Terry just stood there actually so I didn't see him make a foul. But I did clearly see (I think) Vassel make a foul seconds before.
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I fe3l sorry for the english.. they did a good game,... but it simple was not enough..
Portugall seemed like a giant in front of them...and they lacked commitmend.
The disallowed goal, was ok IMO, as terry (i think it was him) was bothering ricardo too much.
The referee was ok thru the whole game.. so i think that is a lame excuse to blame the referee here, maybe u are still shocked by the lost.
Anyways... it was an exciting game...and both teams deserved to go thru... but if we have to choose one.. i think that everyone will agree with me thjat Portugal was by far the best today.
PD: great defending by englad thou.. they showed a great determination in the defense the hwole tournament...specially ashley cole against ronaldo
Portugall seemed like a giant in front of them...and they lacked commitmend.
The disallowed goal, was ok IMO, as terry (i think it was him) was bothering ricardo too much.
The referee was ok thru the whole game.. so i think that is a lame excuse to blame the referee here, maybe u are still shocked by the lost.
Anyways... it was an exciting game...and both teams deserved to go thru... but if we have to choose one.. i think that everyone will agree with me thjat Portugal was by far the best today.
PD: great defending by englad thou.. they showed a great determination in the defense the hwole tournament...specially ashley cole against ronaldo
I thought it was rightfully disallowed, as Terry was in the way for Ricardo in a way he shouldn't have been. It was a tough call, could probably have gone either way.
After the game the English reporter said to Svennis Eriksson: "We seemed to be facing twelve men today, and one of them was Swiss." I thought that was uncalled for, I thought the ref did an adequate/good job. Wish the teams that went out would complain less.
Erikssons defensive tactics weren't the way to go IMO. Putting in Phil Neville that early in the game was unneccessary, Portugal could attack all they wanted, the Englishmen were pretty harmless.
After the game the English reporter said to Svennis Eriksson: "We seemed to be facing twelve men today, and one of them was Swiss." I thought that was uncalled for, I thought the ref did an adequate/good job. Wish the teams that went out would complain less.
Erikssons defensive tactics weren't the way to go IMO. Putting in Phil Neville that early in the game was unneccessary, Portugal could attack all they wanted, the Englishmen were pretty harmless.
++ [ originally posted by Martin ] ++
Easy, River, easy....
sorry
Easy, River, easy....
sorry
And for people saying silly things like 'you want to hear the english complain'. We are dissappointed because an obvious goal was taken away. Who wouldnt be dissappointed.
When i say cheated. I dont literally mean there is a grand conspiracy. only Italians do that
It was a referee mistake. A mistake which cost us.
Mmm yes, if it wasn't a foul it sure was human incompetence because it's hard to judge these situations. But sometimes you do wonder whether a referee didn't see what he wanted to see. Like that so called penalty foul on Davids..Nielsen is just standing there, he had to see that was nowhere near a foul.
Oh, I agree there, but it's always silly to complain after the match, altho it is quite understandable.
@River: I'm sorry, but 90% of neutral fans will agree the goal was rightfully dissalowed, had Terry no been interfering Ricardo would have caught the ball. Like I said, the rules protect the keepers very much.