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Drakefyre

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  1. My take on the game:

    It looked even and boring 11 v 11. Lennon was a spark - he played very well. Then the sending off - more on that later. After that the game opened up and still looked even. Portugal never really threatened and Lennon, Crouch, and Hargreaves all played very well. Ricardo came up huge on the penalties, but I could tell Lampard and Gerrard were going to the right - they both telegraphed their shots.

    The sending off:

    Absolutely a red card. While the two of them were tussling standing up, Rooney was grabbing his groin trying to get at the ball. When Carvalho went down, Rooney stepped on his balls. He knew what he was doing. Whether or not the ref saw it is irrelevant - it was a deserved red. Ronaldo did nothing wrong (then), although he went down easily all throughout the game.

  2. If I were English I'd rather have faced France before Portugal got Deco and Costinha suspended and CR injured. Now they have a better shot at Portugal, who looked very strong taking down the Netherlands. I don't think Joe Cole will have an easy time against Miguel.

  3. What I think the deal is with the Mexicans is this:

    Mexicans play well together as Mexicans in a Mexican system. If you watch the Mexican league, the games are often unbearable. There's solid defense, combative midfielders, and woeful forwards and goalkeepers. The players fit into this system well, but asked to go outside of it they can't really make the adjustment. This is part of why Mexico does so well internationally. But taking individual players to European teams and leagues, they don't have the individual skill level necessary to make it. Some do - Marquez and Hugo Sanchez to name a few.

  4. I thought Deco's second yellow was deserved - if you pick up the ball and walk away with it when your team is winning, that's delay of game and a yellow card. Of course, Cocu should have also gotten a yellow.

    Also, he didn't take off his only striker, Simao Sabrosa and Figo were playing as forwards in a 4-3-3.

  5. I can't listen to Dave O'Brian and Marcelo Balboa or Glenn Davis and Shep Messing. That leaves two commentary teams I think are okay - JP Dellacamera and John Harkes and Adrian Healy and Tommy Smith. In the pre-/post- game shows, Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy are pretty good, and Rece Davis is fine as a straight man.

    What really bothers me, though, is the graphics that ABC/ESPN throw up on the screen that block so much of the action.

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