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July 5th, 2006 | By: Luis | 53 Comments »

o magico - Deco

It’s now or never. Let the show begin!

Força Portugal!

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 9:21 pm

16 mins: Portugal pick it up now and after a wasted corner Luis Figo drives in a low shot from distance. He stays down after colliding with Patrick Vieira in the follow through. The break affords Raymond Domenech to have a few words with Thierry Henry on the touchline. Immediately after being stretchered off Figo jumps back to his feet and jogs back on.

Of course he jumps back….a proof that again he was badly hurt. Oscar for acting?

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 9:35 pm

33 mins: GOAL Goalkeeper Ricardo said God was Portuguese after his heroics against England in the shoot-out. He gets a hand to Zidane’s effort but cannot keep it out.

32 mins: Penalty for France. Thierry Henry turns inside on the edge of the area and is caught by Ricardo Carvalho. Zinedine Zidane steps up for the spot-kick.

30 mins: Cristiano Ronaldo goes down near the dug out and the French coach gives the international sign for diving.
Oscar nomination!

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By Milo Riano | July 5th, 2006 at 9:39 pm

France is going to win. Sorry portugal…

http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/group-d/bring-on-the-magic.html

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By Milo Riano | July 5th, 2006 at 9:40 pm

Portugal’s hope lies in master tectician felipe scolari…

http://fifaworldcup.sporati.com/preview-semis-france-vs-portugal.page

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By FIFAworldcup.com - Passionate Fan on Fifa World Cup 2006 | July 5th, 2006 at 9:45 pm

Preview (Semis): France vs Portugal

France is confident they can get to the finals with Zizou playing his usual game and his usual game happens to be an enormous defensive problem for opposing teams.

Zidane’s last game against Brazil proved his age together with Patrick Vieira i…

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 9:47 pm

Ronaldo’s acting update:

36 mins: Portugal’s players and fans protest as a penalty claim falls on deaf ears. Cristiano Ronaldo climbs high to get on the end of Luis Figo’s cross but falls to the ground. A good decision by the referee despite the close attention afforded Ronaldo by Willy Sagnol.

38 mins: Replays show that Ronaldo fell desperately theatrically when he was looking for that penalty a moment ago

39 mins: The jeers seem to be firing up Cristiano Ronaldo. His direct run at goal from halfway ends in a corner but nothing comes from it.

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By Nonni | July 5th, 2006 at 9:49 pm

Luis, erase the comments of that sit head please

By eowu | July 5th, 2006 at 10:25 pm

just watching the game

what a bunch of cheats these portugese…

i think that’s a pity, they should just play and try to score goals

nobody likes the portugese team anymore i think… helas

they should start a theater!

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 10:25 pm

COPPERAS is a very proud brit not a sardine eating canuck eh! Kelvin is that a name or a scientific term?

Latest news for drama school:

“Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty claim was a dive straight away. He flings himself forward.”
Alan Shearer, BBC Sport TV

57 mins: Miguel’s run forward comes to an end when he crumples in a heap. Pauleta appeals forcefully for a free-kick but France play on believing he dived before William Gallas opts to clear. After treatment the full-back returns to the fray.

Looks good for Portugal in diving at the next Olympics!

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 10:31 pm

Olympic diving trial

66 mins: What’s going on? This match is falling apart at the seams and getting pretty dull. There’s little structure, France look happy to sit on the lead and Pauleta takes a dive.

Looks like Pauleta makes the team

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By Arthur | July 5th, 2006 at 10:36 pm

till tonight, i thought Totti is the worst diver in younger wc history – but Christiano”Cousteau”Ronaldo is the new King. i hate that whiny,little,babyfaced son of a bitch (no i’m not english, can’t stand wayne”bulldogface”rooney, too)

le roi est mort, vive le roi

By eowu | July 5th, 2006 at 10:48 pm

bye bye

next time get rid of theater and play football

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 10:49 pm

diving team continues to improve:

76 mins: Simao does well on the left and gets a low cross in. Embarrassingly for Portugal, both Ronaldo and Postiga fling themselves to the ground looking for penalties. Neither is remotely convincing and Postiga in particular should have been booked for that. Outrageous.

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By Ravee | July 5th, 2006 at 10:51 pm

this is terrible.. portugal is the better team

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By reel | July 5th, 2006 at 10:52 pm

Good night Portugal.

I guess you can go “dive” into bed and watch the final at home!

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 10:59 pm

Its now or never said Luis….let the show begin!

Luis when does the show start….all we saw was same old same old playacting and I told you if you did that you would lose!

Unfortunately the Emperor had no clothes…..or perhaps only for acting.

Glad to see this team exposed….

Signing off now and going to “dive” into the pool

By the way Ronaldo….diver of the match and new captain of the olympic diving team

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By Ravee | July 5th, 2006 at 11:00 pm

the english newsmen are really criticising portugal saying that they have really poor players and only postiga is good whereas everyone else is just diving.
what a bunch of sore losers.
it’s unfortunate that portugal lost. i cant believe scolari lost. I still say portugal was definitely better.

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By copperas | July 5th, 2006 at 11:09 pm

a final or is it a third place thought?

Golden Dive Awards Update:
Pauletta 8/10 (Portugal vs France) Loved the way he flew to the ground!

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By zidaneisking | July 5th, 2006 at 11:10 pm

Congratulations, France!! Not as good a game as the one with Brazil but as Serb said, you conserved your energy. And you know a team is diving and faking fouls far too much when even American commentators start mentioning it. Usually they’re pretty polite and overly complementary – this time even they got sick of Portugal’s antics.

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By Nonni | July 6th, 2006 at 12:11 am

eouw:
Why are you so bitter??
you didn’t get over it yet???
In 2 years you’ll get more
LOL LOl LOL

By Arthur | July 6th, 2006 at 12:18 am

send ronaldo back to diving school, seems that his diving license is outdatet.
his fight wis rooney and his diving-skills should guarantee him a nice, warm and cheerful return to ManU

By miranda | July 6th, 2006 at 1:15 am

rooney suks ass ronaldo to real madrid n atleast portugal fans got SATURDAY ha

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By Nonni | July 6th, 2006 at 1:37 am

That’s it Miranda
At least ronaldo will be playing in a civilized country

By gwen_german pride | July 7th, 2006 at 2:18 am

Micha
whoever you are, you are disgusting and disgraceful. I don’t know how anyone puts up with you. This blog was created to bring the love of football to discussion. You love talking trash and you love getting it back so that you can do it all ovr again eh? You feel so brave over the internet? Try saying stuff rite to sumone’s face. You’ll end up with a pretty set of black eyes.

By JoCa | July 10th, 2006 at 1:53 am

Eowu wrote: just watching the game

what a bunch of cheats these portugese…

i think that’s a pity, they should just play and try to score goals

nobody likes the portugese team anymore i think… helas

they should start a theater!

AND HOLLAND SHOULD GET GIANT STEEL CAGES AROUND THEIR SOCCERFIELDS TO MAKE ONE GREAT FREE-FIGHT EVENT OF IT WHENEVER THEY NEED TO GET DEFEATED BY PORTUGAL

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