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**Frank Cunha** · 01-06-2006, 09:54 PM

final score - Ukraine -0-Serbia Montenegro -0

Ukraine wins on penalties and they will be in the final vs Holland

simaozinho200 · 01-06-2006, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rui Da Silva

If you remeber he has lost some of his talent. When he played at sporting he had a ton of moves and speed just like Ronaldo but he lost it and is no where the same player he was before he left for Barcelona

sometimes the coaching has something to do with that because coaches try to change certain aspects of a players tactical moves it's not only his fualt like why change what works?

simaozinho200 · 01-06-2006, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Cunha

at one point they were losing 2-0 to Bosnia

they are on a roll, they also tied Croatia 2-2

http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=708454&idCanal=832

sometimes when you take that kind of lead teams lets down their gard and the other team takes advantage of that

**kyan** · 01-06-2006, 10:01 PM

well i think its a good result, our defence played like shite apparently but we didnt have our 3 most creative and best players (karimi, zandi and mahdavikia who all play in the german league) so to score 5 goals isnt too bad an achievement imo

simaozinho200 · 01-06-2006, 10:03 PM

yeah i was the one who found this out i broke the news on talk soccer

**Frank Cunha** · 01-06-2006, 10:04 PM

I think this time around Portugal got respect for all of the teams, the latest workouts in Evora over 37 degrees- around 105 our temperature, Scolari says its to clean up os nossos porros.

simaozinho200 · 01-06-2006, 10:05 PM

tiago , petit

**kyan** · 01-06-2006, 10:06 PM

how did mexico play? and was it a holland second team?

**Frank Cunha** · 01-06-2006, 10:14 PM

I didn't watch the game, I doubt at this time of the competion playing with reserves, I think basically everybody playing with the players they going to use in the first game, with a few exceptions

**kyan** · 01-06-2006, 10:19 PM

ok cool, its good to see mexico losing 2 games in a row tho, even tho it is against good opposition

**jec1** · 01-06-2006, 10:19 PM

My Good Friend phoned me the other day and I was Conversing about the World Cup,he said that SI picked Portugal to lose to Ivory Coast and that Brazil/France would be in the Finals.

I hate reading shite like this but come one Australia in the Final Four? My pick was Ukraine/Serbia at least they have talent.

What are your Thoughts?

**Frank Cunha** · 01-06-2006, 10:21 PM

I agree they are playing better opposition just Like Angola did with Argentina , Portugal they playing Luxemburg and Cape Verde they my be hiding something, but if you look Brasil and some other top nations are not playing anybody at this time, you guys did play against a good Croatia side.

**jec1** · 01-06-2006, 10:27 PM

This is what SI Picked that we would lose against this team.What pisses me off is that,SI is an American Company that doesnt know anything about Futebol nor its Players.

At least they had Ronaldinho on the Cover and they didnt spell his name wrong.

What are your thoughts about Portuguese Discrimination? Remember the 2002 World Cup?

**kyan** · 01-06-2006, 10:29 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...nd/4926864.stm

both these sites claim holland fielded a b-team, that either shows holland have a very good b-team or mexico arent playing very well (or both)

we should have played a good croatia team but they didnt play very well that night and the referee wasnt very good....

**jec1** · 01-06-2006, 10:51 PM

Petit-Tiago seems like the duo that will help us,I cant Figure out why Costinha was Given as Chance when he stated he wasnt Fit For the NT.

Like I said Angola is a Good opponent and at 3:00pm I will be Hoping Portugal bring there A game and dont underestimate them.