World War: Battle of Nuremberg
No longer the World Cup, its now World War. What happened to Fair Play?
Italy 1:2 USA
Czech 2:1 Australia
and now
Portugal 2:2 Netherlands
No, this are not goals. These are the RED CARD COUNTS.
The most recent being FOUR red cards. FOUR I tell you. And one injury.
Christiano Ronaldo also left the field, albeit with an injury. Teary eyed, the young player was replaced my Simao Sabrosa. He was brought down in the 2nd minute by Mark Van Brommel, and later in the 7th minute by Khalid Boulahrouz, who earns a yellow card for the high tackle. The tackle results in Ronaldo walking off in the 34th minute, being unable to walk off the injury.
One down.
The first to receive a red card was Costinha for a deliberate hand ball. His second yellow card of the match, he walked, and things looked up for the Dutch.
Then, it was back on even terms, as Khalid Boulahrouz received his second yellow for an elbow in Luis Figo's face in the 63rd minute. A fight broke out after the incident, with the referee having to break it up. Luiz Felipe Scolari had to hold back many of the players on the bench, as the event happened right in front of them. He looked like he wanted to be the first to go after Boulahrouz though.
In the 73rd minute, Portugal looked to have broken through after a failed attack by the Dutch which was broken by a clearance by Ricardo Carvalho, but with the defender injured, the referee stopped play. With the restart however, Portugal were left protesting as the Dutch did not return possession to them. Deco then took matters into his own hand, with a vicious tackle on John Heitinger. He gets a yellow card, but another fight breaks out, as Wesley Sneijder pushes Petit away from the fallen Heitinger. Rafael Van Der Vaart also gets in on the action, and both Sneijder and Van Der Vaart receive their yellow cards.
Deco then gets his second yellow card 5 minutes later, after he throws the ball away from a waiting Dutch player. He gets wrestled to the ground for his efforts, and is given his yellow and red cards upon getting up.
Giovanni Van Bronkhorst then evens it up to 9 men each deep into injury time, receiving his second yellow in the 95th minute for his second bookable offence.
A rough match, seperated by only one goal.
Maniche struck in the 23rd minute, after a beautiful lay off by Pauleta. He took one step inside a challenge and fired, leaving Van Der Saar with no chance. It must have been De Ja Vu for the Dutch, as Maniche's goal saw them off in the European Championships 2 years ago.
Portugal now go into the quarter-finals against England without Deco and possibly Ronaldo, making it that much harder for them.
Italy 1:2 USA
Czech 2:1 Australia
and now
Portugal 2:2 Netherlands
No, this are not goals. These are the RED CARD COUNTS.
The most recent being FOUR red cards. FOUR I tell you. And one injury.
Christiano Ronaldo also left the field, albeit with an injury. Teary eyed, the young player was replaced my Simao Sabrosa. He was brought down in the 2nd minute by Mark Van Brommel, and later in the 7th minute by Khalid Boulahrouz, who earns a yellow card for the high tackle. The tackle results in Ronaldo walking off in the 34th minute, being unable to walk off the injury.
One down.
The first to receive a red card was Costinha for a deliberate hand ball. His second yellow card of the match, he walked, and things looked up for the Dutch.
Then, it was back on even terms, as Khalid Boulahrouz received his second yellow for an elbow in Luis Figo's face in the 63rd minute. A fight broke out after the incident, with the referee having to break it up. Luiz Felipe Scolari had to hold back many of the players on the bench, as the event happened right in front of them. He looked like he wanted to be the first to go after Boulahrouz though.
In the 73rd minute, Portugal looked to have broken through after a failed attack by the Dutch which was broken by a clearance by Ricardo Carvalho, but with the defender injured, the referee stopped play. With the restart however, Portugal were left protesting as the Dutch did not return possession to them. Deco then took matters into his own hand, with a vicious tackle on John Heitinger. He gets a yellow card, but another fight breaks out, as Wesley Sneijder pushes Petit away from the fallen Heitinger. Rafael Van Der Vaart also gets in on the action, and both Sneijder and Van Der Vaart receive their yellow cards.
Deco then gets his second yellow card 5 minutes later, after he throws the ball away from a waiting Dutch player. He gets wrestled to the ground for his efforts, and is given his yellow and red cards upon getting up.
Giovanni Van Bronkhorst then evens it up to 9 men each deep into injury time, receiving his second yellow in the 95th minute for his second bookable offence.
A rough match, seperated by only one goal.
Maniche struck in the 23rd minute, after a beautiful lay off by Pauleta. He took one step inside a challenge and fired, leaving Van Der Saar with no chance. It must have been De Ja Vu for the Dutch, as Maniche's goal saw them off in the European Championships 2 years ago.
Portugal now go into the quarter-finals against England without Deco and possibly Ronaldo, making it that much harder for them.
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