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Sunday, July 02, 2006,11:26 PM

01/07/2006 was a sad day... The elimination of Brazil and England team from the FIFA World Cup 2006, Germany was disappointing...England team is my favourite, Brazil team is my supporting team and also the dream team...Unexpectedly, England couldn't hold the golden opportunity, where Portugal was lacked of 2 great midfielder, to proceed to the semi-finals...More disappointing, Samba Brazil football, with Ronaldo, Kaka, and Ronaldinho and plenty more great football enthus, couldn't perform their Samba football standard, lost to France with the score 0-1...

Fine, lets talk about England team..Their striker Wayne Rooney was obvously guarded and blocked by the Portugese... Yet, England had many chances to destroy Portugese goal, just that they couldn't make it..Beckham's BANANA free kicks, Gerrard's strikes, Lampard's passing, they were just LOst the standard of their skill...No threat to Portugal..Beckham was attacked and injured at his knee, with tears he left the field, which is his last match representing England as a captain, after that he announced he will leave the captain armband to another person, after serious consideration..Then, England only striker, Rooney, accidentally stammed on Portugese, received a red card and was sent off like Beckham during 1998 World Cup..He was furious and so were the other players...Besides fury, england was in trouble because they had no striker at all!!Eriksson replaced Joe Cole with Peter Crouch with no choice...After the sending-off of Rooney and injury of captain Beckham, England was in deep water and their performance was even worse..Obviously they were under Portugese' control, even though they put their very best foot forward to prevent any score from Portugal.. Bad news, both teams couldn't score any goal still in the 30minutes additional time, Penalties Shoot Out began...With England track record of no victory on PSO, they had big problem with that, of course...Lampard and Gerrard couldn't get their ball in, but Ronaldo did it!! Portugal won!!!The scene was full with controversy, looking at the Portugese celebrating their victory with absence of 2 great midfielder, England's players' face could only show disappointment and sadness, some with tears on their cheeks, Bekcham came down bare-footed to comfort his teamates as a captain for the last time..England stopped at the FIFA World Cup 2006 quarter-finals, just like the repeat of year 2002..

I was sad that time, yet i looked forward for the 3am match, which is The Most Exciting ever in FIFA 2006, Brazil vs France, both with track records of being World Cup champion..I could see the difference of this match with the previous one..Brazil and France, their pace and skill was obviously better than England and Portugal, full of excitement..However, Brazil did not show their best performance, Samba football..Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaka and Ronaldinho was blocked by a few French defender, they couldn't get into the restricted area, even with their skillful feet..Ronaldinho missed the 2 free kick opportunity awarded like Beckham...Both teams were fighting for ball continuously, but no score at all during the first half..Brazillian had more ball possession percentage during first half..France Ribery was a threat to Brazil other than Henry..After the rest time, second half began..France was more aggressive, they were threatening the Brazillian..The turning point, Zidane shot a free kick and the ball fell in front of unattended Henry accurately, Henry simply put his foot forward and the ball got in!!!!French celebrates!!! Brazillians were under great stress after Henry's score, and were panic.. they increased the speed rapidly, hoping to draw the score..they nearly made it with a few corner kicks and free kicks....Roberto Carlos tried very hard to pass all the ball he got to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho from a distance away with his powerful kicks...Left 15minutes, the French were smart, they emphasized strictly on defending rather than attacking, not giving any chances for themselves to fail... Brazil had plenty shoots but under time constrain, they couldn't make any progress..France was better than Brazil in this crucial match, regardless of their previous performance, the treat this match seriously, with no fears towards the Brazillians.....Beep-beep-beep!!! the match ended, the French celebrated their victory happily and crazily, the Brazillian regretted their mistakes with their smiles and passion for football... They hugged each others, Ronaldo and Zidane, Carlos and Henry, supporting and comforting each others...I witnessed the real football spirit and passion...

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/highlights.html

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