yes, i confirm - it's Bosingwa and not Boswinga. better get used to it, though, because you'll be seeing him oftne at Chelsea 😛
and yeah, Ricardo sucks. he's only good for penalties. i think he and the national team are even now - he's lost us enough games to compensate for his penalty heroics in 2004 and 2006. i have to ask myself whether Benfica's Quim, who left the squad due to injury, wouldn't do a better job on crutches than Ricardo.
a team that wants to be European champion simply can't suffer goals like the second, nevermind TWICE! i think Ballack fouled in the third goal (if it was the other way around, it would have been a penalty), but that's no excuse for Ricardo's shitty goalkeeping and the defense's general lack of attention. everyone saw that that was our weak spot, the squad discussed that in the days before the game, but we still fucked up.
up front, Portugal keeps hitting the wall with teams like Germany, France and Italy (.. and Greece :rolleyes🙂.
Nuno Gomes did a good job in what may have been his last game for Portugal. say what you will about his performances with Benfica, for the national team he was always there, unlike that piece of shit Pauleta. also good goal from Postiga, although it was too little too late for the team. Deco would have taken man of the match if we hadn't lost - amazing performance. if Barcelona drop him, there won't be a lack of clubs willing to pick him up.
defensively, 3 fatal errors, 3 goals. i hate how the defense can seem rock solid one minute and complete shit the next. Bosingwa was quite crap, imo, but he did a great job in the first two games. for some reason the team kept insisting on him to make the crosses.
on Germany... great team. individually the defense doesn't sound that impressive (in my opinion), but their organisation was flawless. Schweinsteiger can go fuck himself, he's been in all 6 goals Germany scored against us in the last 2 clashes. maybe he was raped by a portuguese man in his youth.
i'm rooting for the Netherlands, Spain and Germany now, in that order.
