Portugal x Russia (Group A, 16 June)

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- UEFA Euro 2004
-- Portugal x Russia (Group A, 16 June)
Pages (2): « 1 [2]

Posted by noikeee on Jun-17-2004 11:03:

ah, forgot to add, i thought this was a really slow and boring match. we may have beaten them easily, but it's going to be much harder against spain, honestly i don't think we're going to qualify

Posted by evil_bastard on Jun-17-2004 11:09:

I've been disappointed with Portugal so far but I think/hope they will raise their game against Spain. Don't want to see the hosts go out yet but I also don't want to see Spain drop out. Looks certain one of them will though.

Posted by ebeneezer_goode on Jun-17-2004 13:29:

i think portugal probably will qualify, though that may be wishful thinking, i'm half Portuguese and half English so have two teams to cheer on although it is looking doubtful for both sides.

But Portugal should do well against Spain, playing Spain will give them a chance to show what they have got, as we saw against Russia, they can do it

Posted by Madjer on Jun-18-2004 23:54:

quote:
Originally posted by paranoik0
well, glad to see scolari doing all those changes. ricardo carvalho is so much better than fernando couto, and deco is so much better than rui costa, at the moment. we didn't do a great match but it was sufficient to trash an awful russian side. seriously, russia gotta be one of the weakest teams i've seen so far in the tournament, they did nothing.

yeah, good changes like I said above too

quote:

about the gk sent off, the first impression i got was that he did touch the ball, but in the replays it seems that he didn't. if he actually did, i think the rules say that he has to be sent off. why? i got no idea, stupid rule, if any other player on the field touches the ball with the hand they get a yellow, why should the keeper get a red?

1. i also thought he must have touched it, than in the replay one can clearly see that he hasn't STOPPed it with the handm but only when the ball already lies still, he may have brushed it (but that didn't help anyway)... so a too hard decision, but IMO impossible for referee to see (we need TV proove

ANY player being last line of defence gets a RED card when doing a foul to avoid a goal...
and most often the gk is in that situation

Pages (2): « 1 [2]