Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

[L3thal Veteran]

Aww ronaldo crying :p

Man he must love football!!!!

You forget your own Ashley Cole cries as well ;)

[BigGiantHead]

I am truly glad Holland is out (not only because I am Portuguese). They displayed no fair play in the game today and were out there with a mission to severely injure all of Portugal's stars, starting from the third minute with Ronaldo.

What a load of rubbish? You are glad only because you are Portugeuse. I see you kindly forgot to mention Figo's little headbutt on van Bommel, and Deco's tackle from behind just because they didn't get the ball back. Is a deliberate handball fairplay. I feel sorry for Ronaldo, but if you think the Dutch went into the match just to take out the entire Portuguese team, you are sadly mistaken.

I agree it was an extremely ill-tempered match, it was a bloody circus.

I wonder WTF van Basten was thinking by leaving Ruud van Nistelrooy out of the game. It's his 1st competitive loss but what a time for it to happen. Van Persie was outstanding, too bad the Dutch couldn't finish better.

[sanctified Veteran]

To be honest. Most of the Portugal?s yellow cards were as a response from Dutchland fouls. Five of those cards appeared before the ref turned into Card intensive mode. In a normal circumstance many of those would have not been cards, just minor fouls.

Portugal had more cards but Dutchland fouls were worse and dirtier

[L3thal Veteran]

Cards do happen in games. Just because the first card was issued to the Dutch, doesn't mean they are to blame for every other card. Portugal were the ones headbutting behind the ref's back, delaying the game, and causing more drama than the Dutch.

Is that right? Man, I swear I thought I saw the Dutch violently injuring Ronaldo, elbowing Figo in the face, not showing fair play that FIFA expects when it was time to give the ball back to Portugal, and my god, there's so many things that I cannot even finish typing :pinch:

[takecare]

too bad the Dutch couldn't finish better.

too bad they couldnt have more fairplay...

[ambiance]

Anyone who says Netherlands played dirtier needs to watch that game again. Don't get me wrong they were both cheats, but Portugal played one of the dirtiest games I have seen in a long time. Figo should have been red carded right off the bat for that headbutt and Maniche should have been carded for leaving the field for that classless celebration. Either way this will cost them dearly against England and I will be looking forward to getting my revenge as well as some more suspensions.

If I wanted to watch audacious catfights I would turn on Jerry Springer.

[Krpano]

too bad they couldnt have more fairplay...

Exactly

:yes:

Amazing how i see most of the english ppl here complaining about Portugal,

Why would be that ? :D

[djpnuemo]

Anyone who says Netherlands played dirtier needs to watch that game again. Don't get me wrong they were both cheats, but Portugal played one of the dirtiest games I have seen in a long time. Figo should have been red carded right off the bat for that headbutt and Maniche should have been carded for leaving the field for that classless celebration. Either way this will cost them dearly against England and I will be looking forward to getting my revenge as well as some more suspensions.

If I wanted to watch audacious catfights I would turn on Jerry Springer.

i will say, i was shocked maniche wasn't booked for that celebration. you shouldn't leave the field... :no:

[L3thal Veteran]

I find it laughable that all the Brits, minus Martyn, are glad that two players were red-carded from Portugal. Do you guys think we have 11 starters and everyone else in the bench is rubbish? :laugh:

Holland's fair play in this game is similar to England's performance all this world cup: non-existant

[arrrgh]

Is that right? Man, I swear I thought I saw the Dutch violently injuring Ronaldo, elbowing Figo in the face, not showing fair play that FIFA expects when it was time to give the ball back to Portugal, and my god, there's so many things that I cannot even finish typing :pinch:

Yeah, once again you completely fail to mention that Portugal did all of the above and more.

[ineedsleep]

Is that right? Man, I swear I thought I saw the Dutch violently injuring Ronaldo, elbowing Figo in the face, not showing fair play that FIFA expects when it was time to give the ball back to Portugal, and my god, there's so many things that I cannot even finish typing :pinch:

Man this arugment is going nowhere. For every Dutch foul you name, I can name just as many Portugal ones.

[phedot]

What a load of rubbish? You are glad only because you are Portugeuse. I see you kindly forgot to mention Figo's little headbutt on van Bommel, and Deco's tackle from behind just because they didn't get the ball back. Is a deliberate handball fairplay. I feel sorry for Ronaldo, but if you think the Dutch went into the match just to take out the entire Portuguese team, you are sadly mistaken.

I agree it was an extremely ill-tempered match, it was a bloody circus.

I wonder WTF van Basten was thinking by leaving Ruud van Nistelrooy out of the game. It's his 1st competitive loss but what a time for it to happen. Van Persie was outstanding, too bad the Dutch couldn't finish better.

And Boulahrouz agrresion on Ronaldo? And the lack of fair play of Heitinga? And again Boulahrouz elbow on Figo's face? And Kuyt boot on Ricadro groin?

I think you forgot those right?

[takecare]

Anyone who says Netherlands played dirtier needs to watch that game again. Don't get me wrong they were both cheats, but Portugal played one of the dirtiest games I have seen in a long time. Figo should have been red carded right off the bat for that headbutt and Maniche should have been carded for leaving the field for that classless celebration. Either way this will cost them dearly against England and I will be looking forward to getting my revenge as well as some more suspensions.

If I wanted to watch audacious catfights I would turn on Jerry Springer.

and that 2nd yellow card for deco? what was it for anyway?

and that time when petit was pushed for no reason?

[Krpano]

I find it laughable that all the Brits, minus Martyn, are glad that two players were red-carded from Portugal. Do you guys think we have 11 starters and everyone else in the bench is rubbish? :laugh:

Holland's fair play in this game is similar to England's performance all this world cup: non-existant

You got the word out of my mouth.

And i think with these statments will set this thread very hot from now on.

:laugh:

Brasil x Portugal in the semi-finals

[L3thal Veteran]

Man this arugment is going nowhere. For every Dutch foul you name, I can name just as many Portugal ones.

The only thing you have to your advantage is Figo's mini head butt, which by the way, took the Dutch player 6 seconds to realize he was touched and then fell like he fainted from the hit :rolleyes:

[ineedsleep]

Anyone who says Netherlands played dirtier needs to watch that game again. Don't get me wrong they were both cheats, but Portugal played one of the dirtiest games I have seen in a long time. Figo should have been red carded right off the bat for that headbutt and Maniche should have been carded for leaving the field for that classless celebration. Either way this will cost them dearly against England and I will be looking forward to getting my revenge as well as some more suspensions.

If I wanted to watch audacious catfights I would turn on Jerry Springer.

I 2nd that.

[Martyn]

I think we should be issuing a few yellow and red cards in this thread ;)

[L3thal Veteran]

and that 2nd yellow card for deco? what was it for anyway?

and that time when petit was pushed for no reason?

Very good point. Deco was red-carded for being thrown on the floor :no:

You got the word out of my mouth.

And i think with these statments will set this thread very hot from now on.

:laugh:

Brasil x Portugal in the semi-finals

I honestly don't care. I was more worried of Holland than of England. I just laugh every time I think of England and the way they have played.

Brazil v Portugal - now THAT's scary :wacko:

[Krpano]

I think we should be issuing a few yellow and red cards in this thread ;)

ahahah....neat....

:D

[phedot]

And whats the matter with Maniche celebration...Did he take his shirt off? I don't think so... Did he went directly into the crowd? I don't think so... The truth is, I've seen other players do the same in this WC and no one complained ;)

[arrrgh]

Very good point. Deco was red-carded for being thrown on the floor :no:

He was red carded for playing time, he took the ball and tried to hide it behind his back so that the dutch couldn't start game fast.

[djpnuemo]

I think we should be issuing a few yellow and red cards in this thread ;)

hahaha, AGREED!

HOOLIGANS! SHENANIGANS!!! AAHHHHH!

[Julius Caro]

Very good point. Deco was red-carded for being thrown on the floor :no:

I honestly don't care. I was more worried of Holland than of England. I just laugh every time I think of England and the way they have played.

Brazil v Portugal - now THAT's scary :wacko:

Doesn't portugal has some brazilian players? If were them I'd accidentally score an own goal...

[PT 13]

LOL @ the yellow card shown at Deco for beeing thrown to the floor :p

overall the second half was ugly :\ too many cards

[MGS4-SS]

Netherlands deserved to lose. No fair play = No play at all.