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France - Portugal (July 5th) [Semi-finals] (pg. 10)
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| isoterra |
hehe, i was on that site earlier... running slow as now though, obviously getting loads of traffic :p |
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| RenderedDream |
ing portuguese divers!
bunch of idiots! :whip: :whip: |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by fastmp3
malek you forgot what happened to germany yesterday or you're still stuck in the 20th century ? maybe you didn't watch yesterday's game :stongue: |
there's no use discussing with you, you're a biased tard. |
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| fastmp3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
there's no use discussing with you, you're a biased tard. |
the biased tard t'emmerde :stongue: |
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| loconet |
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sinus
Trust me, we aren't the only ones who were/are disgusted of his behaviour during Rooney's sending off.
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I suspected that it wasnt only English fans who detest him now. Regardless of Rooney's temper tantrum, Ronaldo did his reputation a severe blow (how much worse can it get?) by sticking his nose into that whole affair on Saturday. that kind of crap, as well as his constant moaning to the refs and blatant diving, is enough to piss fans of the game off regardless of their nationality.
Anyway, it was a pretty e game to be honest. I almost fell asleep in the first 30 minutes. Henry was fouled, no doubt about it there. After all their team has gotten away with this WC, Portuguese fans have no right to bitch about that penalty call!
I still can't believe Figo missed that header after Barthez made a tool of himself. But perhaps it's bad karma...he cursed his forehead with that unpunished headbutt against Holland eh? |
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| paranoik0 |
So it's over now for us.
This was yet again a very match. France scored then played exclusively defensive from then on, Portugal wasn't particularly inspired. Not taking away the merit from the french, they did win the game, but i honestly think neither side really deserved to be on the final if we only consider this semi-final. Dull, like 90% of the cup.
We exagerated far, far too much with diving today. This gives us a bad name, and isn't good for football overall. The manager and players are all complaining about the ref but i don't think they're right - i think Larrionda did a good game. This is the bad side of our team, and can only apologise for it.
In the good side we have the excellent determination of some of our players - Ricardo Carvalho against England and Holland was the biggest example of it. Therefore it's very unfortunate for him that he's connected to the loss - even more considering it looks like he didn't intended to take Henry down. A penalty was correctly given, but it wasn't his intention.
The team overall was passive, slow and tired. Figo did everything he could but the age limits him. Also unfortunate that he missed a clear goal, on what would have been the biggest mistake in the career of Fabien Barthez. Ronaldo was one of the biggest divers and whiners, yet dealed perfectly with the pressure by making one hell of a game - dribbling past 2, 3 players several times when without support.
Now I have to support Italy. Not as a payback for this game, but because I think they deserve the cup more than the french, and always liked them a little bit more. And by the way, we're winning that glorified friendly against the hosts Saturday. ;) |
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| I often wonder about the worth of the third place game. The World Cup isn't the Olympics...either you win the trophy or you don't. As a player, it would be hard for me to get up for a third place match only days after you failed to get into the Final. The Euro stopped doing the 3rd place games awhile ago I think. |
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| paranoik0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
I often wonder about the worth of the third place game. The World Cup isn't the Olympics...either you win the trophy or you don't. As a player, it would be hard for me to get up for a third place match only days after you failed to get into the Final. The Euro stopped doing the 3rd place games awhile ago I think. |
The Euros stopped doing it in the 70s or 80s.
I actually always liked the 3rd place match. It gives a little bit of an extra importance to reaching the semis, and is a consolation prize for a smaller team that loses in the semis (Sweden 94, Croatia 98, Turkey 02, Portugal 06?). Besides since teams are both knocked out and don't have much to risk, sometimes we get a good game.
Keep it. |
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| loconet |
| quote: | Originally posted by paranoik0
The Euros stopped doing it in the 70s or 80s.
I actually always liked the 3rd place match. It gives a little bit of an extra importance to reaching the semis, and is a consolation prize for a smaller team that loses in the semis (Sweden 94, Croatia 98, Turkey 02, Portugal 06?). Besides since teams are both knocked out and don't have much to risk, sometimes we get a good game.
Keep it. |
+1 Keep it.
The more wc football the better. It's bad enough that after Sunday we are going to have to wait another 4 years. Depressing :( |
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| I wouldn't scrap it. No point in messing with tradition. But if I was a player, I wouldn't really care if I finished 3rd or 4th because I didn't finish 1st and that's what matters. I was only a kid in 1990, but England lost to Italy in the 3rd place game. I didn't really care because the real heartbreak was not getting into the Final. you're right though...sometimes the 3rd place game is better than the final, 1990 being a good example. |
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