Portugal just won in what has to be the most appalling displays of football, almost equally by both sides, in a long time. What makes it worse? The fact that save for maybe 2 chances, one of which turned into a goal, the Portugese were out played as evidenced by both ball possession and shots on net.
Add to that, a massive coaching blunder to bench Ruud van Niistelroij who surely would have put away some of the chances that the replacement kid Kuyt had, and its been a very disappointing afternoon.
The only good I see coming of this is that a number of the Portugese team is sitting either disqualified from the next game by red cards or injury. I'm all for Christiano Ronaldo who's showman play has done wonders for the Manchester U side, and to be fair, a kid who goes off hurt, in tears, before the ridiculousness that ensued deserves as much respect as possible. But beyond that, here's to Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and friends marching all over Portugal in the next game.
And as I type this, two cars drive down the street with portugese flags waving and horns honking...typical, but not stereotypical if its true. This wasn't a game to celebrate no matter the outcome.
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