Da er denne friske gjengen vel hjemme fra Euro 2008;
Bilder ifm Spania-Russland 10. juni
Noen actionbilder fra Innsbruck:
EM Rapport 2008 – KLAGENFURT 11-13. JUNI
Due to a big demand of information from our trip we will do exstra service for both all the international readers of www.tjinisporttravel.com. On the traintrip from Innsbruck to Klagenfurt we met two ladies; Eisa (kaupfman) and Maria. We had some interesting conversation in the traincoupe. Eisa was going for SPA holiday, but Maria was going to Klagenfurt to experience the atmosphere from the fotballsupporters. They both promise to read our web site. We met Maria severel times in Klagenfurt (small world). She promise to tips us (e-mail Tjini Sport Travel: lasse.tjonnoy@wideroe.no) about the beer festival in Munick/Regensburg.
During the stay in klagenfurt we was the walking beside the lake, Wørthersee. This was a beautiful place. Despite it was cloudy and somtimes a little bit of raining the the temprature was from 15 to 20 degrees. It was enough for the toughest of the group, Mr Tjini, to have a bath in Wørthersee. We also had an footballmatch in the area.
We was at the Wørthersee Stadion 2 hours before kickoff. Many supporters was singing outside the stadion, specially the croatian supporters. The match was very good and the croatian supporters was supporting the team in an excellent way. See the link for matchreport; Link til kampreferat Tyskland-Kroatia 12. juni.
The Croatian deserved to win the game. It was harmony between the supportes all the way. Outside the stadion it was a lot of Police, but inside it was lack of securitypeople. When the match started supporters was standing on a plattform causing many people to have restricted view. The security people was very late to tell the supporters to remove. Many supporters also was sitting in the steps and almost refused to get removed. After a while the securitypeople seem to got control. Next to us a old stewardlady was sitting and it seems that she had no other excercise to look up for us!! So, she did not do anything, except occupy a seat. Our favorite restaurant next to Europark was of some reason closed so we went to an exclusive restaurant beside. We all order meat, but we got meat and fish! Interesting! We also got an “greatings from the kitchen” – salmon!
EM Rapport 2008 – Kampreferat Tyskland-Kroatia 12. juni
Olić kick-starts Croatian celebrations
by Graham Wood from Wörthersee Stadion
Croatia sealed their place in the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2008™ as goals from Darijo Srna and Ivica Olić earned a famous win against Germany that took Slaven Bilić’s side three points clear at the top of Group B.
Famous win
With both teams having won their first game on Sunday each knew victory in Klagenfurt would all but secure a ticket to the last eight, and it was Croatia who struck first midway through the first half thanks to the determination of Srna. The points looked safe when Olić tapped in just past the hour, yet Lukas Podolski set up a tense finale with his third goal of the tournament eleven minutes from time. Croatia, whose only previous success against the Mannschaft had come in the quarter-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup – a match in which Bilić played – held on with Germany losing Bastian Schweinsteiger to a late red card. Joachim Löw’s men were left needing a point from Monday’s meeting with Austria to continue in the tournament.
Srna strikes
While the Germany coach kept faith with the side that served him well against Poland, Bilić brought in midfielder Ivan Rakitić for Mladen Petrić and pushed Niko Kranjčar into a more advanced role. Neither team were prepared to take risks in a tense opening and the first scoring opportunity did not materialise until the 24th minute – and from it, Croatia took the lead. The ball was worked neatly down the left for Danijel Pranjić to deliver a superb deep cross which Srna, arriving ahead of his marker Marcell Jansen at the far post, steered past Jens Lehmann.
Missed chances
Germany sought an immediate response with Mario Gómez heading over from Jansen’s cross, although Kranjčar might have doubled the Croatian advantage only to volley Olić’s knockdown over the bar. Germany captain Michael Ballack came more into the game, seeking to drive his side forward with half-time approaching and stinging the palms of Stipe Pletikosa with a powerful free-kick, before Christoph Metzelder nodded a Torsten Frings corner too high. Yet it was Croatia who finished the opening period the stronger, with Kranjčar wasting another presentable chance as he volleyed Olić’s pass straight at Lehmann.
Olić opportunism
Löw replaced Jansen with winger David Odonkor at half-time, with Clemens Fritz and Philipp Lahm moving to right and left-back respectively as the coach tried to inject pace into his attack. The ploy did result in Löw’s team gaining more possession but they still found it tough to carve out clear opportunities and fell further behind two minutes past the hour, albeit in unfortunate fashion. Lehmann reacted sharply to push Rakitić’s deflected right-wing centre on to his near post, the ball having struck Podolski, but Olić moved fastest to tap the rebound into an unguarded net.
Podolski pounces
If that goal seemed to be the prelude to a comfortable last half-hour for Croatia, a Germany side who were running out of ideas suddenly halved the deficit with Podolski volleying in Ballack’s knockdown from a Lahm cross. Despite that revival of ambition, the Mannschaft failed to mount a late charge and a disappointing day was completed two minutes into added time when substitute Schweinsteiger was sent off for reacting to a challenge from Jerko Leko.
MATCH INFO
Croatia
1 Stipe Pletikosa
3 Josip Šimunić
4 Robert Kovač
5 Vedran Ćorluka
7 Ivan Rakitić
10 Niko Kovač
11 Darijo Srna80
14 Luka Modrić
18 Ivica Olić72
19 Niko Kranjčar85
22 Danijel Pranjić
Substitutes
12 Mario Galinović
23 Vedran Runje
2 Dario Šimić
6 Hrvoje Vejić
8 Ognjen Vukojević
9 Nikola Kalinić
13 Nikola Pokrivač
15 Dario Knežević85
16 Jerko Leko80
17 Ivan Klasnić
20 Igor Budan
21 Mladen Petrić72
Coach: Slaven Bilić
Germany
1 Jens Lehmann
2 Marcell Jansen46
4 Clemens Fritz82
8 Torsten Frings
9 Mario Gómez66
11 Miroslav Klose
13 Michael Ballack
16 Philipp Lahm
17 Per Mertesacker
20 Lukas Podolski
21 Christoph Metzelder
Substitutes
12 Robert Enke
23 René Adler
3 Arne Friedrich
5 Heiko Westermann
6 Simon Rolfes
7 Bastian Schweinsteiger66
10 Oliver Neuville
14 Piotr Trochowski
15 Thomas Hitzlsperger EM Rapport 2008 – KLAGENFURT 11-13. JUNI Tyskland-Kroatia 12.juni
Amoung Croatian supporters!
Amoung Croatian supporters!
Fra sentrum er det ca 3 km til stadion. Vi gikk sikk-sakk mellom spanske og svenske supportere. En svensk supporter fra klesprodusenten Fristad sa at det var ca 40 000 svensker i Innsbruck. Det var langt flere svensker enn spanjoler. På tur opp til stadion viste det seg at fantasien var stor og selv en smørehall var gjort om til serveringssted. Der solgte de jægermeister for 2 euro! Det har ikke vært mange andre maskoter å se. Vi har nok et sjeldent konsept! På tur til banen traff vi noen svensker som hadde med seg en svensk elg. For å si det slik; vi fant tonen!
Olve havnet i nøytral sone, mens Lasse havnet mitt blant de verste spanske supporterne. Da var det bare å pakke bort Leeds-skjerfet med de svenske fargene og kun beholde på det spanske skjerfet. Det var bra trykk på de spanske supporterne, men jeg tror nok vinnerne så langt etter det vi har opplevd er det Kroatiske supporterne. Det spanske landslaget har en eldre mann med svart hatt som følger landslaget på alle kampene og er med å piffe opp stemningen. Jeg mener han er et lite ikon! Han fikk i hvert fall ikke mye med seg av kampen.
Spania scoret på overtid og da tok det av blant spanjolene og jeg fikk en liten “bamseklem” av min spanske nabo. Etter kampen tror jeg det nesten ikke en spanjol hadde forlatt stadion, mens resten av stadion var tom! (se bilder). En spanjol like nedenfor meg fikk landslagsdrakta til David Villa etter kampen og var lykkelig for å si det slik. Se bildeserie nederst på siden
Etter kampen var det sild i tønne i fanzonen utenfor hotellet og det gikk svært sakte å gå. Etter kampen mellom Hellas og Russland gikk vi ut i gata igjen, men det var like fullt av folk. Arrangøren hadde rett og slett sluppet inn for mye folk. Vi har ikke opplevd slik trengsel av folk før på våre turer. Det var egentlig mer innslag av berusede supportere enn det bruker å være. Noe kan nok tilskrives at svensker har lik drikkekultur som nordmenn.På kvelden var det reneste søppelhaugen på området. Enkelte steder luktet det urin. Det positive var at om morgenen dagen etter var alt som blåst. Helt tydelig at ryddemannskapet hadde stått på hele natta. Ellers hadde vi Tyskland VM fra 2006 frisk i minne der absolutt alt var på stell. Dette klarte ikke østerrikerne helt å leve opp til.
Innsbrucker Norketten Bahnen (www.nordpark.at) heter en gondol som går til over 2200 meter i de Østerrikske alper. Denne testet vi ut søndag 15. juni. Høydetrening for å få de røde blodlegemene til å boble i våre kropper. Fra sentrum til du er oppe på litt over 2200 meter går det kun 20 minutter. Prisen tur/retur var på 25 euro. Også mulig å kjøpe “one way ticket”. En dame vi snakket med hadde syklet hele veien og innrømmet at det var tungt. Det var dog tilrettelagt for sykling med “slake” kurver”. På toppen var det mange svensker og russere. Endestasjonen var på 2256 m. De siste meterne opp til 2334 meter ble “klatret”.
Og selv på 2334 var det ikke mulig å komme unna TV kameraene (eller var
det det?)
EM Rapport 2008 – Kampreferat Spania-Sverige 14. juni
Group D – 14 June 2008 – Innsbruck – Tivoli Neu
Group D – 14 June 2008 – Innsbruck – Tivoli Neu
SWEDEN
Ibrahimović 34
1-2
SPAIN
Torres 15, Villa 90+2
Villa strike takes Spain throughby Ian Holyman from Stadion Tivoli Neu
David Villa struck two minutes into stoppage time as Spain defeated a stubborn Sweden 2-1 at the Stadion Tivoli Neu in Innsbruck to guarantee their presence in the UEFA EURO 2008™ quarter-finals as Group D winners.
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