07-03-2006, 07:10 AM
Quote:You are very kind to England. I had a strong sense of deja vu - vital player loses his temper, lashes out, and is sent off; England reduced to 10 men play defensively and achieve a draw; then lose on penalties. It happens every World Cup. I don't know why they don't concentrate on this situation in training instead of setpiece free kicks.
First, portugal should be banned from international football untill they stop with anti-football, theather and trying to let the opponent make fouls. This team is a disgrase for football, and it is exactly what Occi was talking about before (I believe it was the pre WC thread).
Second, yes France was playing very good and totally deserved to win. I'm happy it worked out like that. Usually Brazil start as favorite and everybody talks about how nice football they play. But at the moment it is getting a bit more difficult they have to start using fouls as well.....and for some reason the referees don't see those fouls to good. 4 years ago I also found germany the stronger (in the finals) but that didn't work out, now France kept cool and walked away with the win.