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n_v

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Half time in a entertainging match so far. Figo is having an amazing game and great goal off the corner by the young lad Ronaldo for a 1-0 Portugal lead. Van Nistilrooy IMHO is doing nothing out there. In fact I find him to be a liability for the Dutch so far. He better turn it around if The Netherlands are to come back and win this one. Or maybe its time Dick shook things up a bit and put in someone else.
 
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The_Ladies_Man

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Ruud van Nistelrooy doesn't need to do much to get a goal. Look at him in the Germany match. For most of the match, he was practically invisible and then he gets one out of nowhere. So, I wouldn't count him out just yet. IMO, one of the best finishers in the game. But at the moment, Portugal are playing really well. They could have made it 3-0 by now. We will have to wait and see who goes onto the final.
 

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A well deserved victory by Portugal. The final scoreline was closer then the play suggests. Van Nistilrooy was totally useless and invisible in the game. All the while Dick had other strikers at his disposal and didn't use them. Half my finals prediction is right. Now just the Czech tomorrow to make it complete.
 

the_big_E

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Good game, wrong result...as noted Portugal deserved the result, but they devalue the win when their players roll around in supposed agony. Ricardo did it like 3 times himself. I recall Porto doing that vs Lazio and Celtic 2 years ago, rolling around feigning injury when they are ahead. And Portugal seemed to have get more calls in their favour, Robben got like one call in his favour!...I just hope Czechs or Greece beats them in the finals!
 

Goober Mcfly

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Good.

There's two things I hate in this world:

1. Those who are intolerant of other countries and
2. The Dutch.
 

Monsoon69

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Go Portugal Go!!

@Goober: excellent time for a Austin Powers quote!

@Big_E: Please give me a break! Like Greece, Holland and the Czech's have never ever faked an injury! And Ricardo, while unnecessary, was trying to draw the attention to illegal contact! He very much over did it, but the Dutch were trying to hit him at least on one occasion.
 

the_big_E

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I'm not saying other teams dont do it, Portugal seems to do it moreso than others, as I noted with their league teams, thats all.
 

Monsoon69

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I'll have to disagree with you on that. IMO the national team is one of the better one's when it come to getting up after a tackle.
In the rest of there games for Euro2004 and in all their World Cup 2002 and qualifier matches they usually play a clean game.
 

MojoRisin'

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Goober Mcfly said:
Good.

There's two things I hate in this world:

1. Those who are intolerant of other countries and
2. The Dutch.
LMAO Micheal Caine in Austin Powers "Goldmember"
I laughed so friggin hard in the theatre at that one.
Good one Goober
 

Benhur

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the_big_E said:
I'm not saying other teams dont do it, Portugal seems to do it moreso than others, as I noted with their league teams, thats all.
Actually, for all european soccer fans, it's a well known fact that Latin countries are specialists at faking and rolling around on the grass as if they were about to die, the brits, dutch, german etc....traditionally don't do it....or at least not as much, in their culture it is frowned upon, they get hit hard and get up as soon as possible...but of course now everybody plays in other countries and that changes them a bit....I remember a german player faking an injury on french tv in the 80's, and the
tv guy saying that he had probably played for Milan too long.
Watch the leagues during the season and its pretty clear who fakes a lot and who doesn't.
 
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