Alex de Large said:This group is really a joke, if u compare it with the netherlands group or the italy group.... no one of this group deserve to be in 1/4 or semis, those are not teams to win a WC.
Hamed said:I missed all but the last 5 minutes of the game. In any case, Portugal are going well and will surely win the group.
Mehdi, I know you weren't impressed with him last time around, but I saw two outstanding tackles by Kaabi on C Ronaldo. I know Ronaldo is a clown, but there are two way he can be stopped: his stupidity and a smart defender (like Ashley Cole.) I think Kaabi has a great future ahead of him.
Once again, tell me more about him?
Thanks for the report Mehdi jan,UhUhOleguer said:
I was pretty impressed by him too. In fact, he was the only one I was impressed with. Seriously, I never thought he would do THAT good against Ronaldo and Figo. I hope he gets a contract in Europe and works more on his game. He got great potential.
Kaebi started in the national team with 16 or something...he is from Khuzestan and he is an ethnic arab. He was for years our greatest talent and there was a lot of hype around him, but because of his body nature and making stupid mistakes, I always had my doubts about him defensively. But he showed that he has great potential and he almost shut down both Ronaldo and Figo. If the other players played with half his passion, we might have done better.
About Iran..well, me and some friends were in Frankfurt and we(mainly they) were around the team. The mood in the team was terrible, and there was no unity. Daei and players his age were a group, Karimi and players his age and younger were a group, Mahdavikia had beef with Daei and Rezaei, Hashemian is too nice of a person, and the two new guys Teymourian and Shojaei were kept away from the team anyway, because they were new and took away the place of other players. It was unbelievable..
We need to restart, we have some good players left in Mobali, Teymourian etc. and the important thing is that they are all midfields. We could try to build a team around a strong midfield and maybe do better next time, although it will be tougher than ever in 4 years to qualify for the World Cup. Saudi Arabia, Korea and Japan are always strong. Australia will be in too, China will try to do better, and Iran will have problems.
Pi said:Portugal got it's third win in the World Cup, 2-1 over Mexico, but I'm a little disappointed with the Portuguese attitude. Portugal started well in the defence holding Mexico's attack, then with some quick counters we got a goal by Maniche, Mexico shaked a little and we got the second through a penalty kick (Simão).
It seemed a good day for Portugal, but then because of a huge defensive mistake Mexico got one back, after that Portugal seemed a bit shaky but it held until the break.
After the break the game became so boring, but when I thought the game was dead Mexico got a penalty, however they wasted it over the bar, it wasn't until some Mexican player got sent off that the game spiced up again and for Mexico's side.
In the last minutes Portugal played like a team of amateurs trying to hold the score, it was in this period that the Portuguese defence shaked again, Mexico could have scored but they didn't, so it's 3 wins and first place for Portugal.
P.S.: Portugal played without five main players (Pauleta, C. Ronaldo, Costinha, Deco and N. Valente) however that last 20 minutes can't be explained with just this.
Most Portuguese are hoping to get to the quarter-finals, however lady luck was a bit bad putting Argentina or Netherlands on our way, but we are confident that we can get in the top 8.zip said:Man, What does Portuguese think about chances ?
Pi said:Most Portuguese are hoping to get to the quarter-finals, however lady luck was a bit bad putting Argentina or Netherlands on our way, but we are confident that we can get in the top 8.
Portugal started well but it seemd like they got bored or something. I'm sad for the last 20/25 minutes, where Portugal played with one more player and we couldn't keep the ball, we exposed ourselves to the draw without any reason.cozzi said:Pi, im surprised you are sad with portugals attitude in the game. They were already through and 5 top stars were withdrawn becuase they risked being booked. I thought it was a 5 star game for entertainment.