Comments on: Preview: France vs. Portugal

By: IOAN TODIROAE (i_todiroae@yahoo.fr 21:41 sa08.07.2006 Piatra-Neamt, ROUMANIE)

IOAN TODIROAE (i_todiroae@yahoo.fr 21:41 sa08.07.2006 Piatra-Neamt, ROUMANIE) — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:41:47 +0000

Rezultat final : Portugalia / Portugal 0 Franta / France 1

Data : mi 05 \ 07 \ 2006

Locul : München / Munich

Tara : Germania / Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany

Faza : a doua semifinala

Competitia : Campionatul Mondial de Fotbal Germania 2006
Coupe du Monde de Football Allemagne 2006
Football Coupe du Monde Allemagne 2006
FIFA WORLD CUP Germany 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup Germany

Vive la France !!!
Allez les bleus !!!
Vive les bleus !!!

By: CRazyCathy

CRazyCathy — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:30:20 +0000

POrtugal was Robbed.. they deserved to win it all.. I mean France obviously played well.. but Italy has been helped and carried all the way through.. what a Shame … This World Cup bites the beg one.. and FIFA Sucks Big Hard D _ _ _ s.. it all sucks.. who gives a crap who winds this one …

By: hyper

hyper — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:01:19 +0000

Portugal lost the game but we can say that our chance of playing in the finals was stolen from us…. on the other hand there is peace on Saint Clair, Toronto Canada and tonight everybody can sleep….

By: Jr

Jr — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:32:47 +0000

HEY GUYS, WHEN DOES THE GAME START?

By: redheart

redheart — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:56:52 +0000

Unfortunally racism, behading and terrorism(terrorism is more than suicide bombings) exist since the human being became (in)civilized. The car is not a american invention. And Here nobody wants to blame americans(there are good and bad people, smart or stupid in any part of globe), jews(Who talked about jews?),arabs(zinedine zidane for example) or anyone with specific race, ethnic group or religion. So please stop all those xenophobic comments.

By: curtis

curtis — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:25:03 +0000

its amazing that the computer, the car, the airplane, and most other modern inventions were invented by americans but we are called stupid by those who use them. racism, terrorism,and suicide bombings, and beheadings really are not inventions of north americans but im sure someone will figure out a conspiricy theory to blame the jews or the americans

hey vive france and zidane

By: jeje

jeje — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:08:36 +0000

By the way, John, you are a smart one and being born in north america does not make us stupid. In fact, we should be proud that we were born in a continent were we have so many different people from all over the world, this helps us know what people of other cultures are and what they believe in. This is something that very few countries have.
QUE VIVA NORTH AMERICA!!!!!!

By: Dave Hamilton

Dave Hamilton — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:05:25 +0000

The stage is nearly set for a World Cup final that I believe will bring the two best coaches on the national side stage together this Sunday, Lippi and Scolari. It is no accident that these two will probably meet, although the Italians clearly had some help from the ref against Australia (but may have won anyway).

Lippi is going with essentially the same kind of set he did when he was Juve’s boss in the 90s, placing Totti behind his strike force for service (something Ericsson could have learned when he isolated poor Rooney up front the other day) as well as a green light to penetrate and shoot anytime he likes. I expect Lippi will stay with that 4-4-1-1 in the final and Camoranesi will remain very active on the wings, aided by Pirlo coming forward as needed (not something Trappy would have been familiar with in 2002); Gattuso won’t come forward, as he is a defending midfielder exclusively. Gilardino and Del Piero will again probably be wisely held in reserve for late-strike energy and a shootout (if necessary) while the point man for much of the contest will be hard-working Toni, who can present a lot of problems even to a defense as staunch as Portugal’s. Cannavaro is the defender of the Cup so far, and Zambrotta, Zaccardo and if available, Nesta, along with Buffon, are incredibly tough to score on, especially if they jump out on top.

I don’t want to break down in much detail what I think Portugal might do for a theoretical match, but although Scolari can be remarkably flexible in his alignments, he does like that 4-2-3-1 with wingers Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo supporting Pauleta. Costinha returns, and if he behaves himself tonight, he and Maniche will have holding duties but may will be able to move forward on occasion while Deco directs matters on both sides of the center stripe. With decent protection of their formidable back four and the continued performance of the tournament’s best keeper Ricardo, Portugal will be as stingy as Italy with goals. I look for Portugal to claim a 1-0 win tonight, and it might not any different on Sunday against Italy.

I know I am giving Les Bleus short shrift here, but time is short and my prediction has been made in any case. Hope everyone enjoys the game in any case.

Dave hamildav@yahoo.com

By: jeje

jeje — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:02:57 +0000

I think France deserves to win because the beat Brazil! I really do prefer the portuguesse but France deserves to win not only against portugal but hopefully against Italy as well.

By: pawan

pawan — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:54:17 +0000

france 2:0 portugal