Well, we lost...

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My buddies, who were pro-England (or should I say, anti-Portugal) thought the refs were favouring Portugal. In particular, they claimed the disallowed goal should have been counted. What do you guys think???

I don't know where they had their classes as referees, but I guess it was a lousy school, the Goal Keeper *can't* be touched in that area!
 
But it shows that England played so well that one have to ramble about one inexistent goal... If 'you' want to point at someone point at your selection who had done nothing to actually deserve to won, even the penalties from england were a joke... sick what a bad loosers

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Portugal did play better but they did make mistakes. If there had been no contact with the goalie then that goal could have been the end. Sloppy defending from both sides.

Everyone make mistakes, even champions.. as to this clear non-situation (about the goal who hadn't happened) brought by UK press is that can easily be seen that our goalie has been touched, obviously not by Sol, but he didn't need to be the one making the fault to void the goal, the english player was rather naive when he give Ricardo a chance to void the goal... but oh! We're so big, we're so beautiful, we cannot loose, it can't be our fault kind of attitude that show your arrogance towards the game itself...

England was winning against france and loose, played poorly against Swiss and still all you blame is the referee... typical from someone who cannot see himself on the mirror.

Cheers and happy riddance 'beckhome'!
 :lol:

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It wasn't targeted at you really, even because you've said 'I wish Portugal success in Euro2004' ;-)

I was targeting mainly at tabloids over UK or at the ones saying 'Help! Help! We've been robbed!'

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Sometimes when you write, you just go with the flow...

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"England was robbed, the goalie was not fouled."
Go read the rules, it cannot be touched in the penalty area, *any* touch, confrontational or not, the Goal Keeper is king in his area... and he has been touched, it's that simple, anyhow the best team go on...

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So every time the goalkeeper thinks that he might concede a goal, he just has to stand somewhere where an opposing player will touch him?
That's a great defensive tactic!

With naive players it seems to work... ;-)
And it's not like if it was I who made the rules, they are as they were set, and until otherwise... they rule!

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Well... there's ought to be some reason why the *goal keeper* can't be touched in the little area... and set as a rule is equal to anyone, but anyhow bring the Dutch and we'll eat them alive! ;-)

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these are serious alegations, can you prove them!?
This is clearly an non-situation :-P