World Cup Quarter Final No.2 : England vs Portugal

Poolman SG

Got luck will win .

Go Go Go England !

Date : 1st July 2006 ( Saturday 11.00pm )

CoolMyth SG

England really kio sai in this match already, fuck!

No Deco, no Constinha, possibly no Cristiano Ronaldo. Laughing

Is this really England's year?

myownlife SG

england is juz lucky.

Aveme SG

yeah and plus the fact that almost 3/4 of the portugal first team players are now on yellow cards….sure they will give even more leeway and go easy on the tackles on england,england really really have the advantage…

Poolman SG

Must got luck to win lor , as i say .

You me England Kio Tio Sai ? Really what ..... If Holland got that luck , Cocu's goal liao lor .

England lucky from Day-1 , own goal la ..... won by 1-0 la ...... now Portugal without some key player , no wonder Ronaldo in tears after the injury .

Poolman SG

Anyway , without these key players , Portugal also very dangerous . So don't play play .

Simao .... danger .

Tiago ...... danger

Maniche .... danger

Figo.... danger

Paulletta ..... danger

Their main problem is only Costinha , their tallest player , the player the need to curb Crouch , now he's out , Crouch will be the first in England line-up .

Crouch will play and win for England .

798 SG

more like kio teo gu lan (pick bull's penis). Laughing

possible no figo as figo look like will be charged for dat elbow.

sand king SG

Ehh agreed for the portugees but i think they shud bench crouch... he abit like attitude lidat... dunnoe why i say that also haha

The man who was death SG

Luis boa morte!!!!!!!

edi_77777 SG

Just wanna stress that yes England played badly.. but did managed to win..
Just imagine if they really move up another gear..

BUT that is is a big IF..
Cant see them winning the WC if they refuse to play better...

stellazio SG

costinha tall meh? Laughing

K800i SG

Goodbye England , goodbye Sven . England , you are the weakest link.

Patrik SG

Figo free to face England despite headbutt furore

Luis Figo will be available to face England on Saturday after FIFA ruled out disciplinary action against the Portugal forward for his headbutt on Holland's Mark van Bommel.

The Portugal captain was booked for the incident by referee Valentin Ivanov and as the match official took action at the time, FIFA say they will not intervene.

FIFA communications director Markus Siegler told a media briefing in Berlin: 'He was sanctioned immediately by the referee at the time.

'The referee's report came in last night and is being analysed by the relevant people but it is very unlikely anything will happen as he has been sanctioned already.

'It is only where there is a clear disciplinary issue which has not been acted upon by the referee that the (disciplinary) committee can look at it.'

The match ended 1-0 to Portugal and was a tempestuous affair in which 16 yellow and a World Cup-record four red cards were shown.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter was unhappy with referee Ivanov's performance and said the match official deserved a yellow card himself.

Blatter told Portugal's SIC TV station: 'There could have been a yellow card for the referee. He was not at the same level as the players.

'This was a game of emotion, with high drama but the referee was not consistent and there was a lack of fair play by some players.'

The card tally meant that the overall red-card record for World Cups has already been surpassed before the quarter-final stage has been reached.

There have now been 23 expulsions compared to the previous record of 22 in all 64 matches at France '98.

The number of yellow cards so far is 291 - more than the record total of 272 four years ago.

The 16 yellow cards shown by Ivanov matches the figure in the 2002 game between Germany and Cameroon.

Poolman SG

The time will come when Crouch up his gear and savour for England .

This is the match . Liverpool FC's Benitez won't sign him for no reason . What reason ? Good that's all .

Poolman SG

Okay then , then sent Carlvahno to man-mark Crouch !

stellazio SG

portugal dun really have tall players leh. Laughing

cyke SG

Don't write England off so fast.

Are you guys all forgetting who is in the England team?

Our dear Captain Steven Gerrard. The man who can turn matches around all by himself! Remember CL Final 2005? FA Cup final 2006?

Now Gerrard usually only does these things when his team is down.

England has so far never trailed in any match at the World Cup.

But if and when that happens, I believe Gerrard is going to step up and rescue England all by himself!

Just wait and see!

CoolMyth SG

But if SGE keep asking Gerrard to make way for Peck-ham and Lam-Pa and ask him to do all the dirty tackling and defending.....

*sigh*

Ying Xiong Wu Yong Wu Zi Di.... Wink

798 SG

if i am the coach, i will play 4-4-1-1 formation:

GK - Robinson
DL - Ashley Cole
DC - J.Terry
DC - S. Campbell
DR - J. Carragher
ML - J. Cole
MC - D. Beckham
AM - S. Gerrard
MR - A. Lennon
FC - W. Rooney
S - P. Crouch

Lampard need to be dropped as a punishment for selfishness n off-form, i feel gerrard is better as attacking midfielder.

Right winger will be lennon as he is faster than beckham. but beckham will not be miss since he is only good for his free kick and set-piece, so beckham will be shifted to center.

P. Crouch has caused threat by aerial attack, his presence will caused haze-wire for portugal defence. even if he cant score, rooney, gerrard, beckham can finish his job for him.

J.Carragher will be in charge of right back. it will be a better if Neville can come back from injuries, then J.Carragher can shift to take center role of defence as he's good in man-mark.

campbell should replaced ferdinand as he is good in header.

Agenda SG

Playing pauleta is like playing fowler as the lone striker up front, slow and easy to disposess