Euro 2008 Group A **Spoilers**

:rolleyes: Nokkon. In what way was he leagues ahead of everyone else? He was one of Portugals better players but saying he was leagues ahead is harsh on Deco and Pepe for a start.
 
watched both games yesterday

Swiss needed a result, very organised, quite funny watching the all run like hell towards their own goal as soon as they lost the ball, would like to see Toon players show that sort of effot. Poor overall game though, 1st 20mins very promising

2nd game - got sick of hearing the Ronaldo Rocks, comments by the ITV crew, yes he's a great player, but he didn't have a great game even by a normal players standards

Got to say Portugal look strong though, shall be interested to see the rest of the big guns
 
Deco had a good game, gave the ball away a few times but hey who didn't? Awful tackle on Nani, like Ripper I thought he was making the most of a bad challenge but it was actually pretty bad. Pepe did really well, wasn't he the guy who had the goal disallowed? I can't be arsed looking it up, it's Sunday and I really hate Sundays.
 
Enjoyed both games, Portugal game was the better.

Ronaldo was excellent again, pulled the strings and is leagues ahead.
Simao was poor. Again. Very wasteful and doesn't do much, Quaresma should play ahead of him (same for Nani).
Moutinho played far too deep and was out of play too often.
Deco is very poor, everything he had the ball Portugal lost possession, second half he was abysmal.
Bosingwa was very good, Chelsea could have a real player there.
Ricardo will cost them goals, he's a bit worrying when he decides volleying first time is the answer...

I do worry that Ronaldo will go back to his antics from World Cup '06 though, it's something that all of Scolari's teams have been guilty of. Whilst Ronaldo wasn't as bad as he was in the WC there were a couple of questionable moments.

Also, how the hell did Aurelio stay on for that tackle against Nani, I don't even think he was booked, highly unlikely you'll see a worse tackle all tournament.

Ronaldo was good nothing spectacular though.

You're way too harsh on Moutinho. Thought he was the best player. he set up a goal and went on a couple of great runs and setup other chances as well.

Ronaldo's involvement in both goals = minimal.

Ricardo had nothing to do most of the match so how you can criticise him i dont know.....

Deco did lose possession a lot i admit through sheer laziness it seemed (mostly in second half) but his passing was excellent. Pretty sure he was very involved in the best chances/goals.

Thought some of the turkey players were pretty dirty...referee was way too easy on them.
 
Played the advantage, Nuno Gomes hit the post. Scolari even pulled his staff back from complaining. Pretty sure the ref went back and booked him.

That was the Simao tackle. The challenge on Nani was on the edge of the right side of the box and I think the ball went out for a throw in.
 
now we all know nokkon talkes out of ronaldos ass :P

No way in the world he was miles ahead not even close. They all gave the ball away at some point, and deco being poor WTF are you on. Take those blinkers off and try looking past ronaldo yeah?

Anyone else getting fed up of all the ronaldo talk on tv? yes hes great player but come on im bored of hearing stories on him now and his name being mentioned every 10seconds!
 
Did they show a different game on MUTV or something?

I guess it's because Ronaldo was leagues ahead of everyone else that he was overlooked for MoTM?

Official MotM was Pepe, who wasn't even as good as Carvalho. Amazing what scoring a goal did.
Ronaldo hit the post, was behind the second goal and was amazing. All the media are basically saying the same thing, so I would assume it's people here who are watching a different game.
 
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