euro 2012 Match 25 - Quarter Finals: Czech Republic vs. Portugal

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Czech Republic - Portugal

Kick off on 21 June 2012 at 20:45 (8:45PM) local time

National Stadium Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland

Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)

Previous match:

Match 24 - England vs. Ukraine

Feel free to discuss.

[MidnightDevil]

WE WILL WIN!

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Czech Republic 1 - 2 Portugal

[Steven P. Administrators]

Portugal win 2-1

[Rappy Veteran]

Portugal to win 2-0

[tiagosilva29]

English referees: breaking our legs == no foul

UEFA referee observer: the guy that robbed us from being in the Euro '98.

**** Platini.

[Noir Angel]

Hopefully the Czech Republic will wipe the floor with Portugal but sadly I don't see that being the case.

[drazgoosh]

Interesting how most people voted for the same things.

Portugal could score more than 2, but you just know that Czech Republic are going to play very defensively and then to counter-attacks.

[what]

I suppose I should support Portugal seeing as I've tipped them to win the competition in the predictions thread. I just hate the way they play :p

[Astra.Xtreme]

Helmet of Doom doesn't stand a chance.

[mikebiacsi]

2-1 Portugal me thinks...

[Jimmy0]

Portugal to win 3-1.

[mikebiacsi]

Hmmm, didn't expect Chech republic to be pressing as much as they are. Good on em. (Y)

[Rappy Veteran]

Ronaldo looking lively!

[mikebiacsi]

Yeah Portugal certanly woke up near the end of the 1st half.

[MidnightDevil]

Was about time.

[mikebiacsi]

Was about time.

My thoughts exactly. :yes:

[Noir Angel]

For all their pretty football Portugal aren't particularly clinical in front of goal, a better quality opponent could exploit that. But they were better today and deserved to go through.

[Rappy Veteran]

[tiagosilva29]

Herp derp huuuuuuuuuuuuuuur.

[Noir Angel]

Ugh, every time I see his face on TV I want to vomit. Why the hell can't he be more like Messi? and by that I mean humble, and not diving like an olympic swimmer every time he gets tackled.

[tiagosilva29]

Why the hell can't he be more like Messi? and by that I mean humble, and not diving like an olympic swimmer every time he gets tackled.

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[Alera]

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If you read:

Ugh, every time I see his face on TV I want to vomit. Why the hell can't he be more like Messi? and by that I mean humble, and not diving like an Olympic swimmer every time he gets tackled.

Messi doesn't dive nearly as often nor does he protest repeatedly to the officials or commit what I see as dissent by whinging; flapping his arms, hitting the floor and shouting his mouth off and of course you guessed it. Ronaldo does all of the above. Personally I agree with Javik, I can't stand Ronaldo, always a whiner, always a diver, always too full of himself. See the previous game where he's constantly bemoaning his teammates efforts when he himself is epic failing most of the time.

And yes, it's a shame that footballers feel the need to dive in the first place but even the best of them do it these days.

- Alera :shiftyninja:

PS. I can do that too!

Ronaldo doing what he does best!

[Noir Angel]

Precisely that. I never said that Messi doesn't do it, he just hasn't made a career out of flapping about like a baby every time he gets tackled. Which CR7 has. Nor does Messi try to con referees into getting his opponents sent off.