07-02-2006, 01:43 AM
[quote Silencio]Portugal's football team is probably second in theatrics to Italy. They play dirty and try to provoke the opponent into doing something flagrant. Worked great against England (at least Rooney went out in style after stomping on that guy's huevos) and the Netherlands.
And England came up so small in the penalties. You could see the fear in Lampard and Gerrard's eyes as they stepped up to the spot. Weak penalty shots combined with Portugal's vastly superior goalie equals bye-bye Ingerland. A nauseating but well-earned end.
Silencio you make the same claims against all the opponents you do not like. I do not know if we watched the same game, however it did seem the calls and the playing abilities of England/Portugal were fair and even. I would say Portugal looked slightly better.
For theatrics and playing dirty, I have always thought it was a Latin American speciality.
Also, France did an excellent job today. We now have an European final. I think the rest of the matches are going to be exciting. Right now, I would say Germany is the favorite.
And England came up so small in the penalties. You could see the fear in Lampard and Gerrard's eyes as they stepped up to the spot. Weak penalty shots combined with Portugal's vastly superior goalie equals bye-bye Ingerland. A nauseating but well-earned end.
Silencio you make the same claims against all the opponents you do not like. I do not know if we watched the same game, however it did seem the calls and the playing abilities of England/Portugal were fair and even. I would say Portugal looked slightly better.
For theatrics and playing dirty, I have always thought it was a Latin American speciality.
Also, France did an excellent job today. We now have an European final. I think the rest of the matches are going to be exciting. Right now, I would say Germany is the favorite.