[Kie99]

And what is wrong with that? I don't see anything wrong.

Of course you don't, you want Portugal to win!

There's nothing wrong with it, I just think it's unusual how we keep coming up in Quarter Finals against Scolari.  Might be third time lucky I guess, but not the way we've been playing.

[karajorma]

Like I've said before we'll progress until we come across someone good and then we'll be cruicified.

[Shade]

Anyone have a clue what exactly Costinha was thinking on that second yellow? One of the stupidest things I've ever seen anyone do in a football match. Own team ahead by 1, 2 minutes until halftime, you're on the safe side of the centre line, you already have a yellow card, and then what? Yep, reach out and clearly and deliberatly use your hand to deflect the ball.

He must be either insane, or braindead. Or both. Looked like a sure win for Portugal until that little stunt.

[Edit] Just saw a replay of the foul on Ronaldo. That was a straight red card, for sure. Holland are lucky as hell they only drew a yellow for that, well, tackle doesn't even cover it, assault I think fits better. But now they're the ones one man up for a full half (not that Costinhas's red wasn't ok - It was), not to mention having injured possibly the best player on the Portugese team. I don't care how well they play for the rest of the match, they don't deserve to win after getting away with that foul.

[aldo_14]

10 vs 10; and Figo should maybe have been off before getting Bouhlarouz sent off.......

[Shade]

Possibly, he sure did complain a lot just before. But that elbow in the face certainly did warrant the booking. Regardless, in my book it's just a little late justice for the first red card they didn't get

Looks good for England though I guess. If they keep up this kind of play, neither Portugal nor Holland will have a single playing without a booking going into the next game, regardless of who advances.

[Edit] Whoa. Holland are being an absolute disgrace to the game right now. Portugal aren't exactly angels either, but damn...

[aldo_14]

This is getting like USA-Italy, now.  Crazy.

EDIT; bloody hell, Deco off.  England must be licking their lips; at this rate they'll be playing against a reserve team.

[Shade]

Red card Portugal. Oh, and only 10 players left on the field who haven't been booked. Insane.

[vaang]

regardless which team will win this match they will not have enough players left against england

[Shade]

Only way England could get past either of these two teams anyway with their current form, so their luck.

[Col. Fishguts]

yes, i've been to the hexxenkessel

When/how/why ? ... I must know

[aldo_14]

holy ****, Gios' been sent off.  This is just ridiculous.

[Shade]

I do not envy the guy who has to fit the 2nd half into 10 minutes of highlights...

[Edit] All done... whew. 16 yellow cards, 4 red cards. That has to be some sort of record. Congrats England on meeting a crippled team in the quarters.

[vaang]

the battle of nuremberg is over...

neither portugal nor the netherlands deserve to get any further in this championship 

[Ghostavo]

The referee went nuts in the second half. Every foul no matter what kind was given a yellow card.

Anyway, this lets me have a we won moment...

WE WON!!!

[Darkage]

Glad holland lost actualy, because all this orange and world cup stuff was getting realy out of controll and it drove me nuts. now things can hopefully get back to damn normal.

[Kosh]

I saw the replays for the Portugal game, and I really wished I stayed up to watch it (which I would have done if the England game wasn't so damn boring).

[aldo_14]

Ozzies nil-nil at half time.

[Shade]

Pretty good watch so far. Good work by Australia holding on still, and actually being dangerous several times.

[Edit] Whoa. Red card Italy. Not sure if I agree with that... yellow for sure, but think red was a bit over the top.

[aldo_14]

Didn't look last man to me, I think Cannavaro was on him as well.

[Rictor]

Holland-Portugal was awesome!

It looked like a riot was going to break out. 16 cards given out, if you count reds as two. I was hoping that the teams were going to just say **** it and start clobbering each other. The ref screwed over Holland, even I have to admit that. Figo's headbut wasn't called, the kick to the face on Robben wasn't called, ditto for Van Der Sar getting kicked.

What happened to the good old days of hooliganism? If ever a match deserved a riot, this was it.