Official Football Thread of Arsenel rolls over Barcelona

[fernandeath]

Japan and Paraguay play one of the most boring matches at this World Cup but now the real excitement begins. Gentlemen, we are heading into penalties...

Indeed.
At least the penalty kicks were exciting enough for me

[fernandeath]

Portugal was really Lame!
SPain played quite better.
Although Villa was in an offside position at the time he scored the goal. So it was irregular...

Ricardo Costa (POR) has just got a red card. He didn't hit capdevila into his face... capdevila is just another good actor.

[crackdude]

Se a porcaria do Danny fosse po país dele é que nos fazia um favor

Pescadores Pescadores Pescadores Pescadores Pescadores

[crackdude]

Also, how come there are TWO offsides in the goal and no one even talked about it?
check it here:
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Xavi is slightly offside (arguably in line) when the ball is passed to him, and Villa is offside when Xavi backheels.

[fernandeath]

Yeah but you can't deny Portugal sucked!

Btw, since you understand portuguese, check this out:

http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/c ... japao.html

[crackdude]

Yeah, Portugal sucked on the second half.. shame

and LOL

[Orta]

Shit match. The effective attack won.

[max_cady]

Well, now that the World Cup is over I have can now say this: Queiroz: F*** You!

Your tactics blow!

The mid fielders are too pushed back, making passing to the foward guys like Liedson, Hugo Almeida and Ronaldo almost impossible.

If it wasn't for Fabio Coentrao we would barely have any iniciative.

Miguel is too old and so is Deco, who has been past his prime.

The players are too scared to take risks, afraid to lose the ball.

The match against Spain was depressing, it felt like Spain was always in control, they weren't afraid to play.

So honestly, Queiroz, get lost and go back to being manager support, that's the only thing you're good at.

Get out before we make bigger asses of ourselves at the Euro Cup in Poland.

[crackdude]

max_cady stop being a sore loser. I hate it how the manager is always the "culprit".
Games are made of decisions. His decisions were as good as anyothers. He didn't do anything wrong. Portugal even played great on the first half. The players simply couldn't react to the goal.

This was Queiroz's FIRST LOSS, and it was by one goal against the second best team in the world.

The only thing I think was lame was him betting on Danny, but that's a personal gripe of mine.

Spain was better, there's no wrong in admitting it. Stop complaining about good people's job.

[max_cady]

I know that Spain played better.

But there was no reason for the portuguese players to feel afraid, the defense is rock solid, for the most part.
Hell, our match with Brasil was much tougher and we did OK.

And I understand that the players felt sad about the goal they suffered, but it was clear that there weren't going far against Spain.

Of course, I give credit to Queiroz for getting us this far(I myself had no expectation of getting to the eight finals), but I can't forgive for such a shaky qualification pre-World Cup.

I just don't want another "Tôliveirinha" situation like in 2002.

[crackdude]

I know that Spain played better.

But there was no reason for the portuguese players to feel afraid, the defense is rock solid, for the most part.
Hell, our match with Brasil was much tougher and we did OK.

And I understand that the players felt sad about the goal they suffered, but it was clear that there weren't going far against Spain.

Of course, I give credit to Queiroz for getting us this far(I myself had no expectation of getting to the eight finals), but I can't forgive for such a shaky qualification pre-World Cup.

I just don't want another "Tôliveirinha" situation like in 2002.

Yeah dude, I understand that
But it was not his fault. The team simply went down after the goal. Sometimes it happens, it shouldn't.
We did qualify, and that was the main objective so I don't think it was that much of a huge deal..

Queiroz is a much better coach than Toni, and I seriously hope he continues there improving the team. Overall Portugal showed some qualities in this competition and I think it's enough to grow and make a great Euro 2 years from now. Let's just be patient..

[Orta]

But there was no reason for the portuguese players to feel afraid, the defense is rock solid, for the most part.

While I think the manager is very knowledgeable about football, I also think he's too much of a chicken not to play without his two defensive midfielders. The team is just too defensive. People blame Ronaldo but, truth be told, he doesn't get that many balls anyway.

Of course, I give credit to Queiroz for getting us this far(I myself had no expectation of getting to the eight finals), but I can't forgive for such a shaky qualification pre-World Cup.

We did qualify, I think that's what matters.

[crackdude]

While I think the manager is very knowledgeable about football, I also think he's too much of a chicken not to play without his two defensive midfielders. The team is just too defensive. People blame Ronaldo but, truth be told, he doesn't get that many balls anyway.

This is very true. It would be nice to see a more bold team in the qualifications.

[fernandeath]

[Aki-at]

Brazil are cracking up, down to ten men and losing 2-1, they need to get their compossure back if they want to win this game, that still can do, Holland's defence is terrible.