Sunday, July 02, 2006

Broken English Hearts and Cardiac Arrests for Brazilians

  • And the hearts of Englishmen are broken once again at the quarter-finals at the World Cup, and so did mine. And again, they are kicked-out at the quarter finals by the Portugese speaking people. In the last world cup, England was defeated by Brazil (portugese speaking) at the quarter finals. This year, they go home at the quarter finals again, beaten by Portugal through penalty shootouts. One note, England has never ever won in a penalty shootout in the World cup finals. England played well but to only scramble in front of goal, missing high wide and handsome at the open shots they got. The referee was also too harsh on Rooney for giving him a red card for a foul that only deserved a yellow. Christiano Ronaldo also gets his Oscars for play acting and making the referee flash the red at Rooney. For your information, Ronaldo ran from the side of the pitch to the centre so that he can tell ref to show Rooney a card, at which Rooney tried to shove Ronaldo off. How pathetic, Ronaldo's act only seemed to be childish to me. Its like telling the teacher that your friend never do homework in primary school. But I take my hat off for Portugese goalkeeper Ricardo for his superb performance saving the shots at the penalty shootout. Results, 0-0 at normal time, Portugal beats England 3 - 1 on penalties.
  • And 'merci' to the French for helping all of us prove to Brazil that they do not rule the football world. France beat defending champions Brazil 1 - 0 in the quarter finals. What was said to be the oldies squad kicked Brazil out in the quarters, preventing them from adding the sixth star to their jersey. Brazil was out of ideas when all of their key players are unable to get a touch of the ball in the penalty box. Their samba was not hot enough and the dancers could not move. The French fortress held firm, allowing the 1st shot on target only at the 91st minute by Ronaldo. Zidane also proved that age does not slow him when he set up the ball through a free kick for Henry to slot it in the winning goal. No.10 Ronaldhino was no match for the experienced no.10 Zidane of France who was simply magical on the pitch. Ronaldhino could not dance and the smile was just simply wiped off his face. History at the World Cup final 8 years ago is repeated once again. The French has got to be Brazil's no.1 enemy now.
  • And thats it for both matches. It is sad that England got knocked out and my prediction proved wrong. Christiano Ronaldo is bound to get it the next time he steps into the Man U pitch for training, and when he goes into the shower room with his Man U team mates, he better watch out.
  • Surprisingly, I predicted correctly that France would win. Haha. Interesting.

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