Comments on: The Portugal Match: Figo Is In http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:47:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Abi http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-2627 Abi Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:17:29 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-2627 Ronaldo is a cheating pr*ck, nothing more to say, simple as!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ronaldo is a cheating pr*ck, nothing more to say, simple as!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Ivan http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-2153 Ivan Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:36:48 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-2153 are you fucking crazy??? ENGLAND will destroy portugal today we will have the revenge for the euro 2004 against portugal with the funny penalties and we will show this looser Scolari which is the best team ... Scolari go back home to Portugal man you dont deserve to be coach after the match with the Netherlands they were better than you but your luck worked again... NOT TODAY !!!!! are you fucking crazy??? ENGLAND will destroy portugal today we will have the revenge for the euro 2004 against portugal with the funny penalties and we will show this looser Scolari which is the best team … Scolari go back home to Portugal man you dont deserve to be coach after the match with the Netherlands they were better than you but your luck worked again… NOT TODAY !!!!!

]]> By: Gosto Mt de bifes http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1791 Gosto Mt de bifes Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:53:05 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1791 All scared hehehe... Even without deco, costinha and ronaldo we will win again and england knows it hehehe... All scared hehehe… Even without deco, costinha and ronaldo we will win again and england knows it hehehe…

]]> By: Luis http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1782 Luis Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:13:15 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1782 Kaiser Sousa - you took parts of my posts, you punk! :-) You did a nice job though. Força Portugal! Kaiser Sousa – you took parts of my posts, you punk! :-) You did a nice job though.

Força Portugal!

]]> By: mek http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1778 mek Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:50:29 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1778 "Jesus said we should turn the other cheek. Unfortunately, Figo is not Jesus Christ." Luis Philipe Scolari. I was disgusted by the Dutch... the first foul on Ronaldo was bad... the second was utterly disgusting... and that set the trend... Shame the Portugese weren't smart enough to keep their discipline... Figo should be banned... we all know it was a red card offence. “Jesus said we should turn the other cheek. Unfortunately, Figo is not Jesus Christ.”

Luis Philipe Scolari.

I was disgusted by the Dutch… the first foul on Ronaldo was bad… the second was utterly disgusting… and that set the trend…

Shame the Portugese weren’t smart enough to keep their discipline… Figo should be banned… we all know it was a red card offence.

]]> By: Kaiser Sousa http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1769 Kaiser Sousa Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:41:54 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1769 This game we all saw was definetly not the game what Portugal wanted to play. We did not do this in qualifying nor any previous group match. None of the critics are willing to ask one simple question: What did Portugal benefit by playing this kind of game? All we did was shoot ourselves in the foot really - but at least we did it standing up with alyness and rugged astuteness. With players like Figo, Ronaldo, Deco, Maniche, Pauleta and others why would we ask or want a slug fest? Our advantage is talent, skill, speed, close ball control, and attacking football none of which is possible when you stoop down to yesterday's level. It’s simple: Only one team had anything to benefit from such antics. And it certainly wasn't Portugal as much as the so called sore and sour grape neutrals go on ranting and raving about. This game we all saw was definetly not the game what Portugal wanted to play. We did not do this in qualifying nor any previous group match. None of the critics are willing to ask one simple question: What did Portugal benefit by playing this kind of game? All we did was shoot ourselves in the foot really – but at least we did it standing up with alyness and rugged astuteness. With players like Figo, Ronaldo, Deco, Maniche, Pauleta and others why would we ask or want a slug fest? Our advantage is talent, skill, speed, close ball control, and attacking football none of which is possible when you stoop down to yesterday’s level. It’s simple: Only one team had anything to benefit from such antics. And it certainly wasn’t Portugal as much as the so called sore and sour grape neutrals go on ranting and raving about.

]]> By: Shawn http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1768 Shawn Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:08:00 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1768 Ben: By 'antics' I was specifically thinking of the diving and head-butting we saw yesterday. But if he can bring his best game on Saturday then fair play! Frankly, I'd like to see England get a quality opponent so that we can take the true measure of the squad. Ben:

By ‘antics’ I was specifically thinking of the diving and head-butting we saw yesterday. But if he can bring his best game on Saturday then fair play! Frankly, I’d like to see England get a quality opponent so that we can take the true measure of the squad.

]]> By: Helder http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1758 Helder Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:38:20 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1758 I heard Ricardo has been practising penalty kicks... Not that he needs more practice, really! ;) I heard Ricardo has been practising penalty kicks… Not that he needs more practice, really! ;)

]]> By: Ben http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1753 Ben Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:58:17 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1753 "Enjoy another dose of the great man's antics", huh? You mean like kicking the ball between the legs of an England defender from 40 yards out and scoring on yet another great England 'keeper? Or maybe we'll prefer to have Simao put on another show of how he schools England defenses. Or maybe Carvalho will shut you down as he has so many teams in the Premiership. We'll let you pick your poison. Any way you choose, you'll still choke in yet another tournament. Forca Portugal! “Enjoy another dose of the great man’s antics”, huh? You mean like kicking the ball between the legs of an England defender from 40 yards out and scoring on yet another great England ‘keeper? Or maybe we’ll prefer to have Simao put on another show of how he schools England defenses. Or maybe Carvalho will shut you down as he has so many teams in the Premiership. We’ll let you pick your poison. Any way you choose, you’ll still choke in yet another tournament. Forca Portugal!

]]> By: BlancaD http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-1749 BlancaD Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:45:16 +0000 http://england.worldcupblog.org/1/the-portugal-match-figo-is-in.html#comment-1749 On the bright side, this was the most exciting, fun, and brutal game of the whole Cup. Germany/Croatia was fun; USA/Italy was fun. This one was amazing! On the dark side, the match officials are out of control! For example, Italy are getting too many favorable calls for it to be coincidence. Portugal's game was not World Cup quality. It was crude, dirty, malicious -- a natural development considering the increase in diving, drawing fouls and other types of fakery. I agree that Holland were hamming it up and that Portugal did it better than they did. But they have set a dangerous precedent. If the other team is cheating, your team should work harder to keep your game clean and fight for the ball. Beating the cr a p out of the other guy does not score goals. I admired Figo since Euro 2000 but he made a mockery of his captain's band. He probably saw his "golden generation" doing the death rattle and got desperate. Portugal may have scored a point, but they showed themselves to be losers as sportsmen. They failed to show courage and rise above the bad officiating and weasel-tactics of Holland. This game should be shown as a training film for how to do everything wrong. On the bright side, this was the most exciting, fun, and brutal game of the whole Cup. Germany/Croatia was fun; USA/Italy was fun. This one was amazing! On the dark side, the match officials are out of control! For example, Italy are getting too many favorable calls for it to be coincidence. Portugal’s game was not World Cup quality. It was crude, dirty, malicious — a natural development considering the increase in diving, drawing fouls and other types of fakery. I agree that Holland were hamming it up and that Portugal did it better than they did. But they have set a dangerous precedent. If the other team is cheating, your team should work harder to keep your game clean and fight for the ball. Beating the cr a p out of the other guy does not score goals. I admired Figo since Euro 2000 but he made a mockery of his captain’s band. He probably saw his “golden generation” doing the death rattle and got desperate. Portugal may have scored a point, but they showed themselves to be losers as sportsmen. They failed to show courage and rise above the bad officiating and weasel-tactics of Holland. This game should be shown as a training film for how to do everything wrong.

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