Brazil V Portugal 3pm RTE2

Fizman

I can't say that I ever rated Baptista as a good player. Granted he had one or two very productive seasons at Sevilla, he just doesn't convince me.

DJCR

Yet another ****ty World Cup 2010 match to go down with the rest of them !!!

Its been quite bad so far !!!

Come on lads .... give us something to shout about in the last 15 mins!!

rebel girl 15

Mexican wave around the stadium now, shows how bad the game is!

Mr.Nice Guy

Snoozefest.

SantryRed

DJCR wrote: »

Yet another ****ty World Cup 2010 match to go down with the rest of them !!!

Its been quite bad so far !!!

Come on lads .... give us something to shout about in the last 15 mins!!

What the fcuk are you on about?

Seriously. This is one of the only poor games since the start of the second round of games!

rebel girl 15

Put the camera on Dunga more often, he is more entertaining than the game at the moment! Going nuts on the sideline and I don't blame him, very poor passing by Brazil

_Bella_

whats with the sudden vuvuzela overload

Aidric

The standard of crossing is deplorable.

LuckyLloyd

Carvalho is such a giant at the back. Incredible player.

Fizman

Now that's the kind of tackle we need to see more of in the modern game!

rebel girl 15

_Bella_ wrote: »

whats with the sudden vuvuzela overload

The attendance was announced, and they started up with the vuvuzlas again, which stopped the Mexican wave

Poor free kick by Simao

Headshot

super_furry wrote: »

Dull scoreless draw.

on the ****ing money, cant believe i sat through 90mins of this god awful game

im amazed Baptista is a professional player, who the **** is he fooling

_Bella_

Random fact from BBC: the last time Brazil failed to score in a World Cup group match was 32 years ago in 1978 - a 0-0 draw against Spain.

rebel girl 15

3-0 to IC, Kalou - should have shown that game instead of this

Kev_ps3

Glad I sat this one out after reading the comments.

Warper

Brazil really missing Robinho and Kaka. That said they dont look too bothered, fair enough considering they will top the group.

Insect Overlord

*yawns*

DJCR

Again hit the first man from the cross!!! How rubbish is Danny Alves!!

rebel girl 15

Cross have been very poor, Lucio should have headed that back across the goal imo

Insect Overlord

SAVE!!! :eek:

_Bella_

What a save!

mike65

Pity Ivory Coast are going out and Portugal are going through

rebel girl 15

Fantastic save, only for the deflection it would have been miles wide!

corner didn't beat the first man again :rolleyes:

Bob the Seducer

Ricardo is on his game today!

Just saw the shot count from the other game
DPRK 8
Ivory Coast 27!

Minstrel27

I am sorry that I watched this.

Warper

mike65 wrote: »

Pity Ivory Coast are going out and Portugal are going through

Ya very unlucky with the fixture list, having to play Brazil in the second match was ultimately their downfall.

Aidric

Dire
Insipid
Rubbish
Tedious
game tbh.

redout

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

Ricardo is on his game today!

Just saw the shot count from the other game
DPRK 8
Ivory Coast 27!

He retired two years ago.

rebel girl 15

Ivory Coast win 3-0 full time

Bob the Seducer

redout wrote: »

He retired two years ago.

Oops! meant Eduardo... :pac:

Headshot

i just cant get my head around that majority of players cant cross a ball to save their lives

Xavi6

Can I have my 90 minutes back please?

rebel girl 15

Headshot wrote: »

i just cant get my head around that majority of players cant cross a ball to save their lives

Ridiculous how many times a corner failed to beat the first man, the Brazilian passing was shocking as well, simple passes

titan18

Ronnie Whelan saying what does Gilberto Silva do is just fail tbh

mike65

"Its just like watching Brazil" could become an ironic chant soon.

RichTea

http://worldcupdailyblog.com/2010/06/25/lifeless-game-in-durban-sees-brazil-portugal-advance/


Useless match. Both teams go through so it shouldn't be a surprise that it was a draw at least.

joseph brand

Ronaldo man of the match??

At least give it to Portugals keeper.

SantryRed

I think the ref deserves it tbh.

murpho999

Well after that game I really hope Brazil do not win this tournament.

We all know the great team they had in 1970 probably,the greatest of all time, but I grew up seeing the Brazil of the 80's. Players like Eder, Socrates,Zico & Falcao etc......absolutely amazing to watch. Granted they never won the World Cup and that's probably the reason why they are now incredibly boring to watch.

2002 won the World Cup but were poor to watch.
2006, dire to watch and went out in quarter finals to France.
2010 so far they have just bored me, nice goals against North Korea but that is about it.

Seems they prefer winning tactics, which is understandable, but the sad thing is that the flair and panache that they used to play with, and made football fans around the world fall in love with them, has been coached out of them and football is the poorer for it.

murpho999

Just to emphasise my point here's a great video of the 1982 World Cup team....would almost bring a tear to your eye....the memories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZxvYy5-ekI

steelcityblues

Once the majority of Brazilians began to play in the European leagues, it was ineviitable they wouldn't play in the same way again.

Portugal probably deserved a 1-0 win today!

sky88

i dont think i have ever watched a more boring game that invovled brazil

redout

Just looking at the draw - Brazil bar Holland have a doddle all they way to the final.

With the USA, Ghana, South Korea, Uruguay, Chile and Slovakia as possible opponents.

The tougher teams all seem to be on the other side of the draw.

Spain, Portugal, England, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Japan

That is very fortunate indeed I have to say.

dannydiamond

redout wrote: »

Just looking at the draw - Brazil bar Holland have a doddle all they way to the final.

With the USA, Ghana, South Korea, Uruguay, Chile and Slovakia as possible opponents.

The tougher teams all seem to be on the other side of the draw.

Spain, Portugal, England, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Japan

That is very fortunate indeed I have to say.

Chile will certainly be no doddle for Brazil.

FunkZ

murpho999 wrote: »

Just to emphasise my point here's a great video of the 1982 World Cup team....would almost bring a tear to your eye....the memories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZxvYy5-ekI

I wish the football I knew and have grown up with looked like that

murpho999

redout wrote: »

Just looking at the draw - Brazil bar Holland have a doddle all they way to the final.

With the USA, Ghana, South Korea, Uruguay, Chile and Slovakia as possible opponents.

The tougher teams all seem to be on the other side of the draw.

Spain, Portugal, England, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Japan

That is very fortunate indeed I have to say.

Certainly handy draw for them, but I think unlike years ago a good team will beat them, whearas it used to be you needed a great team to beat them.

Chile could be very tough for them, and if it is Holland in the next match then that could be very difficult for them too.

No guarantee they will get to the final.

eagle eye

FunkZ wrote: »

I wish the football I knew and have grown up with looked like that

Thats where the phrase 'group of death' was coined. There were first and second round groups. Brazil, Argentina and Italy were drawn together in the second round. We were all sad to see the Brazilians go out at that stage, such an exciting team but they couldn't defend to save their lives.

Oh and Italy never won a game in their opening round, they finished up with three draws just like Cameroon but they went through on goals scored having had two 1-1 draws where Cameroon had a 0-0 and 1-1. I was only a kid at the time but we were all shouting for Cameroon because we knew nothing about them and they had a fantastic keeper named Thomas N'Kono and Roger Milla was the star outfield player and he was wonderful to watch.
Its the first World Cup that I clearly remember every round and all the great players that were at it, Poland has a fine team in that finals with Lato and Boniek, Belgium were very powerful too as were France and the Germans but Italy came through and won it.
I'll also never forget Gerry Armstrong's goal against Spain which was the biggest shock result of that World Cup.

redout

murpho999 wrote: »

Certainly handy draw for them, but I think unlike years ago a good team will beat them, whearas it used to be you needed a great team to beat them.

Chile could be very tough for them, and if it is Holland in the next match then that could be very difficult for them too.

No guarantee they will get to the final.

No guarantee but they certainly have weaker teams to contend with along the way. I make it only two top teams on that side of the draw (Brazil, Holland) whereas the other side has five (Portugal, Germany, Spain, England, Argentina)

dfx-

murpho999 wrote: »

We all know the great team they had in 1970 probably,the greatest of all time, but I grew up seeing the Brazil of the 80's. Players like Eder, Socrates,Zico & Falcao etc......absolutely amazing to watch. Granted they never won the World Cup and that's probably the reason why they are now incredibly boring to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3_NABDDen0

Today they'd grey Mourinho's hair and give Howard Wilkinson heart attacks.

Mr.Nice Guy

dfx- wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3_NABDDen0

Today they'd grey Mourinho's hair and give Howard Wilkinson heart attacks.

I heard this mentioned on the Guardian podcast but wasn't able to find it. Cheers for posting it. :cool: