Lithuanian football - again out of EURO2008

Some people blame it on luck... we are unlucky to be in a group with Italy, France, Ukraine, Scotland, Georgia, Faroe Islands... some others got used to it and say that this will never happen...

I thought our football is getting better...draw with Italy, fare resistance to France and Ukraine...lost 1:0 in both cases, but the fact is our players are demotivated and tired of loosing... we are becoming a nation that loss 1:0 is considered like a victory, morale is down... I am offended to see how rudely our players behave on the pitch... Last embarrassment was a huge poster that appeared in the Kaunas stadium, when Lithuania played against France last week, on the poster you could see African continent drawn in French tricolor and inscription "Bienvenue en Europe"...this is one of the racist outbreaks that are known for quite a while in the basketball games on the national level, the only issue is that the vast majority of the population are in wide agreement with these statements....all black are African nationals, PERIOD! So I have to admit that sometime I am ashamed for what my compatriots think...

So to finish it of with football, the only comforting factor in all this football tragedy is that Latvia lost to Lichtenstein and Estonia was crushed by Israel... So much for good neighborhood... :)