Victoire! FR 1 – 0 PT

Congrats… i think you guys did exceptional… you played with lots of spirt and determination.. i expect to hear only great things from your players from this point forth… i know in 2010 you would again make your presence known worldwide and make the whole world sit on edge routing for ….Port-u-gal…. as you did in 2006!!!!!!!!!!!
Cristiano Ronaldo…i love you!!!!!!

Posted from  United States

isupportfootball – there’s are plenty of us 100% Portuguese, many born in Portugal that live almost full-time in English speaking countries. We may leave our country from time to time, but we never stop being Portuguese.

Forca Portugal!

Posted from  United States

There are Portugal fans all over the world. You might be surpised how many were cheering for Portugal in England! I’m 100% Portuguese and proud of it! I live in the USA!

Posted from  United States

I think Henry was fouled, but he also dove to sell it. The PK was the right call.

Bravo por los portugueses ,en Argentina la mayoria estaba con uds. y lo seguira estando ante alemania.Muchas gracias por su futbol

Posted from  Argentina

We lost.
But by all the Gods we tried.
May the best team win it in the final, and I hope our boys try hard in the 3rd\4rth place game.

HOW I MISS RUI COSTA!!!

Posted from  Portugal

QUOTE:
Cristiano RONALDO (POR)
It was the end of the dream. We deserve great credit, but unfortunately we didn’t achieve our aim, which was to get to the Final. We were all in it together, but we didn’t really take our chances.

Cristiano Ronaldo said it all
..We have no one to blame but ourselves. We aren’t like the English who are just a bunch of sore losers and blame the others.

It was so painful watching the 95 min game and hearing the crowd boo the talented ronaldo whenever he had a hold of the ball. Sometimes it felt like he would pass the ball to someone else just so the booing would stop.
Yet he did amazing. Even the commentators of the game were saying how he was the only one trying to score and playing. He tried his very best.

I love him …

Posted from  Canada

i am tired of all of this shit. italy dives, it is ok, spain dives, it is ok, france dives, it is ok, BUT when portugal does what everyother team does, The world just turns on them and start calling them names.

guess what like the prime minister of canada you are being a bunch of racist pricks who have no life and dont know what is right or wrong.

on the behalf of all porttuguese people and the sane people who respect portugal, thank you and we love you.

I am very proud of Portugal even though the World Cup is rigged. They wanted to see France vs Italy not Portugal. The referees are quick to give penalty calls to get the teams FIFA wants eliminated. Portugal almost got screwed against Netherlands and I am very surprised they didn’t call a BS penalty in the England game. It’s just a damn shame the game had to decided with a BS PK. Portugal is just as good as or better than France and Italy but the referees control the outcome of the games.

Posted from  United States

The way England, etc. are treating C.Ronaldo, is a crime, so malicious and a dispicable example of human behavior. They forget that he is a kid! 21 years old. A great star, probably one of the best in the world! Great speed combined with great skill!

FORCA C. RONALDO! YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU HAVE ALL OF US BEHIND YOU!

FORCA TEAM PORTUGAL TAKE YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY!

I guess it is true what I read in one of these posts…You haven’t made it to the top unless you are hated by the others!

Posted from  United States

I’m proud of my country, Portugal, independent have loose, but i’m proud, i love my country and team, only have arrived 4 team to half final and country is there, yes we have loose againt France, is not a problem about that.
The big problem is the “I Hate Ronaldo” fans and “I hate Portugal” Fans, because they are not in the best 4 of the World Cup.
And I contune love my Country, and You, you love your country/team, they have loose.
BE HAPPY, have a nice day,freekes.

Posted from  Portugal

Many teams/players dive, or “sell” the penalty.

The problem is that Portugal is so BAD at it. Their theatrics are terrible. Seriously, it makes the team look like a bunch of little children who flop, cry, and expect to get every call.

Which is a shame, because the talent is obviously there.

Posted from  United States

Now that the dust is settling it’s maybe time to get a bit of perspective. I’m an england fan who doesn’t hate portugal or the portuguese and there are many of us. One thing you have to realise is that in england, a dive is criticised, booed and whistled BY THE PLAYERS OWN SUPPORTERS. It’s no use saying that Henry etc etc did it too so it’s alright for us to do it. A dive is a dive is a dive whether a player is good or not, and ronaldo is certainly good. I am worried in that, through your patriotism you ignore the serious repercussions and damage to your team’s credibility and national reputation. This is a problem that cannot be ignored and must be dealt with otherwise your reputation will be dragged down lower than it already is. No protestations of innocence please, the video evidence is there for all to see and questions must be asked at a national level. From an outside perspective, scolari is at the heart of the problem. A few weeks ago i was all in favour of him becoming england coach. no longer. A coach cannot condone such behaviour and this man is risking your national reputation. It’d be better for portugal if he DIDN’T renew his contact. We look forward to meeting you again in the Euro cup, maybe 4th time lucky and no rancour?!

Posted from  Netherlands

bobbylebonfire – I appreciate your point of view on the matter, but I think your comment misses on obvious issue. Who interprets what is a dive and what is a foul? Yes, the refs do. If diving is to be eliminated from the game, then the rules should be changed. Diving (drawing fouls) is a normal part of the game in just about every league, even the EPL and Dutch league. I’m not saying that some don’t abuse the dive option, clearly that happens, but who appointed a certain group of fans the keepers of the game? What right do they have to persecute Ronaldo for trying to give his country an edge. The tactic usually backfires. Isn’t that punishment enough? Why not persecute Rooney or Robben for their immaturity as well?

The game is open to interpretation and England, Holland and others should keep in mind that they are just one or two footballing nation among many. Personally, I don’t like diving, but as long as there is something to be won by using the tactic, it will remain a part of the game. To eliminate it, you must change the rules as they are today. By the way, I watch EPL and Dutch league all year long and plenty of players dive in those leagues. And lets not forget the violent streak in the English game. Can anyone forget the spectacle at Newcastle United when two team mates decided to hold a boxing match in the middle of a football game? Is that not shameful? Where is the “we hate violence in football” website? Where is the outrage?

I agree the game has it’s imperfections, but no one has the right to do what the English media and some of their fans have been doing. Their sense of entitlement is vulgar from my point of view. Lets not forget that some of these players are kids with a tremendous amount of pressure on them to perform miracles for their country. Lets not apply a double standard!

Forca Portugal!

Posted from  United States

Dear Luis, drawing a foul isn’t the same as diving. What i am disturbed about is the lack of national debate on the issue and the substitution of patriotic fervour for informed observation and comment on the game as evidenced by posters of all nationalities on this blog. I am convinced there is a point to answer on this just as there is a point to answer on violence in the game. Rooney, Lee Bowyer (newcastle)etc are the subject of intense conversation and debate in England. But we get nowhere if we avoid the confrontation, unpleasant as it may be. I admit I was happy to see portugal lose to france after the england game but I’ve calmed down now..i never had that opinion of portugal’s team before and i don’t like it now, don’t want it. England and Portugal have been allies for a long time. I speak a bit of portuguese (teach english to brazilians)and it’s why I’d just like there to be a debate about it like we in uk debate violence..forget the sun, gutter press, lets face issues..good wishes. PS as moderator isn’t there something you can do about all that childish slagging off going on on this blog?

Posted from  Netherlands

bobbylebonfire – I think it’s all a matter of interpretation. One man’s foul is another man’s dive. I’m all for debate, but in the end we have to let the ref officiate and just enjoy the sport for what it, even with it’s imperfections.

I’m sorry but I don’t agree with you that the English apply the same standard to their own players. In the match against Portugal, there were plenty of English flops toward the end of the game. In the match with Holland as well. You don’t hear us Portuguese calling for an inquisition just because we lost. Again, if you don’t like it, then lobby to have the rules changed and stop pointing the finger at just Portugal or Scolari. It weakens your argument. If all the critics find diving so horrible then line up all the players that have taken dives on all teams and have them shot. I think you’ll find that if we do that, we’ll end up with two goalies and a ref on the pitch for all matches.

I am now moderating all comments before they are fully posted. I apologize for all the garbage that was posted prior to the change. I would like to go back and delete them all, but at the moment, I simply don’t have the time. Thanks for participating in our blog. I hope you will come back often to share your views.

Forca Portugal!

Posted from  United States

luis

i do not understand you

you sound like an intelligent person

you simply keep denying and i do not understand that

its seems a trent that all portugese football fans (at least at this forum) cannot be realistic and admit that the team was not exactly playing a fair game

to me a pity because i see the qualities of most your players and think that without all that acting (yes acting) they are a very good side that i would normally support…

furthermore, again be realistic, of course players dive (robben does too and i don’t like that, actually most dutch fans don’t like that) but they way most portugal players + coach acted was beyond the border…

if you keep denying, do the following: get a tape of the fr-por match and open your eyes

greetings,
eowu

Posted from  Netherlands

eowu,

First I never claimed that our team or players are saints only that they are not the villains some of you claim they are. All teams have dirt on their hands. Persecuting Portugal or any other team for what is part of the organic fiber of the game is unjust. Read the threads in their entirety and you will find that we are quite balanced.

As for the FR – PT game, I have seen that game and many others several times. Along with Ronaldo’s dive and Scolari’s sideline activities, I also saw a lot of French cynicism and false modesty. Domeneche had a lot of nerve to protest when his team was 1 – 0 from a PK where Henry looks like he tripped himself on R.Carvalho’s foot. I’m not going to argue whether it was a foul or not, that’s what the ref is for.

Força Portugal!

Posted from  United States

I used to be a big Engish supporter, and would root for them if Portugal or US was not playing.

But what the British press and fans have done recently, threaten Ronaldo with physical volience…going to the French game just so they can BOO Ronaldo says alot about the people and English culture.

First of all Ronaldo doesn’t need to play in England, he doesn’t need England as much as England needs him. What good is the English league when the top players are playing elsewhere. Ronaldo is just another top world class player that have chased out…even Beckham no longer wants to play there. The English league is second rate as it is…with Ronaldo gone..it will only be on par with the US MSL.

If I was Ronaldo(and I wish I was), I would never put my foot in English soil again…Ronaldo can make more money elsewhere anyways.

Posted from  United States

Dear Luis, it is exactly what you said that so many people object to.” For what is part of the organic fibre of the game” Why is part of the organic fibre? When did it become part? Who says, and why, its a part? So many people, not just the english,say that its a travesty of the game and should be eradicated. The debate is now about HOW it should be eradicated (technology, better refereeing etc)not IF it should be eradicated. Portugal is now on the receiving end of a lot of this flak, and it would be better if there was an open debate about it in the country, questions asked, vigorous debate, to avoid further damage to the reputation of portuguese football. English football has other questions to ask of itself about violence, too many overpaid and underperforming celebrities etc. Not to mention the role of the press. Open it all up…nothing was ever gained by denial or secrecy, mention the unmentionables!

Posted from  Netherlands

Coelho – even if you are not a fan of the EPL, please be realistic in your comparison. The MLS is pure garbage!

Posted from  United States

Man of the Match – certainly Ricardo. Though Cronaldo may be brilliant, he was marred by his antics throughout the Cup.

Posted from  Singapore

I liked Henry,i even described him as being the worlds best striker untill that moment he decides to search for Carvalho’s leg because he realises that he wont be able to get to the ball anymore.Talking about faking.
100 % sure that if the ball would of stayed in reach he’d had no trouble striking it.

Regressa Portugal mas de cabeças erguidas. Preferimos perder a lutar justamente do ke ganhar injustamente !

Posted from  Netherlands

Why is so man people calling Poruguese eam Cheaers, and making fun of us? Did you watch the games? Were you drunk or something? Or just gealous beacause Portugal Went so far? British, I understand they are mad, we kicked them out. But American an Canadian?
These people just show how poor they are inside. Must be the same that would vote Zidane…
Poor people…

Posted from  Portugal

to the Denmark no cheating fan. get over it you loser how does it feel to never be able to beat Portugal. By the way maybe if your team didnt foul so much maybe they would be soccer players to. no no soccer players in Denark just cry babies. Have a nice day

Posted from  United States