http://worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/zzzflags/ptlarge.gif
vs
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/zzzflags/frlarge.gif


http://www.fotw.net/images/p/pt@fpf.gif
vs
http://www.geocities.com/vexilologia/imagenes/futbol/otroseur/fr-fff.GIF

at Allianz Arena
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20060217/i/1935126185.jpg
http://www.agf.com.br/allianz_arena/galeria/imagens/foto28.jpg


Probable Lineups:

Portugal:

-----------Ricardo------------
Miguel-Meira-Carvalho-Valente
------Costinha-Maniche-------
Figo--------Deco------Ronaldo
-----------Pauleta------------

France:

----------Barthez-------------
Sagnol--Thuram--Gallas--Abidal
-------Vieira--Makelele--------
------------Zidane------------
Ribery------Henry------Malouda


All-time results:

2001/04/25 - International Friendly - France 4-0 Portugal
2000/06/28 - Euro 2000 Semi-Finals (Belgium/Holland) - Portugal 1-1 (1-2 aet) France
1997/01/22 - International Friendly - Portugal 0-2 France
1996/01/24 - International Friendly - France 3-2 Portugal
1984/06/23 - Euro 1984 Semi-Finals (France) - France 1-1 (3-2 ap) Portugal
1983/02/16 - International Friendly - Portugal 0-3 France
1978/03/08 - International Friendly - France 2-0 Portugal
1975/04/26 - International Friendly - France 0-2 Portugal
1973/03/03 - International Friendly - France 1-2 Portugal
1959/11/11 - International Friendly - France 5-3 Portugal
1957/03/24 - International Friendly - Portugal 0-1 France
1952/04/20 - International Friendly - France 3-0 Portugal
1947/11/23 - International Friendly - Portugal 2-4 France
1947/03/23 - International Friendly - France 1-0 Portugal
1946/04/14 - International Friendly - Portugal 2-1 France
1940/01/28 - International Friendly - France 3-2 Portugal
1930/02/23 - International Friendly - Portugal 2-0 France
1929/03/24 - International Friendly - France 2-0 Portugal
1928/04/29 - International Friendly - France 1-1 Portugal
1927/03/16 - International Friendly - Portugal 4-0 France
1926/04/18 - International Friendly - France 4-2 Portugal

FORCA FORCA, FORCA PORTUGAL !!!

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/7694/port2kp.jpg

[IMG]
France:

----------Barthez-------------
Sagnol--Thuram--Gallas--Abidal
-------Vieira--Makelele--------
------------Zidane------------
Malouda-----Henry-------Ribery





Flo would never start on the right swap Ribéry with Malouda :jambo:

done but they switch a lot throughout the game so...

FORCA FORCA, FORCA PORTUGAL !!!
please man, not the gallows :( :p



I hope we finally beat them in a major tournament, at least Xavier won't be there to f'ck our chances up this time (Y)


2-1 for us with Deco, Ronaldo and Zidane in the scoresheet.


Hoping it's a great match for everyone to watch :jap:

Should be an entertaining match, I expect Portugal to win this one.
Simao with the winner in the second half of extra time after replacing Figo at the score of 2-2. Pretty excentric, huh? :p

ohh my, I can't wait for wednesday, the game's played 5km from my house and our squad is training in the local stadium 300m from my house...

I won't make a prediction but I want us to win this so badly...i'll be home in lisbon the day after the final and here's hoping for some celebrations ;)

This is our chance; I'm extremely proud of our NT and what they have accomplished thus far. Should be an entertaining match.

I predict a 1-0 win for Portugal; Maniche to score.

Good luck to France.

:junior:

Good luck to France.
that wasn't necessary.... :p

I thought Carvalho was banned, 2 yellows?

I thought Carvalho was banned, 2 yellows?


nah only one against England, the other one was in the group stages.

I thought Carvalho was banned, 2 yellows?

I really hope he isn't. He's been one of our most important players. That single fact would cost Portugal the match already.

And yeah Massive, ate least Xavier won't be there. :lui:
Still, let's hope Costinha doesn't repeat the "joke" from last game. :S:p

Costinha's gonna behave, he knows how retarded that handball was and fully regrets it.


nice quote on your sig btw (H)

heh, it's a classic already :amika:

Credits to kaycee2g. :junior:

Every match with Portugal = one or both teams ends at least 1 man down :D :)

if France play like they did against Brazil, then we'll lose....if they play like they did in round one then we have a good chance.

For Portugal, France is one of those teams we never seem to do well against, even when we play well. This WC seems to prove that history really does repeat itself, wouldn't surprise me to have a repeat result of the Euro2000 semi..

I still have that Euro 2000 game stuck in my throat... I think every Portuguese fan feels the same way...

In the group stage France sucked big time, they had to work hard in the game against Togo to pass. But it seems they're wide awake now. Didn't expect them overcome Spain but they did. And they manage to pass Brazil as well.

I guess Portugal's overall performance is superior. We managed to qualify the group stage with a clean sheet. We overcame Holland and still managed to pass England despite the abscence of our playmaker and all those yellows (thank you Ricardo once again...)

We will be facing a team with the best (in my view) defensive midfielders in the world Makelele and Vieira, let's not talk about Zidane's performance so far, I think he amazed everyone with those last 2 games. France also has one of the best striker duo in the World Henry and Trezeguet, I couldn't yet figure out why does Domenech bench him...

Now for our problems... Again in my view, Meira is to clumsy to play against Henry, he only needs a bit of space to score and we can't afford any mistakes. ValentO is to slow for both of France's wingers. I think Ferreira is more skilled to play against fast guys. We saw what happened to ValentO when Lennon came out...
The midfield is gonna be really hard, we need Deco in the best form possible and Costinha too, let's see what Maniche can do with a little more freedom that Petit didn't gave him in the game against England. Again we need to overcome that wall in front of the defence...
We lack a good striker... I'm quite certain that Scolari will insist in Pauleta and he stinks. Maybe he'll let Gomes play in the second half :rolleyes:
Really hope he wont make one of those Pauleta OUT Simão IN moves even if we're winning, which we weren't against England.

Let's see what our boys can do. With a bit of luck maybe we can get there. :)

what's with "ValentO" ?

I want France to win for Zidane but I want Portugal to win for Figo :(. This is probably gonna end up going to penalties after a tight 0-0 120 minutes (reverse psychology....). I'm really hoping for a cracker though, I'm tired of all these tight games. I want Portugal to score one early, like first 10 minutes. That would get the French all attack minded and would definitely open up play.

I'll be happy with either team in the final although my likeness for Zidane is making me root for France a little bit. Good luck to both (Y)

I hope france wins, I have been hoping for them to play up to their abilities and they have done the last 2 games, Zidane will not france lose, he really wants this world cup, you can just tell.

2-0 france

ribery henry.

Zidane and Henry all the way! C. Ronaldo will get a red card, Henry will bag atleast a brace and Maniche will get a late consolation goal.

2-1 France....ON TO THE FINAL!

Well, if France win I feel sorry for Italy or Germany.

I wouldnt want to have to play a France side in the final against a Zidane playing his last game in the World Cup final.

it will certainly be a great game, two great teams
i hope portugal wins with one goal scored by figo ( he hasn't scored any goal yet (:/) )
i'm hoping to see a great game by zidane but i hope his genius is not enough for france to win
it's really a shame he won't play anymore....

I wouldnt want to have to play a France side in the final against a Zidane playing his last game in the World Cup final.

So true...

Well, i hope we can make some history here, but to be honest, i'm not to confident, from what i've heard (didn't had the oppurtunity to see France games) they played with Brazil like they did in Euro 2000, France 98 etc... And that's a tad scary, specially when they have Zidane on form, and Franck Ribery a rising star, their midfield is awesome... Well, i can only expect Henry, Zidane etc are not on their best day, and believe we can do it, because we will be at our best... Our players are really giving everything in the field, and that's what makes me believe the most, Deco and Costinha back is good, so we have our best midfield out there (yep, never thought i could say this). And i really hope Ronaldo and Figo are inspired...

Still, my prediction is that will be a bad game, but with a lot of emotions,

1-0 to Portugal in extra-time... Costinha with an header.

FORÇA!

Will be our toughest game so far. We're still the underdogs of the tournament and getting few respect by our opponents and opinion-makers in general.
I don't think we're the weakest side, but being tagged as the inferior squad is an advantage, so it's all good.

France traditionally screwes us up, but having Deco and Costinha rested a whole week might be decisive here. All teams got 3 days of rest and we're already almost a month into the competition, so having 2 key midfielders in better condition is a definite plus.

I believe we can win this one again, but only by one goal.

Portugal 1-0 France
Miguel (ET)

no yellow cards in this match pls!, specially not to any of our midfield players :$

what's with "ValentO" ?

Well... He's slow.... (:/)

Va-lento indeed...

:( sometimes he gets away with it, but Van Persie and Lennon really exposed his lack of pace. I think that's a position where Scolari needs to start looking for a replacment.

i just hope we don't get caught up in the media frenzy created by our match against brazil, after all we have a ****ty semifinal streak (we only won the 98 semis). again pls no yellow cards specially to any of our midfielders :$

i'm very scared about this match. France improved a LOT since the group stages. i remember seeing their first game against Switzerland and afterwards against Korea, and how France sucked back then. But now they are in full strenght, with Zidane making his best performances in years and Ribery showing quality and form...geez...seems like mission impossible :X
anyway, 1-0 with Deco scoring is my prediction.

Portugal are out of their league.

Viva la France!

That's a shame.... I thought England was a good team too.. But it seems they're even in a lower league... :kader:

I hate the antics and bad sportmanship of the Portugese players. It's a shame because Portugal is a beautiful country. Your team has distorted the Worlds view of your country.

I hate the antics and bad sportmanship of the Portugese players. It's a shame because Portugal is a beautiful country. Your team has distorted the Worlds view of your country.


ha ha, let's no go there. Would you prefer that we stereo type all Englishman and assume each one of you are pathologically bitter?

:ewan:

So why you like England? Do you call the Shrek Boy incident good sportsmanship?

So why you like England? Do you call the Shrek Boy incident good sportsmanship?
I like England because I am English. http://soccergaming.tv/images/newsmilies/11.gif Hard to take in I know.

An no I dont call it good sportsmanship. Ronaldo is a cheating little wussy girl and I hope Makele or Thuram chop the little w*nker down.

ha ha, let's no go there. Would you prefer that we stereo type all Englishman and assume each one of you are pathologically bitter?

:ewan:
We're not bitter, we're just p*ssed. There is a difference.

I like England because I am English. http://soccergaming.tv/images/newsmilies/11.gif Hard to take in I know.

An no I dont call it good sportsmanship. Ronaldo is a cheating little wussy girl and I hope Makele or Thuram chop the little w*nker down.

http://uk.gizmodo.com/baby,crying,tantrum-thumb.jpg

:junior: :junior:

just leave the poor fella alone guys...he's already sad enough with his team losing once again and such, you know? :gavin:

http://anekdota.dyndns.org/jotd23/att-0464/02-ronaldo-crying.jpg http://uk.gizmodo.com/baby,crying,tantrum-thumb.jpg

Good match. http://soccergaming.tv/images/newsmilies/faja.gif

You still answer to them? Let them speak alone, and play with their Shrek-alike "angel" players.

http://anekdota.dyndns.org/jotd23/att-0464/02-ronaldo-crying.jpg http://uk.gizmodo.com/baby,crying,tantrum-thumb.jpg

Good match. http://soccergaming.tv/images/newsmilies/faja.gif


haha touché

I hate the antics and bad sportmanship of the Portugese players. It's a shame because Portugal is a beautiful country. Your team has distorted the Worlds view of your country.
So a bunch of guys has distorted the worlds view of our country...
It's funny you write that since on every competition, whenever there are English suporters around, there's violence. Imagine how distorted your countrie must be...

Your team has distorted the Worlds view of your country.

http://images2.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/XHD117070202_lower.jpg

http://images2.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/XHD117070202_lower.jpg


heh, classic hooliganism. Where did it originate btw? :corn:

Enough about the English they're in the past, we need to focus on France now!

heh, classic hooliganism. Where did it originate btw? :corn:
Wikipedia "nerver lies" :)

History of hooliganism and its relationship with sport:
The behaviour now known as football hooliganism began in England in the early 1950s

Your team has distorted the Worlds view of your country.


Generalisations. (Y)

I'd expect it from someone whose country is known for imperialism, racism and general discrimination towards other people/races.

I reaaaally hope Scolari will win this! they have a great team and they deserve it! :alex:

France is a great side with an inspired Zidane but i think we aren't inferior. we must control Zidane because this was the key factor for the brazilian fall. they didn't marked Zizou. it's a 50/50 match.

Well... He's slow.... (:/)
obviously, my bad.

Well, I went against Portugal and they proved me wrong again. This time, for some reason, I just can't see them losing to France. I would prefer to see France in the final, but just cannot see them winning.

Portugal 1:0 France on a goal by Pauleta.

With Deco back I think Portugal has a better chance than people give them credit. Their defense has been solid enough. Brazil played like the USA the other day...any good team would have gotten a result against them. Final score 1-1 to penalties where Portugal and the Great Wall that is Ricardo carries them to their first ever defeat in a World Cup Final against the Azzurri. :)

Scolari is a great coach, he'll prolly put both portoguese dmf on ZZ, whatever happens i just don't want any of our midfielders to get a yellow card, what worries me is that Portugal played 120mins and before that they had their thing with the Netherlands, if Portugal makes us go beyond the regular time i just can't see us playing well for more than 90mins and we all know Scolari isn't afraid to defend a match nul (0-0 against England and subbin Pauleta for simao).

Controlling the pace of the game will be even more important this time around.

I just hope that either one of you guys beat Italy in the final.... :ewan:

I just hope that either one of you guys beat Italy in the final.... :ewan:

same here.

if France beats us tomorrow I hope they beat the f*ck out of Italy in the final.

Despite the whole of England being bitter about losing to Portugal, I'm gunna break the mould and support them! And if they get through to the final I want them to beat Italy!

Because at least we can say we lost to the eventual winners of the WC.

we're the underdogs and we never won the damn thing. I would definitely support Portugal even if I wasn't portuguese :ewan:

?To the Portuguese fellers on this board......hmm......how you say, how you say...."I love the smell of napalm in the morning" in your language?

"Eu adoro o cheiro a napalm de manhã" I will even throw a freebie and translate your new catch sentence "Dinamismo negro" :bob:

"Eu adoro o cheiro a napalm de manhã" I will even throw a freebie and translate your new catch sentence "Dinamismo negro" :bob:
sorry Vinnie but I have to overrule you, "pela manhã" sounds better (H)




btw I would support Portugal too if I was everyone else :p

Massive respect, brother Vinnie.


http://images.google.ca/images?q=robert+duvall&hl=en

http://images.google.ca/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=felipe+scolari&spell=1


I can't possibly be the only one who sees this? And they've got very similar personalities from what I've gathered of Big Phil from others on here and other places.

What about Gene Hackman?

Heh you are right Massive, there goes my ego :s***: :p

HOLY****!...................wow.............a three way doppelgangbang.......it's mother******* unbelievable, man..........sheesh. Hackman might even be the better comparison.....I honestly can't tell.

Sepp Blatter supports a new booking system that would allow players to receive three yellow cards in a round at the World Cup before they're suspended for a match.
With record numbers of red and yellow cards handed out at this World Cup, Blatter said Tuesday it was a "very wise suggestion" to amend the existing rules that impose a one-match suspension on players who pick up two cautions across the first round or two in the knockout stage.
Two cautions in a match earns an automatic ejection and a one-match ban. Two cautions across three matches in the first round, or two in the whole knockout round, result in a one-match suspension.
"In some leagues, the suspension comes after three, four or five cautions - in the World Cup, we should go further," Blatter said. "In the future there should perhaps be three yellow cards in a round before a suspension, and this is something we will take up.
"This would avoid players in the semifinals on one yellow card who, by bad luck, may get a second and cannot play in the final."

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Too late.

As much as I hate to admit it, with 11 players on yellow cards, this game is going to be as boring as hell, from the neutral prospective. Nobody will want to make any mistakes. 11 is just far too many...the life will be sucked right out of the game. Blatter should have approved of the rule and enforced it starting with the semi-finals, but I guess that wouldn't be the fair thing to do during a tournament.

Personally I think that if France wins, there is a pretty damn good chance that the one player you would want to see in the final - Zinedine Zidane - will be out due to 2 many yellow cards!

Figo is likely to miss tomorrow's game :(

Very sad for him if he does. I know he would give it all to win this game.

Ronaldo is in doubt but is likely to start.

I'm all for the 2 yellow cards suspension but only in the group stage. Should be 3 yellow cards and suspension in the Knockout rounds.

Figo is likely to miss tomorrow's game :(



where did you saw this? hopefully just a rumor...

It smells like some old school Scolari bluff... :p

where did you saw this? hopefully just a rumor...


http://www.maismundial2006.iol.pt/noticia.php?id=703340&div_id=2715

France has to win. Nothing against Portugal, but the frogs need to advance so I can win $100.

you know i wasn't aware of the yellow card issues for france... zidane, viera, thuram etc... i have them in the final but to lose any/a few of those guys would be a monumental lose against italy.

If thuram gets a yellow, god forbid, and france manage to advance, Givet better be his replacement. To see Silvestre or Boumsong, BOUMSONG, start in a world cup would make baby jesus cry

France has to win. Nothing against Portugal, but the frogs need to advance so I can win $100.
You're gonna give me $50 right ?

Not gonna say anything before the match once again..it's a huge match and no one knows who's gonna win or what's gonna happen. I'm hoping the best for France of course.

ALLEZ LES BLEUS.

Portugal 1 - 2 France

Zizou made me do it.

Portugal 2 France 1

Goals: Pauleta, Zidane, Deco

The final will end up being an all gino encounter between Italy and Portugal

gino encounter!!! HAHAHAHA

I hope Henry and Zidane turn up

Portugal and Italy, the gipsys of Europe, together in the final!

9 hours and they 9 hours are killing me, iv been waiting soo long to see portugal make the finals ,,,, ahhh its killing me haha go portugal, its gonna be a hell of a match, if france is playing like they did last 2 games its gonna be way hard, but if they do liek they did first 3 matches then we can take it, henry stop scoring zidane stop play makign pauleta start scoring!! (ps sorry for the bad writing its 3 am i havent slept in a few days sorry)

No, Romania and Ireland are the gypo factories. Portugal are wine-drinking mincers. Italy are the organised criminals.

If there's any justice, Portugal will be shown the door tonight. They've had it on a plate, so far.

If there's any justice, Portugal will be shown the door tonight. They've had it on a plate, so far.

yeah playing Netherlands in the Last 16 and England in the Last 8... that's easy...

especially considering a certain team that played Australia and Ukraine.

Portugal 0 - 10 France

Zizou x5
Henry x5(Assist: Zidane x5)

Yeah! Go France, teach those cheating and betraying Portuguese a lesson.
(H)

haha awww some of you guys just try so hard to be hurtful :) Silly children, I had no idea today's youth was so maladjusted...

Portugal 0 - 10 France

Zizou x5
Henry x5(Assist: Zidane x5)

Yeah! Go France, teach those cheating and betraying Portuguese a lesson.
(H)


gay. (:/)

Portugal 0 - 10 France

Zizou x5
Henry x5(Assist: Zidane x5)

Yeah! Go France, teach those cheating and betraying Portuguese a lesson.
(H)

:rofl: That´s rich coming from a dutch

gay. (:/)
Most certainly, C.Ronaldo has been elected as sexiest footballer by gays.
:|

I see you're still sucking on those sour grapes; how do they taste?

:junior:

I see you're still sucking on those sour grapes; how do they taste?

:junior:Sour maybe?

lmfao I just realized I asked a rhetorical question..

aww man its too early for me to be awake haha

I see you're still sucking on those sour grapes; how do they taste?

:junior:

Look at your results honestly and tell us you aren't lucky to get this far?

Angola, Mexico (10 men + penalty miss), Iran (whipping boys), Holland (Bleh.), England (10 men... Crouch up front. You don't pressure us as much as you should've. Plus Scolari drops a testicle and brings off Pauleta. And brings on Hugo Viana. :| )

At least France have grown into the tournament. You've scraped through.

Look at your results honestly and tell us you aren't lucky to get this far?

Angola, Mexico (10 men + penalty miss), Iran (whipping boys), Holland (Bleh.), England (10 men... Crouch up front. You don't pressure us as much as you should've. Plus Scolari drops a testicle and brings off Pauleta. And brings on Hugo Viana. :| )

At least France have grown into the tournament. You've scraped through.


Granted, but one fact remains, our team is in the semi-final, yours is not.

End of story son.

Crouch up front. :jap:

Haha, yeah, we got a very hard road to the semis, maybe the hardest along with France (France's one was the hardest), and then they say we got lucky. Meh. Who lost, didn't deserve to win. The only unfair result we may had was against Mexico, when they deserved a draw, or even a win...

Who lost, didn't deserve to win.

Correction: Who lost, didn't win.

Holland deserved to win against Portugal? For me, it didn't at least...

P.S: I love those little rats around here (H)

Excuse me, mate, but where did I say that? My god, who's the little rat?

I only say that it isn't at all true that when you don't win you don't deserve. There are many matches in the history of football that proove you wrong.

Had this sent to me in an email, and I wasn;t about to start a thread for it. I thought it was hilarious and considering Ronaldo had a hate site directly devoted to him, some scottish lad decided to take matters into his own hands.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i135/TheQueensXI/heyuguys.jpg


...hhheeeeeey yooooouuuuuu guyyyyyyyysssssss.

lmfao

here's the rest of the site.

http://rooney.naivedesigns.info/

Madiera's a sore winner.

But what I was saying was that the teams that lost against Portugal, didn't deserve to win against us, except Mexico, that deserved a little more...I wasn't talking about the whole history...Whatever.

Madiera's a sore winner.

relax there stronzo

you act like you're a saint

:junior:

hmm another tough match. I say France 2-0. Zidane riding off in the sunset.

A pretty close friend of mine who's Portuguese came to me for advice yesterday in the afternoon on how to get back to a relaxed state of mind because he was too tightly wound up due to the upcoming game with France today and needed to blow off some steam so I recommended that he go rob a couple of liquor stores and then head off to the seediest most rundown whorehouse in town and fornicate without protection until he had an out-of-body experience.


What this really has to do with this game thread........I honestly couldn't tell yah, but when I'm logged on I can't help but spew my stream of random bull****. I lack what they call in the PFPA (Professional Forum Posting Association) "Keyboard discipline", you know? The only time I exercise that disposition is when it's done for me by way of a BAN.


I think I'm itching for a short term ban again......... :hump: :lui: :dragan:

I think I'm itching for a short term ban again......... :hump: :lui: :dragan:

Oh no you are not. That kind of wishes denounce that you are running low on negro dynamism

hurhurhurhurhur.........You speak the truth, man. Therefore I speak your name.


Hey Vins, do you mind if I throw a couple betting props at you for your input? Just pick one and I'll lay my money (no more than 10 bucks) on which ever one that you pick, aight?

Sure no problem. Pm me.

time for Parasol's prediction:

Portugal 0 - 0 France

- Vieira and Maniche red cards

OT:

- 118th minute - referee gives a penalty to Portugal for handball on Gallas

- Gallas gets sent off

- Cris Ronaldo scores it and drives the frenchies crazy, fans tear the Arc de Triomphe appart.



:corn: :corn: :corn:

France 2-0 Portugal.

Rubbery and Henry. Hugo Viana to come on and collapse within 3 minutes.

If the ref's anything like that Mexican fella, we could see a few 'get up' moments.

I've only got a vested interest in Portugal only through my pockets because the odd makers have deemed them to be the underdogs here.


$20 it is on PORTUUUUUUUGAL paying me back $31.


Once again, please no reds or other such controversies.

It'll be a fantastic moment if Portugal can reach the first finals WC ever, should they overcome France. very hard to win this one on Portugal though.

$20 it is on PORTUUUUUUUGAL paying me back $31.


straight win or to qualify? i'm on Portugal to qualify :junior:

time for Parasol's prediction:

Portugal 0 - 0 France

- Vieira and Maniche red cards

OT:

- 118th minute - referee gives a penalty to Portugal for handball on Gallas

- Gallas gets sent off

- Cris Ronaldo scores it and drives the frenchies crazy, fans tear the Arc de Triomphe appart.



:corn: :corn: :corn:

:rofl: :rofl:

Yeah, for them to advance. I fear them going past regulation and into extra time.

The ML would be paying out 56 dollars on the 20 dollar bet.......sure looks delicious, eh?


Maybe I'll bet on both but instead lower the straight win by Portugal in regulation time to 10 dollars.

If there's any justice, Portugal will be shown the door tonight. They've had it on a plate, so far.
and England had it up their asses, once again :jap:



I hope Figo starts.
we need all the quality we can get to beat this French team, their confidence is reaching top levels after beating Spain and Brazil.
we'll certainly have to do better than in the last 2 matches in order to get past them, especially in attack.
Pauleta will hopefully feel "at home" playing the French and finally make himself useful :(


may the best team win, it's been a wonder for our country to be present at the Semis of a WC so even if we lose the pride we feel for this team will never be shattered.


FORÇA PORTUGAL!

time for Parasol's prediction:

Portugal 0 - 0 France

- Vieira and Maniche red cards

OT:

- 118th minute - referee gives a penalty to Portugal for handball on Gallas

- Gallas gets sent off

- Cris Ronaldo scores it and drives the frenchies crazy, fans tear the Arc de Triomphe appart.



:corn: :corn: :corn:

6 years ago and you're still hurting over this?, i thought you'd hurting for wasting euro '04....

and England had it up their asses, once again :jap:



I hope Figo starts.
we need all the quality we can get to beat this French team, their confidence is reaching top levels after beating Spain and Brazil.
we'll certainly have to do better than in the last 2 matches in order to get past them, especially in attack.
Pauleta will hopefully feel "at home" playing the French and finally make himself useful :(


may the best team win, it's been a wonder for our country to be present at the Semis of a WC so even if we lose the pride we feel for this team will never be shattered.


FORÇA PORTUGAL!

the only player that Pauleta knows in our back four is Abidal, i love Pauleta for what he has done for PSG, but his problem playing on the NT has been Scolari using him as a lone striker.

1 - 1

and it is going to PKs

PPParthez will save all the penalties

the only player that Pauleta knows in our back four is Abidal, i love Pauleta for what he has done for PSG, but his problem playing on the NT has been Scolari using him as a lone striker.
that's why I said Pauleta would feel "at home".

and the lone striker thing can't be an issue, he always plays like that in the NT and usually scores.
the problem is that those goals are scored mainly against weaker teams....which says something about his quality (or lack of it).

I actually think that the lone striker thing is an issue, pauleta isn't very fast and completely unable to create his own chances...his strength is of course his finishing and his shot, which he can utilize better with a second striker. but i'd never change our system, we've been playing 4-5-1 as long as I can remember...

but i'd never change our system, we've been playing 4-5-1 as long as I can remember...
exactly, so the lone striker thing can't be an issue :p
we just don't have a better striker so Pauleta must play even if he kind of sucks.

i'd still throw in nuno gomes, he at least works his ass off...

and England had it up their asses, once again :jap:


And we're deservedly out. Get with the program.

Well Nuno Gomes can be an option if Pauleta continues to perform in Euro2004 level during the match. I for once would like to give him the benefit of the doubt since he has been instrumental in France. I know that the Championnat has nothing to with the Wc but you never know, it can have some influence since we are playing France. At least he will understand what the french players are saying and will definitely know Barthez weak points. Nuno Gomes should at least play, if not as wild card, he will get in motivated by the memories of Euro2000 (individual level) where he scored that wonderful goal.

And we're deservedly out. Get with the program.
I am, this is a Portugal x France thread, semifinals of the 2006 World Cup.

Figo and Ronaldo are starting

good news (Y)

Do the Portuguese actually have any fans in the ground?

Allez les bleus!
France 2-0 Portugal

Come on France!!!

HA Ronaldo is getting booed :rofl:

HA Ronaldo is getting booed :rofl:
Yep, but by whom? The French and neutral German fans certainly wouldn't boo a player that kicked England out.

Yep, but by whom? The French and neutral German fans certainly wouldn't boo a player that kicked England out.
Maybe someone started a everybody hates C. Ronaldo bandwagon and everybody jumped on it?

Yep, but by whom? The French and neutral German fans certainly wouldn't boo a player that kicked England out.

The French media havn't been very graceful about Ronaldo all week. In fact the French have more of a rivaly with Portugal than England especially after the Euro 2000 semi.

damn the ref is bad right now, he is calling france for diving, even zidane, but when portugal has, it has been a foul against france. wth.

Yes. Whoever shoots, I hope he scores.

1-0 Zidane. :)

YESSS zidane GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLA ZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOO

1-0 Zidane penalty

The ronaldo booing is pathetic. Just a media excuse to cover up how pathetic we were. They'd be partying had Rooney got Ronaldo sent off.

Anyway, yes, definate penalty, but Henry does make the most of everythin.

well that ruined the game...

well that ruined the game...

care to explain?

Abel Xavier is jinxing them.

and another great dive by Ronaldo god that's disgraceful

i know its not the time but i was just thinking, what if France didnt had colonies in central & northern africa? i mean who would replace algerian zidane and the rest of the african players :)
the only %100 french player they have is ribery i think.. and maybe barthez too..

heh pathetic penalty appeal for ronaldo, he just dove in the air and missed the ball, how could that of been a peno.

care to explain?

france with 1-0 and that defence and Henry... I predict a boring rest-of-the-1st and 2nd half. they haven't attacked much so far this game and they sure as well won't now.

i know its not the time but i was just thinking, what if France didnt had colonies in central & northern africa? i mean who would replace algerian zidane and the rest of the african players :)
the only %100 french player they have is ribery i think.. and maybe barthez too..

Yeah, Ribery, Barthez and Sagnol.

The ronaldo booing is pathetic. Just a media excuse to cover up how pathetic we were. They'd be partying had Rooney got Ronaldo sent off.

Anyway, yes, definate penalty, but Henry does make the most of everythin.

The French are booing him as well mate.

Ronaldo had a penalty turned down. I applaud the ref for not falling for it.

the only %100 french player they have is ribery i think.. and maybe barthez too..
and Wiiiiiiiiiiily Sagnol

Deutschland chants :(

heh pathetic penalty appeal for ronaldo, he just dove in the air and missed the ball, how could that of been a peno.
he never claimed a peno. i jumpred up and tried to header or diving header

he never claimed a peno.

you serious? What was the whole water bottle throwing hissy fit about then?

The French are booing him as well mate.

yeah i was just generally getting it off my chest. Suprised the french are booing him considering they hate the english more than the portugese.

What's with the "Deutschland" chant?

Ref isn't doing too well right now, but Zidane is owning Costinha and Portugal are all ready resorting to pour discipline and fouling.

yeah i was just generally getting it off my chest. Suprised the french are booing him considering they hate the english more than the portugese.


Pretty self centered of the English to assume that the French would be cheering CR on.

It has nothing to do with England. CR is getting booed because he happens to be playing FRANCE right now.

No wonder Portugal has so many cards, they only way they can stop the French today is by fouling.

No wonder Portugal has so many cards, they only way they can stop the French today is by fouling.

Especially against zidane.

Touché! Go Zizou!

No wonder Portugal has so many cards, they only way they can stop the French today is by fouling.

half the cards came aginast holland which was a fvcked up game

thought we were the better team in the first half. The result is a bit unfair and the penalty was bad luck. Ricado Carvalho was falling and touched Henry's foot by accident.

Pretty self centered of the English to assume that the French would be cheering CR on.

It has nothing to do with England. CR is getting booed because he happens to be playing FRANCE right now.

I didn't assume that they'd be cheering him on. Just thought they'd leave it as it is. Ofcourse it has something to do with the England match, they're not booing any other players are they.

Deco needs to wake the f'ck up, he's been useless.

I think we were slightly better than France overall this half, but our midfield can't give so much space man.

I think Ricardo fouled Henry, but he made a meal out of the touch :nape:

no penalty on Ronaldo.


Vamos lá caralho!!


PORTUGAL!!!!!

thought we were the better team in the first half. The result is a bit unfair and the penalty was bad luck. Ricado Carvalho was falling and touched Henry's foot by accident.

Tought that so. Henry did a good job there. He didn't dive, he really made the penalty.

The result is a bit unfair. A draw would have suited the first half. We need to believe...

Yeah, but after seeing them today I'm starting to think there were 20 deserved cards in that game. I didn't see it.

The Portuguese are seeing that the ref isn't calling fouls and are getting even more rough. Ribery got crushed on the edge of the box, but good job by him getting up and continuing to fight.

Yes I'm very biased, I don't think I could ever watch a Portugal vs. Italy Final, but I think this observation is accurate.

Zizou is owning the midfield :Bow:

oh f*ck this collective wanking over Zidane. C.Ronaldo is having a better game than him and all he gets are boos

Ronaldo is probably the most positive player in the game.

oh f*ck this collective wanking over Zidane. C.Ronaldo is having a better game than him and all he gets are boos

With the crappy quality I get on this internet stream, the only guy who stands out is the big bald head of Zidane.

With the crappy quality I get on this internet stream, the only guy who stands out is the big bald head of Zidane.


Crappy or not do you have a link please?

C.Ronaldo is having a better game than him and all he gets are boos

definately he is, especially with his mile wide shots and all. haha/

Come On France!

Crappy or not do you have a link please?

www.espn360.com

Crappy or not do you have a link please?

Download and install a program called Tvants, and then search for "CCTV5", there are a bunch of them that should work. It's in Chinese, I hope you don't mind.

www.espn360.com


Thanks man...i tried that i get that "your isp is not signed up with espn360" message.

Oh well...guess it's back to the gamecast. :)

Download and install a program called Tvants, and then search for "CCTV5", there are a bunch of them that should work. It's in Chinese, I hope you don't mind.


Thanks bro..but I tried that and its real media. I'm at work and can't get the thing to work on this computer.

Henry:rolleyes: Way to make a mountain out of a molehill, what a ****(Y)

Wow what the f*ck was that on Figo's part. :|

pauleta has been very very quiet so far :S

haha the was a terrible dive, pauleta has been poor this whole tournament.

Here comes the diving.

lol polish commentator just said that scolari was portuguese league top scorer xD :alex: :bob:

How come when the ball rolls in front of the French goal 8 Portugese players fall down on their own?

hahaha portuguese diving has been terrible, pathetic.

Barthez :rofl: :rofl:

Why is Barthez playing volleyball?

Haha, some of these portuguese players are pathetic.



Figo :|

Barthez wrapped them up a gift, but Figo couldn't finish it.

Typical Portugal, ball rolls in the box, two players fall down.

Not again with diving!

Every cross that goes in the box, the players fall directly to the ground.

It's getting out of hand now. :kader:

I love Barthez :D

Hate this delay on my feed though.

crap not a goalkeeper :/

Bring on the dirty fouls!

http://ihateronaldo.com/images/ronaldo-winker.jpg
http://ihateronaldo.com/images/ronaldo-no_hard_feelings.jpg

Mastroeni got a red for that same foul that Carvalho did.

haha saha first touch, yellow card!

even though it wasnt even a foul.

Saha looks like Desailly.

Thankfully Portugal is going to be out here. Disgraceful discipline throughout the tournament and now top the biggest cheats in the world list. Helder Postiga and Ronaldo should have been red carded for the laughable dives.

Is Saha a complete idiot or what??!?

Is Saha a complete idiot or what??!?
No he is not! only 99% he is!

Saha, plays for the last 10 min last game got a card, same thing this game. What an idiot. Bye bye Portugal, you pansies.

Wow what a tense end.

What a ****ty game.

It's over! Italy - France it is ! what a thriller of a final... revenge for 98 and 2000 baby. :(

france wins, hooray.

Thankfully Portugal is going to be out here. Disgraceful discipline throughout the tournament and now top the biggest cheats in the world list. Helder Postiga and Ronaldo should have been red carded for the laughable dives.

Juventus to Serie C :ewan:

Can't wait tell the final

Wow this Final is gonna rock....if its anything like Euro 2000 then we are in for quite a show. Congrats to France.


Come on Zidane!!!! :jap:

This guy deserves a classy finish.

The dream is over. The result is unfair...France went twice to the area, scored one.

Anyway, good luck to France in the final.

Keep your eyes peeled in case any Portuguese try to dive during the French celebrations.

Zidane still doesn't looked too bothered about winning heh.

Vive la France!! The one time in the last 6 years I don't cheer for them, and they go to the World Cup Final.

ahhhh boring second half, really didnt live up to a World cup semi final.

Congrats France :(

So close... :(

First of all - Congrats to all the frenchies here, you guys deserved to be in the final, great defensive Display.
Second - I'm nothing but proud of my team, I couldn't care less for all you childish ****wits with your "cheater" "thug" and whatnot remarks.
I could've never dreamed of seeing my country in the last 4, there's no need to be sad in any way. We where, in my opinion, the better and more active team, we had our chances [Figo,Pauleta,Maniche etc], but the french are a deserved finalist and I wish them all the best vs. Italy.

FORCA PORTUGAL

Zidane still doesn't looked too bothered about winning heh.

He's been here before and he knows that they have one more game left. Why celebrate now, let the Italians do that. The French know there's still a game left.

Mastroeni got a red for that same foul that Carvalho did.Are you blind? Thay have nothing to do, Mastroeni almost broke that guy ankle!

He's been here before and he knows that they have one more game left. Why celebrate now, let the Italians do that. The French know there's still a game left.

Yeah him and vieira just walked off together very calm and await the final.

the semis have been perfect examples of how defenders win/lose games. instead of saying totti vs zidane for the next match, might as well say thuram vs cannavaro.

grats france. you guys deserved that. last game for zizou, i definately will miss him very much :(

It's hard to lose in a semi-final, even if you are underdog. Because the final was one step over there...

I'm proud of Portugal, but thinking we could do more...it's hard. Now we got to fight for the 3rd place. And I'm sure the players will make their best display.

I told you Portugese, out of your league. You are a QF team. Now get the f*ck back to the kitchen and make the big boys a sandwich.

Well done France.

A pretty shocking game... well done France, and congrats for copming fourth Portugal :D

still funny that France that were already in the final according to everyone needed a scrappy penalty and had like 2 dangerous plays throughout the whole game.

Well congrats to the French but it was not convincing I have to say.
Bye bye Portugal, though I really don't like the way they play the penaltycall was bogus :| Again a ref who decides the outcome of the game it's sooooo sad at this WC but there you have it. Sure France won but that's all IMO.
Ronaldo is a great player but he has to stop with the diving everytime there's really no need for a player like him to do that (:/)
Strange game, Italy and France in the finals going to be a great game I hope.

Portugal did not play to win tonight, the drive was not there today.
France kept their heads cool with an outstanding defensive line with Thuram, Sagnol, Abidal, Vieira it was very very hard to penetrate.
So two of the best defenses will face eich other then on sunday, let's hope it will be a game for the attacking force and for us neutral fans.
Again, I was really pissed at Portugal when we lost against them but losing like this with a very doubtfull penalty with one match away from the finals is really cruel.........ah well that's football.

Congrats France! Except for Barthez, Portugal didn't know how to create any danger, so totally deserved.

I told you Portugese, out of your league. You are a QF team. Now get the f*ck back to the kitchen and make the big boys a sandwich.

Well done France.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41836000/jpg/_41836234_ron416.jpg

the semis have been perfect examples of how defenders win/lose games. instead of saying totti vs zidane for the next match, might as well say thuram vs cannavaro.

Ironically enough both of them play for Juventus, as does Zambrotta. Those three have arguably been the best three defenders in the tournament.

still funny that France that were already in the final according to everyone needed a scrappy penalty and had like 2 dangerous plays throughout the whole game.

If carvalho wouldn't of fouled henry, he would of scored, he was completely open when he cut the ball. And plus, the only dangerous play you had was because barthez cant catch, otherwise it was hey lets shoot it from 40 yards.

I told you Portugese, out of your league. You are a QF team. Now get the f*ck back to the kitchen and make the big boys a sandwich.

Well done France.


"There are 2 infinte things: the universe and the stupidity of mankind, i'm not quite sure about the universe,tho."

Congratulations to France, in the end it was a deserved win, Portugal underperformed today, mainly because of France's defensive performance, starting in the midfield.
The fact is that in the last 3 games, we scored a single goal, this way is very hard to get too far.
Even if Portugal finishes 4th, wich is the most likely, that's very good, and certainly above my best expectations.

Well, first of, congrats to France.

Second, Scolari is a complete lunatic. Who on his right mind fields Postiga ?? Especially when needing to win.. Not that Pauleta did much all the match.. But Postiga :-puke: Deco is cleary off form. The only two players that tried hard on the attack were Figo and Ronaldo. Of course, Figo is old now and Ronaldo seen himeself between 3 french players, whenever he had he ball.
We had nothing to lose, but Scolari never takes a risk.. We finished the match with 1 striker.. It's pathetic :nape:

Let's not start another England vs Portugal argument ay, idiots? :rolleyes:

Juventus to Serie C :ewan:

What the f*ck as this got to do with this man. Childish behaviour man. (N)

Congrats France! Except for Barthez, Portugal didn't know how to create any danger, so totally deserved.

of course France created a lot of danger. :rofl:

It was obvious that if France scored first the game would be over. Their defence and midfield is too solid for and we don't have decent strikers. Our strikers throw themselves at the ground when they see the ball pass. Can't win the game that way. Pauleta and Postiga are ridiculous.

What the f*ck as this got to do with this man. Childish behaviour man. (N)


well he threw a random hateful and stupid comment at my team, I threw one at his.

Scolari never takes a risk.
wrong.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41836000/jpg/_41836234_ron416.jpg
That shut him up :D(Y)

not a lcear penalty in my book. But I guess what goes around comes around. Gotta love big Phil complaining to the ref at the end of the game .. yeah, right.

If carvalho wouldn't of fouled henry, he would of scored, he was completely open when he cut the ball. And plus, the only dangerous play you had was because barthez cant catch, otherwise it was hey lets shoot it from 40 yards.


completely open? man it was almost outside the box, Henry bottled one earlier from much closer. Like hell he would.

Congratulations to France, they're still a great team and deserve to be in the final.
I'll be supporting them..

PS: Just ignore the few stupid english holligans, they cause problems whenever there's a competition, so it's normal to cause problems here on the board....

France was better. They got their goal and then defended and played the counter attack the rest of the game. Barthez almost screwed up the whole thing for them with that attempt to save Ronaldo's shot. Zidane deserves this WC, I hope he gets it (Y). I felt bad for Figo and a couple of other Portuguese players but I really don't care about most because they dive way to much.

I still don't get the Pauleta for Simao sub....

not a lcear penalty in my book. But I guess what goes around comes around. Gotta love big Phil complaining to the ref at the end of the game .. yeah, right.

I agree, all the English pundits thought that it was a penalty, but I thought it was minimal contact :(

what a bunch of diving twats, glad to see portugal not make it the final :ewan:

of course France created a lot of danger. :rofl:

It was obvious that if France scored first the game would be over. Their defence and midfield is too solid for and we don't have decent strikers. Our strikers throw themselves at the ground when they see the ball pass. Can't win the game that way. Pauleta and Postiga are ridiculous.

True. France didn't creat much danger either. We were just uneffective. But that Figo miss on the free kick is just :|

I have the feeling Italy will take this. At least they're playing better IMO.

I have to say in my opinion it was a penalty although Henry made a meal out of it.

Carvalho was falling down and had no intention of touching Henry. Henry saw it and provoked the contact.

Still a penalty by the book.

Tough luck Portugal. I saw this one coming tho, ask Rui. France is a more complete team and they deserve to get there. Portugal needs a striker, and a playmaker a la Figo but younger.

By the way, that was definitely a penalty.

I still don't get the Pauleta for Simao sub....

You and me both mate, last 20 mins, need an equaliser and bring on an AM for a striker, I know Scolari brought on Postiga towards the end but it was baffling, and he is meant to be a tactical mastermind... (:/)

I didn't understand one thing though. Why did Scolari take out his lone striker Pauleta to bring in another offensive midfielder? He already had Ronaldo, Figo and Deco out there how was Simao gonna help them? Why not take out Figo or Ronaldo and bring in Nuno Gomes?

As Portugal was making that puzzling sub, Domenech took out a midfielder in Malouda and brought in another forward in Wiltord. WTF was Scolari thinking?

Even tho playing with Pauleta was like playing one man down. The guy was useless the entire World Cup and he would be my last bet on anyone to score for Portugal.