World Cup 2006 - Last 16 Day Two
Benny
ENGLAND 1-0 ECUADOR
Beckham 60 (fk)
Tenorio latched onto poor headed clearance from Terry, leaving him one on one
against Robinson, he pulled the ball down and just as he shot Ashley Cole
arrived from nowhere to make a fantastic block, deflecting the ball against the
crossbar. Beckham, whose delivery from set pieces and open play were poor all
match, scored with a brilliant free kick, the ball catching the inside of Mora's
post. Robinson made a good save from Valencia after the England defence went to
sleep on a cross. Rooney gathered a huge Robinson free kick on the left wing and
destroyed Hurtado with the Ronaldinho lollipop then pulled the ball back for
Lampard who blazed over the bar, probably the third good chance Lampard wasted.
Attendance : 52,000
Assist : Lampard (won fk)
PORTUGAL 1-0 NETHERLANDS
Maniche 23
'The Battle of Santiago' is one of the most infamous matches in World Cup
history. Contested between Italy and hosts Chile in the 1962 World Cup, two
Italian players were sent off, one had his nose broken from a left hook and the
game degenerated into a brawl. With 16 yellows and 4 reds, this match will go
down in history as the modern day equivalent.
The insanity started in the seventh minute. Boulahrouz was only booked for a
bringing his boot (studs showing) down into Ronaldo's left thigh, leaving the
midfielder writing in painand with a nasty bruise. It was actually the second
foul on Ronaldo, five minutes earlier Van Bommel was booked for tripping him
from behind. Robben taking a stage dive between two Portuguese players, no
booking for diving however Ivanov decided to give a yellow to Maniche for a
foul on Van Bommel a minute earlier in the build-up. In between the hacking
and diving there was a great goal Deco volleyed on Miguel's throw-in to Ronaldo,
the midfielder wriggled free of Giovanni van Bronckhorst (GVB) and Ooijer before
passing the ball back to Deco, Deco hit a superb low cross into the box, Pauleta
stopped the ball, laid it back to Maniche, with his first touch he evaded
Boulahrouz’s sliding tackle then blasted into the top right corner of the net.
Ronaldo collapsed and was subbed just past the half hour mark. Costinha should
have been shown a red for an awful two footed lung on Cocu but got away with a
yellow card. Van Persie turned Nuno Valente inside out six times on the right
flank, Carvalho arrived to help him out only to join Valente on his backside but
van Persie shot wide. The absolutely hopeless Kuijt, he's so bad you clamour for
Kluivert, tried to overhead kick a cross, he sliced the ball as Robben was about
to shoot Nuno Valente flew in with a high kick to his shoulder, red card,
penalty the works but the ref had already blown for some other infringement so
took no action. Maniche found Simao in acres of space on the right with a superb
crossfield pass, Simao teased (GVB) before hitting a low centre into the box,
Figo back heeled and Pauleta hammered a shot on the turn which van der Sar saved
brilliantly with his feet. At the end of the first half Costinha got a second
yellow for a stupid handball.
Cocu and that waste of space Kuijt worked an opening down the left, Cocu darted
into the box, Kuijt swung in a cross, van Bommel attempted an overhead kick but
missed, the ball hit a Portuguese defender, bounced to Cocu and from six yards
out he slammed it against the underside of the crossbar. As the players were
readying themselves for a free kick after Deco had been fouled by GVB on the
edge of the box, Figo ran upto Van Bommel and gave him what can only loosely be
describe as a headbutt behind the referees back so why was Figo booked? Minutes
later Figo went down clutching his face after Boulahrouz caught him with a
stray, unintentional elbow. Second yellow, only 55 minutes too late. Carvalho
hurt his bollocks when blocking from Sneijder, as the Portuguese launched a
counter attack the ref stopped play so Carvalho could get some treatment.
The ref gave a drop ball to the Dutch and instead of giving it back to the
Portuguese, the unwritten rules of footballing etiquette, the Dutch ran
downfield and attacked, a furious Deco chopped down Heitinga from behind,
yellow card. As everyone argued with Petit standing over Heitinga, Sneijder ran
in and pushed over Petit, right in front of the ref and only got a yellow card.
Two minutes later the Dutch won a free kick on the half way line, Deco was slow
to move away so Cocu came up from behind and hurled him to the ground, second
yellow to Deco for time-wasting, nothing to Cocu. More bullshit. That waste of
space Kuijt missed a great chance when put clean through on goal. GVB got his
marching orders for tripping Tiago after loosing possession on the edge of his
box.
I remember Ivanov from a Champions League match between Inter and Milan. He let
several Inter players get away with murder, failing to punish some brutal fouls.
Every time I've seen him he's done the exact same thing and his failure to send
off Boulahrouz for a criminal foul on Ronaldo is what lead to this match
becoming a clusterf*ck, he is entirely to blame for setting the precedent.
Players are obviously going to take advantage and seek retribution if they see
their team-mates get kicked and chopped down. The Dutch may have taken the game
into extra time had Van Basten not persisted with the wretched Dirk Kuijt, he
makes the Japanese strikers look World Class, and introduced Van Nistelrooy.
Attendance : 41,000
Red Cards : Costinha 45 (Portugal), Boulahrouz 68 (Netherlands),
Deco 78 (Portugal), van Bronckhorst 94 (Netherlands)
Assist : Pauleta
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Benny
There can't be another coach in the World who is as reliant on the media
as SGE is for his tactics. They've been clamouring for Carrick to play
as DM so Lampard and Gerrard can support the attack so that's EXACTLY
what he does. I hope they've got some ideas on how to beat Portugal.
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Richard
Benny <Be...@soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>The absolutely hopeless Kuijt, he's so bad you clamour for Kluivert,
>Cocu and that waste of space Kuijt
>That waste of space Kuijt missed a great chance when put clean through
>on goal.
>The Dutch may have taken the game into extra time had Van Basten not
>persisted with the wretched Dirk Kuijt, he makes the Japanese strikers
>look World Class
so, what exactly are you saying? :)
i still don't understand why makaay was not chosen. is he hurt or
something?
-richard
kuijt rhymes with 'nowt'. ha.
Rolleston
> I forgot to add something.
>
> There can't be another coach in the World who is as reliant on the media
> as SGE is for his tactics. They've been clamouring for Carrick to play
> as DM so Lampard and Gerrard can support the attack so that's EXACTLY
> what he does. I hope they've got some ideas on how to beat Portugal.
Eriksson always appears to follow the path of least resistance. When he
makes decisions, I imagine him thinking will I upset X (the media) more
than Y (Beckham, say), and which will cause me more grief? Missing from
this calculation is the somewhat vital question "will England win?".
R.
Robbie
wrote:
>I remember Ivanov from a Champions League match between Inter and Milan. He let
>several Inter players get away with murder, failing to punish some brutal fouls.
>Every time I've seen him he's done the exact same thing and his failure to send
>off Boulahrouz for a criminal foul on Ronaldo is what lead to this match
>becoming a clusterf*ck, he is entirely to blame for setting the precedent.
100% agreement.
Robbie
wrote:
>I forgot to add something.
>
>There can't be another coach in the World who is as reliant on the media
>as SGE is for his tactics. They've been clamouring for Carrick to play
>as DM so Lampard and Gerrard can support the attack so that's EXACTLY
>what he does. I hope they've got some ideas on how to beat Portugal.
Fantasising again, Benny.
James Farrar
wrote:
>I forgot to add something.
>
>There can't be another coach in the World who is as reliant on the media
>as SGE is for his tactics. They've been clamouring for Carrick to play
>as DM so Lampard and Gerrard can support the attack so that's EXACTLY
>what he does. I hope they've got some ideas on how to beat Portugal.
An argument let down only by the fact that they were clamouring for
that before the Sweden game and before the T&T game.
--
James Farrar
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Robbie
I've always found it profoundly odd that people think the media are as
one.
Benny
> From : James Farrar <james.s...@gmail.com>
>An argument let down only by the fact that they were clamouring for
>that before the Sweden game and before the T&T game.
I didn't say they had been clamouring for that after these two games, it
was suggested months ago as was picking Lennon and playing Hargreaves in
his best position (DM).
ken.o...@gmail.com
> 25 June 2006
>
> ENGLAND 1-0 ECUADOR
> Beckham 60 (fk)
Christ, England have been riding their luck this tournament. They're
very nearly favorites in my mind at this point the way they keep
surviving their own torpitude. If this collection of brilliant players
ever wakes up, that is.
> PORTUGAL 1-0 NETHERLANDS
> Maniche 23
> <SNIP>
A valiant attempt at summarizing that match. The first time I saw it I
wasn't paying attention enough because my daughter was 'watching' with
me. I was left with the impression of 2 abominable bunch of divers and
cheats, but at least the ones in red could create the odd scoring
chance. Having watched it again in the evening (hey, there's a real
bonus to it being in europe, I get multiple chances to see the matches)
I have to agree with your conclusion that Holland threw the first
punch. This referee didn't learn from the ITA-USA match and
whaddayaknow, this game ended up 9 vs. 10 too. By the time he started
giving out cards it was a worst-case scenario: players were too violent
*and* diving like crazy trying to game the refs. At this point both
teams were equally appalling, but as you say, Holland started it.
JK
> The Dutch may have taken the game
> into extra time had Van Basten not persisted with the wretched Dirk Kuijt, he
> makes the Japanese strikers look World Class, and introduced Van Nistelrooy.
If MvB wanted Kuijt in there from the start because he thinks the team
plays better with him than RvN, that's one thing. Not sure I agree, but
ok. But I can't see ANY reason to put in Vanegoor of Hassellink
instead of Ruud as a late game sub.
> Attendance : 41,000
> Red Cards : Costinha 45 (Portugal), Boulahrouz 68 (Netherlands),
> Deco 78 (Portugal), van Bronckhorst 94 (Netherlands)
> Assist : Pauleta
>
>
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Victoria Barrett
>If MvB wanted Kuijt in there from the start because he thinks the team
>plays better with him than RvN, that's one thing. Not sure I agree, but
>ok. But I can't see ANY reason to put in Vanegoor of Hassellink
>instead of Ruud as a late game sub.
Because of a grudge. It's not just for women, you know.
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Kluivert,>>
Let the Geordies or Spurs have him.
He keeps being rumored with Liverpool, and posters on our club NG keep
asking for him which makes me pull out my hair.