well, during the match I was thinking "man i feel like writing another Pauleta rant"
i wouldn't say he was a disappointment, as that implies that i expected anything special from him, which i didn't.
like the game today - he missed a good shot and generally sucked, Nuno Gomes played like 20 minutes or so and scored.
but it seems that this was Pauleta's last game with the portuguese shirt, and he said goodbye with tears in his eyes. i also had tears... tears of beautiful joy!
KKTHXBYE PAULETA! good riddance to bad rubbish...
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On the game:
FUCKING SCHWEINSTEIGER! FUCKING ASS PIRATE MOTHERFUCKER! if BALLACK had played, i bet even he wouldn't have done such damage. stupid pig-fucking Schweinstiger bastard.
Seriously though, he played a great game and deserved his ovation. two great goals, and direct influence in the own goal.
But i think we didn't deserve to be down 3-0 and to lose 3-1, i think 2-1 at most was a fair enough score. our biggest problem was (again) actually penetrating the opposing defense - playing in the other team's side of the pitch isn't the same as attacking.
Nuno Gomes and Figo should've come on much earlier.
meh.... good WC campaign, we were unlucky, but Germany and Italy (i won't say France, though) deserved their podium spots more than Portugal. we'll be back in 2010, i hope
We said goodbye (at international level) to Luís Figo (who ruled and deserves total respect), Pauleta (fuck him) and maybe a few more players... it's a shame that Figo never got a title at international level, but that's football for you.