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| quote: | Originally posted by TrustInTrance
Sorry, but Frisk was terrible today, which is very uncharacteristic of him. Gutted by this defeat, but hope Czechs will end this nightmare for me and end the Portuguese dream. Thing about Portugal is that they haven't actually played well, they just played better than the crap performances they've come up against (Spain, England, and now Holland), so I'm hoping the Czechs (or Greeks) will give them a real run for their money. However, Scolari is a genius, so stopping the tactician is going to be a challenge. Long live the game... |
I agree, there's a feeling that Portugal have blagged their way through much of this tournament without playing very well, but even thought I think this has been a good tournament I don't think any team has been consistently good. The Portuguese were poor against the Greeks and poor against Russia before a harsh sending off swinged things their way, poor for an hour against Spain's worst performance and poor against England's worst performance. The Czechs, who have recieved a lot of praise and hype, were poor against Latvia sealing a win in the last 10 minutes after going a goal down, narrowly beat the Dutch after a dubious sending off and looked average for much of the game against Denmark.
Portugal have the ingredients of a team I'd normally admire, attacking play, full of energy and some silky skills. They should actually be very entertaining, but instead they're frustrating to watch. I find it impossible to like a team that cynically playacts at every opportunity, it seems to be a key feature of their game strategy.
I would like to see a Czech Republic/Portugal final, I'd be supporting the Czechs because of their style of attacking and their more honest football.
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