedonia?

Own goal and lost against Croatia.

Depended on Israel to beat Russia.

Lost to Croatia.

With those sequence of events even if we did beat Croatia (my gf is croatian !@##$#@%) we would've either made it somewhere and lost to penalties or not made it very far at all.

All in all i'm getting sick of watching english sports.

Hamilton losing the Formula 1 world title by ONE POINT.

Here we lose in the euro, we lose in the world cup aswell.

We also lose in the Rugby world cup.

What next badminton or some fucking shit?

[gerda1-1]

I am happy for Russia and I think that England deserve it. you can't understand what is like to see happy face of MacClaren in the post Israel-Russia match conference. he was so happy, he think that now croatia is just a toy, which he will simply break. It is MacClaren fault! He should start game with Beckham on pitch and with Robbinson too.

[gerda1-1]

also i want to say: Defoe drop by himself. he simulated. it is foul! english players shouldn't do this! thay can play. and they should play not simulate

[funkdoctorspock]

more comedy of errors. Hopefully the Croatians weren't offended.

Anthem gaffe 'lifted Croatia'

Croatia rose to the occasion in their crucial Euro 2008 defeat of England - after an apparent X-rated gaffe by an English opera singer at Wembley.

Tony Henry belted out a version of the Croat anthem before the 80,000 crowd, but made a blunder at the end.

He should have sung 'Mila kuda si plania' (which roughly means 'You know my dear how we love your mountains').

But he instead sang 'Mila kura si planina' which can be interpreted as 'My dear, my penis is a mountain.'

Now Henry could be one of the few Englishmen at the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland as Croatian fans adopt him as a lucky omen.

They believe his mistake relaxed their chuckling players, who scored an early goal in the 3-2 win that put Croatia top of the group and knocked out England.

The singer, who hails from St Albans in Hertfordshire but now lives in Inverness, Scotland, has performed at stadiums around the world.

He was once known as the Voice of Arsenal after Gunners fans were impressed with his rendition of Abide with Me before the FA Cup final in 2003 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

"I can't even defend myself at the end of the day. It was apparently the last line on the second verse which I made the mistake on," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"Coming to Wembley and the stadium, it must have got to me, is all I can say.

"It was the last thing that I would intentionally do, and all I can say is if I have offended any Croatians, then they have my deepest apologies."

On the contrary, Henry is becoming a cult hero in Croatia, but denies he played a part in England's exit.

"I can't take the blame for that. The last thing I would do is brag about my parts like that - especially to make it so public," said Henry.

BBC TV presenter Adrian Chiles, whose mother is Croatian, acknowledged the language could pose problems.

"As a speaker of poor Croatian, I have a proud record of getting things calamitously wrong," he said.

"My personal best was telling a campsite owner that I had a small rat (mali stakor) rather than small tent (mali shator). However, Tony's put all my lifetime's efforts into the shade now."

Zeljka Tomljenovic, secretary of the British-Croatian Society, said she had sympathy for Henry.

"I don't envy the guy at all because the pronunciation is so difficult," she said.

"He had a big challenge, to sing the national anthem in a language he knows, I assume, nothing about."

Henry's agent Douglas Gillespie said it was a genuine mistake, but admitted the publicity could boost his career.

"He's been given the lyrics correctly, but he has enough trouble with English, never mind Croatian," joked Gillespie.

"There were 80,000 people in the crowd and millions of people watching. It was just the pressure of the moment.

"He did sing it very well and made a very, very small mistake for someone doing his best and singing in a language that is alien to him. If you've ever tried to speak Croatian, it's very difficult.

"The Croatians think it's great, and they've invited him to come over and sing at Euro 2008, and asked if he will be their mascot."
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[SolidSnakeHR]

Originally Posted by funkdoctorspock

more comedy of errors. Hopefully the Croatians weren't offended.

No one is offended - at least not me. Just proud to be Croatian.