you must have missed it, the ball stops on his arm.

keeper reaction nothing he can do about it.

and according to the rules its the correct call.

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Surprise, surprise, a nice call for the hosting team

I won't hide that I want a draw and I know that it's hard to make a call with such short amount of time, but that was disgusting. It would have been different if the whistle blew and he had the ball in his hands, but he didn't touch it at all!! I've seen it about 4 times and now Portugal are back in the tournament. It's a shame for the Russians, they were starting to grow on me before the call.

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Russia a man down?

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Yes Red card for the keeper in the 45th minute.
I don't think it was hands...

I still don't get how anyone managed to see whether the keeper touched the ball or not without watching the whole thing in slo mo repetition. Guess the jury's still out on that one..

Yet another boring game. Portugal failed to deliver to their optimum yet again against a badly crippled Russia, despite the 2-0 win. Hopefully they can sort out their positioning and player usage before the match against Spain, otherwise Greece and Spain will advance from this group.

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Ufff...
The second half was dreadful, it seemed that we wer the ones with a man down. And we continue to see that Scolari cannot make substitutions: Ronaldo should have entered by halftime or at least in place of Rui Costa: we needed an attacking midfield with imagination to try and score the goal of tranquility. Pauleta should have gone out ages before he did, and Felipão still holds tight to his 4x2x3x1, when it'd pay more to play with two forwards... No matter: that is past already, and sunday, in Alvalade, 19h45, there'll be carnage in the field: Portugal X Spain. The winner will go with Greece to the quarters.

[EDIT] The cars' horns have already began sounding, to celebrate our victory, like if we had won the ECH... Sometimes I ask myself if I live in a 3rd world country...[/EDIT]

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Last edited by nettwerk on Jun-16-2004 at 21:19

yesss, at least they won

thanks to mostly FC Porto (oh man, anyone saw the diff. between Couto and Carvalho !! carv. was sooo good in def. !)


but as has been said, they could still play much better (in the offense), in the last 25min, the russians were near the KO (logic after playing 2.half only with 10p)
but the portuguese forgot to play nicely over the sides, or even forgot to shoot (Nuno!!)

Christiano however - I think he deserves to play at least one half - WHAT A NICE pass to Rui Costa who converts easily to the long awaited 2-0

Now they must beat Spain...
Though I had preferred both teams in the quarters, Greece seems to be qualified already

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Last edited by Madjer on Jun-16-2004 at 22:33

It was a ridiculous sending off for the keeper and very harsh.

I don't believe the ball touched his arm, but even if it did ever so slightly brush against his sleeve, so what. He was lying on his side, he rolled over onto his front and went to put both hands on the ground to get up, then realised he was about to touch the ball so he pulled his arm away. Seconds later he's walking off the pitch. I understand the referee had to make a quick decision, but his decision lacked basic common sense, what did the keeper have to gain from handling the ball there? Nothing.

One of the harshest red cards I've seen in a long time. That said, I don't think Russia were playing very well even with 11 men, you can'd begrudge Portugal their win because they did earn it. The second goal was excellent play from Rui Costa and Ronaldo and that chance that hit the post was excellent build up play as well.

Portugal v Spain is a massive game now

MWUAHAHAHA!!

Part 1 of my evil masterplan - success!.

Portugal > Russia

Now I just need

England > Switzerland
Bulgaria < Denmark

= $$$$$$$$$

[QUOTE]Originally posted by evil_bastard

One of the harshest red cards I've seen in a long time. That said, I don't think Russia were playing very well even with 11 men, QUOTE]
The Russian must have been studying how Arsenal play cos they started to play better after the keeper was sent off and created some good chances in the second half

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portugal won but it was not some awesome game ...well i wanted russia win personally but i don't understand how the keeper has been sent off ....some mistake by the referee i would say since when we saw the images again there was no hand it seemed but no well that's life ....

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.

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?

anyway russia was playing too bad, no way they could beat us even with 11. and the referee didn't gave us a clear penalty on the second half when the defender stepped on figo, so i don't think that it was so unballanced

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