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Monday, July 03, 2006

i am SUPREMELY distraught.

brazil went out of the world cup, to of all opponents, FRANCE.

it HAD to be france, it couldnt be argentina, or italy or even germany, it simply had to be france, and what the hell. why lose to a team with thierry henry and zizou on it? imagine your team getting kicked out by two of your favourite club players and you will know why. ITS REALLY A SHAME.

damm you, parreira for taking out adriano and leaving fat ron upfront, for not combining adriano and robinho, for stifling brazil's attack with a 5 man midfield (too much like england - a bore), for leaving ronaldinho and the rest of the midfield in confused tatters, for wasting a perfectly good team.

curses. its's TOO early for brazil to get out. on the other hand, cheaters like italy sneak in. portugal was just lucky. france relies too hard on an old man. germany looks to be the only serious contender, and its WC philosophy that the host always gets the medal.

its also WC philosophy that England loses penalty shoot outs and Germany wins them, Italy cheats, Portugal dives, Brazil scores and there are always four different African nations. It was the WC philosophy that Germany bores, Argentina bores, South Koreans are controversial, Holland wins at the crucial stages, and Eriksson triumphs over Scolari. oh, what the heck.

the England Portugal match was entertaining at best, and a colossal bore at the worse. People in Macs are trigger happy, they sniff at goal opportunities like a dog will look for non-existent hidden bones. Me and daddy were certain that it will go onto penalties, and they ended in a 0-0 draw, with Beckham nursing a sprained ankle, Rooney nursing a temper, and the England assistant manager the coach of the England. Extra time still ended 0-0 with Scolari yelling his throat out of service, throwing on all four reserves, Portugal realizing how important Deco was, Eriksson throwing heavy caution to the wind and sending Carragher on for Lennon.

Then the high drama occured. Freaking penalties. England HAVE NEVER won a penalty shootout for the past four times. And it showed.

Dad: I HATE penalties.
-macs crowd a hubbub of "goal" "goal""goal"! or "save" "save" "save"!-
Dad: Who takes it first?
Me: Lampard. (the guy who was aiming everywhere but the goal net)
Dad: WHAT?? Of all players he puts Lampard first? Sure miss one.
-macs crowd roars, looking anticipatedly at the screen........-
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-and then Lampard shoots into Ricardo-
Dad: What happened? What happened?
Me: Lampard missed!
Dad: -grimaces with an i-told-you-so look- That guy always miss one larh.

And then the traumatized England fans like my dad got a lifeline from Paul Robinson because he saves one from the Portugese. (you have to realize that England has missed three goal opportunities by Rooney, Beckham and Joe Cole) And then Hargreaves scores, and England fans get lifted into a possibility because the Portugese hits the left post. And then up steps Gerrard, the hope of English football. He runs, he kicks, he frigging shoots into Ricardo. Gerrard, Gerrard, the tired Gerrard, of all who, even my dad, never expected him to miss. And the Portugese go for the jugular. They have the next two spot kicks, one from Postiga. Carragher, the last hope of England, takes the second successful shot into the net, only that it was not counted. So he retakes, and changes direction and Ricardo saves.

And so that cocksure, arrogant, theatrical Ronaldo steps up, kisses the damm ball, places it like some altar god on the spot, and shoots it right into Portugese history. The arrogance of it all, and Portugal wins England by the virtue of overconfidence.

And that's it, Portugal get into the first semi since 1980 something.

Favourite players still in world cup:
Deco, Klose, Poldoski, Zizou, Henry, Ribery.

Favourite players out of world cup:
Ronaldinho, Adriano, Robinho, Kaka, Cafu, Dida, Gerrard, Rooney, Riquelme, Tevez, Adebayor, van Persie, Torres, Fabregas, Reyes.

the twinn posse x
9:52 AM