World Cup Lounge (7 Viewers)

[Sadomin]

All decisions except Figo's, and Ricardo's yellows were correct, in my opinion.

 

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[Stephan]

ivanov decided to play russian roulette with players

 

[Eddy]

Damn it, I didn't want Figo's team to go through

 

[loyada]

simao will deputise ronaldo,tiago for costinha and maniche for deco, the portugal bench will depleted but still they can replace deco & al with qualities

 

[Byrone]

I think ivanov was trying to get a role on footballers wives with that performance.

 

[Sadomin]

Ivanov was great. The players were awful. Cut the slack.

 

[giovanotti]

This World Cup is an absolute farce. Beckenbauer and Sepp Fat Blatter should resign after this.

So true!!!!!!!

 

[Ramin]

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The ref was a fucking joke. He should be hanged. Portugal deserved to go through, and hopefully they'll manage somehow to beat England without Deco. Holland were pathetic. What on earth is Kuyt doing on a football pitch?!

 

[giovanotti]

I think ivanov was trying to get a role on footballers wives with that performance.

P.S. Beckham ,man of the day!

 

[giovanotti]

the way,Ivanov is the referee who was the main man in our game against Liverpool.....he disallowed clear Del Piero's goal.

 

[Stephan]

players like kjuit, ibrahimovic, nuno gomes, crouch should start a new league

 

[king Ale]

playing Kuyt from the 1st minute was foolish.
playing Vennegoor of Hesseling at those last minutes was even more foolish.

 

[Maresca]

what a shame, Holland deserved to go out as they forgot about fairplay and caused all the cards..

forza portugal

 

[Byrone]

P.S. Beckham ,man of the day!

Beckham came to the WC to compare Louis Vuitton handbags with Buffon.

 

[Zé Tahir]

Does anyone know if Deco's card can be appealed?

 

[Sadomin]

Does anyone know if Deco's card can be appealed?

Both were justified. First is obvious (although the Dutch deserved it), and second was for unsportsmanship. Time-wasting.

 

[Maresca]

Does anyone know if Deco's card can be appealed?

why should it be??

anyway it is not possible, they even did not do that for the player of ghana "asamoah gian"

 

[giovanotti]

Beckham came to the WC to compare Louis Vuitton handbags with Buffon.

Indeed,a complete fashion guy...man I'm getting sick of Beckham and his family....

 

[Rami]

playing Kuyt from the 1st minute was foolish.
playing Vennegoor of Hesseling at those last minutes was even more foolish.

Speaking of this guy, are there several familes named Vennegoor, but in the case of this player his family is from a place Hesseling...hence the name Vennegoor of Hesseling?? What's even more amazing is that his whole last name actually fitted on his jersey

 

[Intro]

In amongst all the drama of this match I think we saw the best coaching tactics from Scolari and many other coaches (Pekerman in particular take note!) of supposed 'better' teams would be shown up.

Against the Dutch who were considered favourites yet both teams line-up as 4-3-3 but Portugal much better with more balance, organisation and cohesion. To lose Ronaldo so early on and replacing him with Simao would have been a problem for many after leading and what was to come.

At HT he had a couple of choices:
1) Take off Figo for a defensive midfielder.
2) Leaves players as they were but use Deco in a more disciplined role with perhaps Figo and Simao also more restrained but keep the lone striker.

Instead he chose to sacrifice the striker when so many teams just revert to 4-4-1 and hit hopeful balls to that guy. We saw tactics such as Roma of last season; Deco pulling the strings but breaking from midfield with Figo and Simao wreaked havoc for the Dutch. Eventually Van Basten reacted by taking off a defender but that only made them more vunerable.

Absolute brilliance from Scolari tonight and whoever they miss against England - Scolari vs. Eriksson is no-brainer victory.