Sunday, July 02, 2006
all that anticipation and excitment before the match..
ENGLAND VS PORTUGAL.
BLAH. ahhh.. didnt expect england's failure to just effect me man... i shall say it first...
if anyone come over to tell me that england go owned in that match? i'll walk away from them. NEVER done that before.
and if anyone comes over to tell me that england sucks? i'll bash them up.
wells.. ultimately, i guess they ARE the team that i really supported. germany.. ballack... kaka... all came after that... FIRST TIME that i ever knew soooo much about! probably my dad's influence (: he has been drowning me with epl matches and england players ever since EVER! ive been helping him polish his england player figurines! from neville.. to even cantona. hahas. okok. anyways... my dad was really really really ULTRA disappointed... that england really cant face off at penalty shotouts.. there were SO MANY CHANCES tt england could have scored! lampard? gerrard? they all failed.. those that you put all your hopes in... i guess the pressure's really high there! and under pressure, you dont perform... but they were THIS CLOSE TO WINNING!
actually, they really put on a good fight and i felt that england played better! lampard missed a few good shots that could have been potential goals to bring them through... lennon's pass on time was an opportunity.. j. cole missed it! rooney SHOULD NOT have pushed cristiano ronaldo.. he would have been a potential penalty shooter. all that knee recovery only to end with a red card. but even down to 10men.. england was still going strong! surprisingly portugal were not dashing into their attack until the last 3minutes.. england still played well and tried to score... *england fans are really awesome
intense.
england had the advantage! but all chose to shot low balls for ricardo to catch! a golden opportunity when portugal didnt not have deco on the field... actually england was gaining more ground!
Ultimately, i feel that england DID perform well or even better. it's stupid and cruel to just end england's effort with penalty shotouts.... poor everybody.. robinson.. TERRY.. ferdinand.. hargreaves (he was awesome).. a.cole.. j.cole.. beckham..
some articles tt i saw:
Familiar tale for England, who once again exit a major tournament on penalties following a brave display. Portugal lacked the incisiveness to profit from their numerical advantage following Rooney’s red card
It was a pity such a game had to be decided by penalties but once the game goes to penalties, it becomes a question of which team can handle their nerve and once again England were found lacking in a shoot-out. But over the 120 minutes they were the better team and Portugal can consider themselves quite fortunate to have survived this one.
---TSG analysis by Roy HODGSON (ENG)
i'll STILL support england.
i'll STILL adore gerrard and lampard..
THE BETTER TEAM LOST.
BRAZIL.. beat france and just SCREW PORTUGAL UPSIDE DOWN. *underline underline underline*
and cristiano ronaldo. so darn cocky! you have no ground in england man.. still playing in the epl???
ENGLAND.
you have my respect
the england squad. robinson.terry.ferdinand.gerrard.hargreaves (MAN OF THE MATCH.. spectacular.). lampard.rooney.beckham.neville.joe cole. ashley cole.
for all the sadness... tears.. pain.
beckham with his knee injury.
AWW sad terry after match with portugal.. you were good. (:
for all the celebration
guess its nice to watch players from chelsea.. arsenal.. man u.. all working tog for england! (:
for all the GOALS.
gerrard's wonderful GOAL against trinidad
beck's free kick agsint equador (:
joe cole's goal! during qualifying against wales
GG?
GOOD GAME! (:
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