A few questions to be asked about the English.I feel absolutely gutted after the loss. The world will most likely never see David Beckham and Gary Neville in the World Cup again. Why....Why Sven ...why did not you not bring off Frank Lampard for Peter Crouch...Why did you sacrifice Joe Cole when it was not Lampard's day. Wel.....You may argue that you had Lampard for penalties.... Why did you not give Theo Walcott a game???Bringing on Walcott instead of Crouch would have been a gamble which might have paid off. We needed somebody who could play with his foot.......not head......Argentina will wonder what might have happened had Messi come in place of Julio Cruz. So might the English....I am not comparing the two but still... Jamie Carragher seems to have a curse which prevents him from showcasing his skills for England.His critics will say that he did not fill Neville's boots properly and neither did he score the penalty when it was needed.Only Kopites will ever know what Carra is capable of.. And finally,Cristiano Ronaldo will become the Ahn Jung Hwan of this World Cup. I foresee him going out of Old Trafford..If Rooney never forgives him for provoking the referee....
That kid is useless and seriously hasn't done much for the team at all, I think Figo deserves more praise than Cristiano Ronaldo. England played a very good game and in my opinion were the only team that could of beat Portugal up to now. We won because our goalkeeper is very good, that I can say without a doubt in my mind. As for Rooney... If that kid doesn't learn how to control himself his soccer career will be very short. You can aspect to see David Beckham again he is still young if compared with Figo and even if he says he's retiring Figo also said that a few years back.
If England were led to the World Cup this year by Sam Allardyce and played a familiar system like 4-4-2, I would put money on them still being in the competition, what a seriously crap game England played in the first 45, they did well just to hold on for penalties. Sven would surely have been linched had he not already announced his retirement, he really messed up your chances.
A team that loose against Belarus doesn't even deserve to be in the world cup at all. Sorry, but England in the final would suck..
Like I said, Portugal plays the game like a bunch of cheating pansies. It's terrible to watch and I hope the get their nutts bashed in by France. Nver thought I'd say that.
No way! They've played the best football of the World Cup so far. I think I'll have to boo Portugal. I can't stand all of that nonsense and swan diving they pass off as a game of football.
That was England B, not the England team. Most international B sides would lose to a full international team.
I agree, the only difference is Hwan wa doing his job. Ronaldo was being unsportsman like (again) He's never going to play for Man Utd again. If Ferguson wanted to keep him then he's just burnt all his bridges.
I think Rooney will take him outside and give him a good kicking when they get back to Man Utd. Mind you, Rooney did it all by himself by stamping on the Portugese player's nuts then pushing another one. If the ref wasn't sure whether to go for yellow or red for the stamping, his mind was made up with the push.
The referee had in mind to give the red card to Rooney. Below, an excerpt from FIFA on the conversation between Sven and the ref. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060702/6/8ieb.html The ref must be nuts to think that the stamping was intentional. VIVA LA FRANCE!!
Looked intentional to me. Maybe he didn't mean to mash his balls but he definitely meant to stomp on him.
As McFox said, I dont think the refs mind was made up to send him off. He was just standing there having given the free kick. Ronaldo cam rushing in and started waiving his arm at the ref trying to get Rooney booked. Rooney is an idiot for the stamp and the push, but Ronaldo is his team mate and knows how easy he is to wind up. The little wink to his team mates afterwards shows exactly what he was trying to do. In conclusion, Rooney is an idiot and Ronaldo is a cheat. Ive never agreed with players trying to get others booked, let alone sent off. Youre right, if Ronaldo does come back to Utd hes going to get a kicking!
I think that the FIFA are the pansies in general. The fact that the bad call against Australia in the Italy game kept standing is one of those things I don't get about them. Referees don't have their eyes everywhere and when they screw up, they get backed up for their screw up. Soccer makes no sense when it comes to referees.
POOR ENGLAND! ABSOLUTELY GUTTED! I hate Portugal & I hate Ronaldo. Lampard is absolute cack, so overated..he missed so many chances this whole World Cup. Sven is a moron - WHY didn't he bring on my arsenal boy Theo? WHY WHY WHY. He couldn't possibly have been as bad as the other 10. A. Cole & J.Cole were Okay. Hargreaves may as well have been playing Portugal by himself - he worked his arse off. And as for Rooney what a bloody idiot, he needs to attend anger management classes. Poor Beckham, crying like a baby on the bench. He was useless too. That would not have been red if it wasn't for Ronaldo coming over and interferring. He may be pretty but he's a fucking cock. That is all.
Ronaldo didn't have anything to do with Rooney being sent off. Rooney was sent off because once again he couldn't control his temper. That kid is known for his short temper and for lashing out at everyone. Ronaldo could have done everything imaginable to try and convince the ref to give Rooney a red car but it wouldn't help any. The game was 100% fair and if Portugal won it was because the goalkeeper managed to save three penalties. The rest is all speculation that only serves has invented news to sell a few more newspapers.
Yes Rooney is an idiot, Ronaldo got himself involved knowing he was goading Rooney into acting. He wins games by getting people sent off. In my book that makes him a cheat.
Face it Matt, with or without Ronaldo, Rooney was going to be sent off! The referee saw the stamp... Don't try to blame it on Ronaldo, he's not the agressor...