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Monday, July 03, 2006
oh well..now it's down to four teams.. France, Italy, Portugal and Germany.. this World Cup was a little dissapointing fer me..with most teams i supported not being in the last 4...let's see in the round of 32 Japan and South Korea were knocked out.quite sad but not very surprising because they aren't really fantastic this year, compared to the 2002 one where they played on their homeground..okay. at the rate Germany is going.. I reaaly think people who play on their homeground reaaly do better..look at South Korea, they were last 4 Japan was last 16 and France was the winner of the '98 one! anyway..the teams i supported..say..Spain got knocked out by France..I guess in the last 16 experience really counts and many Spainish players like Fernando Torres Jose Antonio Reyes, xabi Alonso are all making their World cup debut..the other match that dissapointed me was the Holland and Portugal one..i expected Holland to be like a quarter finalist at least..i mean they have a lot of stars..like Rudd Van Nistelrooy, Robin Van Persie..Arjen Robben..and I don't like Portugal! Cristano Ronaldo really irritates me!! I'm sure many players who played against Portugal are all lining up to hammer him! the other match that dissapointed was the first quarter final match argentina and germany...man Argentina and Holland were the countries i hoped to see in the last 4..this time it was really the Argentinian coach's fault..even someone like me who knows nothing about football tactics know that taking out midfielder Juan Riquelme and stirker Crespo was like thing that made Argentina lose..I was quite surprised Lionel Messi and Saviola did not play at all..well i guess we all make mistakes..and this mistake cost Argentina a place in the semis..which i think is really wasted becuase they are a very strong team i mean scoring 6-0 in a game shows that they are really good. Other teams like Brazil or Germany thrased teams with 4 or 3 goals only..or maybe Serbia was reaally bad...to add more pain to my sorrows england also lost a spot in the semis to Portugal..they were at an advantage at first..because Portugal's Deco was suspended..the game was really boring like a lullaby which makes you sleep until Rooney got red carded.he is sure known for his fiery temper but I guess he accdientally stepped on the Portugese player..?i guess t was his shove that gave him a red card? but i don't think we should put all the blame on him..I mean Ronaldo is soo provoking almost any player except very calm ones would have like pushed him or shouted at him..I'm sure he mentioned a red card which provoked Rooney..but despite Rooney being sent off I still think England fought well considering they only had ten men..but i guess lady luck that brought them to the quarters wasn't on their side..poor Frank Lampard tried to score twice and I guess penalties, for some weird reason are their undoing..they must be feeling reaally sore now..the biggest surprise was the brazil and france one..well i was a little surprised but not shocked..france is good and Brazil won all the matches so far becuase they haven't played against top teams i guess.. and this year they dont seem as good..anyway it's time they handed their World Champions title to someone else.. 5 times was more than enough..and i would be boring if they won fer the 6 time. so i'll just have to wait for another four years for teams like Holland, Argentina, Spain and England to shine in South Africa.
stefie just scribbled this down
7/03/2006
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