Ok, everybody calm down. Elfinke should make an article about the dispute and say that they are friends now etc.
From the backpages of tabloids in PESville:
Dispute rages over pre-Euro fixtures.
24/5/04
With the biggest National team tournament (short of the World Cup) just days away, the respective managers of the competing teams are still struggling to find the best mix in their squads for the tournament. Tournament organisers originally allowed 1 friendly game per team for this purpose, but this idea was quashed under pressure from both UEFA and FIFA high-profilers, with them claiming that this does not allow enough match practice to find the best mixup.
As a result, a veritibale onslaught of verbal diarrohea came from both sides, in their attempts to organise more friendlies for their teams, leaving the EURO 2004 tournament organiser flabbergasted, saying "i work weird hours unfoprtunately", his stress clearly showing through when he attempted to say "unfoprtunately" out loud.
Various managers were as bemused as they frustrated at the apparent lack of organisation between managers, with one legend having this to say when asked about why he pushed for 2 friendlies, "i put two friendlies out and everyone is doing two friendlies now... [there needs to be] more understandings between managers and "players" now".
Another manager said that the 2-friendlies each was "a good result". Being the manager of France, he would say that though.
And to end this bizarre turn of events, after the dust had settled between the sides, one manager had the nerve to that he had "enough friendlies now..." and another manager actually asked for a 3rd friendly! It would appear as though that if the EURO organisers do not get a strangle hold on these overlord-like national managers, we may never see the
actual start of the real tournament.
Much like the Athens Olympics.
CURRENT OFFICIAL FRIENDLY MATCHES
friendly 1: England 3 Sweden 0
Friendly 2: Croatia 0 France 1
friendly 3: Italy V Netherlands
friendly 4: Germany V Denmark
friendly 5: Czech Republic V Bulgaria
friendly 6

ortugal V Bulgaria
Friendly 7: Portugal V Germany