Comments on: World Cup 2006 - Portugal Survives - In A Shambles Of A Game http://thebritgirl.com/2006/06/25/world-cup-2006-portugal-survives-in-a-shambles-of-a-game/ The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: britgirl http://thebritgirl.com/2006/06/25/world-cup-2006-portugal-survives-in-a-shambles-of-a-game/#comment-99 britgirl Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:16:34 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=58#comment-99 Sulz - I would agree. Entertaining would pretty much describe this game! I think the referee really had a hard time controlling that match, however I think the refereeing is different at the WC games. He was probably fed up with the lot of them who could blame him? As you say the red carded players really deserved it. Sulz - I would agree. Entertaining would pretty much describe this game! I think the referee really had a hard time controlling that match, however I think the refereeing is different at the WC games. He was probably fed up with the lot of them who could blame him? As you say the red carded players really deserved it.

]]> By: sulz http://thebritgirl.com/2006/06/25/world-cup-2006-portugal-survives-in-a-shambles-of-a-game/#comment-98 sulz Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:32:05 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=58#comment-98 i watched this game in high hopes of an entertaining match with plenty of goals. while the latter isn't true, the former certainly is, even though that was not what i had in mind when i think of 'entertaining'. i thought a lot of the cards given out were much too harsh - i see tackles just as bad waved off by refs in english premier leagues games. but some of those red-carded really had it coming. i'm an england fan and i really hope this fiasco will give them some sort of a psychological advantage. many portuguese can't be as forceful or physical as they were this game if they want to play at the next match should they beat england. i watched this game in high hopes of an entertaining match with plenty of goals. while the latter isn’t true, the former certainly is, even though that was not what i had in mind when i think of ‘entertaining’. i thought a lot of the cards given out were much too harsh - i see tackles just as bad waved off by refs in english premier leagues games. but some of those red-carded really had it coming.

i’m an england fan and i really hope this fiasco will give them some sort of a psychological advantage. many portuguese can’t be as forceful or physical as they were this game if they want to play at the next match should they beat england.

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