Premiership Misfits in League of Their Own

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ENGLAND may be gone but the Premiership marches on. From Spurs misfit Helder Postiga to Liverpool letdown Milan Baros, from Fulham goalie Edwin Van der Sar to Arjen Robben, a kid who is surely going to wow them down the road at Chelsea, those who ply their trade in our league are having a decisive influence in the outcome of Euro 2004.

On Wednesday, we have one glamorous semi-final between Holland and hosts Portugal in Lisbon and, 24 hours later, a more surprising one in Porto between a Czech Republic side with a 100 per cent record here and long-odds outsiders Greece. If what happened on this dramatic weekend is anything to go by, the Premiership brigade will be right at the heart of more rare old drama - and not just its grandees.

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Premiership Misfits in League of Their Own

We don't make much of a fuss about the likes of Van der Sar when players like Ruud van Nistelrooy are doing their stuff but here in Faro after Holland's penalty shootout win over Sweden following their 0-0 draw, it was refr...

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