ESPN TV set up TV commercials about UEFA EURO 2008 to encourage viewers to watch the EURO 2008 this summer. It's footage of players in action with supposedly traditional music as background, then a clever statement at the end. The cleverest was Italy's "If Winning Is An Art, The Italians are masters." There are commercial clips for Spain, Italy, Greece and others. Here's the Portugal clip, have you seen it yet? Let me know what you think.
It all goes by so quickly one can barely tell the number of the jerseys and their faces. It looks like footage of the EURO 2004 games. Here's who I recognized:
#7 Figo with the captain's white armband on the left arm,
The back of Cristiano Ronaldo's jersey with number 17,
It goes back and forth between Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo, and others
In second 14: Ricardo Carvalho! That was easy, the long curly hair and number 16
I thought it was interesting that they ended with Nuno Gomes with the statement "Get Ready to dance, With the Portuguese"