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Originally Posted by Locke
Wow. Portugal vs New Zealand was hands down the best game yet. Hard tackles, great passing plays and amazing skill countered by solid defending and as yet unseen sportsmanship. And Portugal kept the diving to a minimum... 
The ref was a little weird. Overall I thought he did a great job of letting the play flow, but both of Portugal's goals came on poor calls, which was really unfortunate for New Zealand. The Kiwis played a solid game though, if they could have finished their chances they would have been right there with Portugal, although their technical skill was nowhere near that of the Portuguese.
That game should have been a 0-0 tie to be fair but a great game to watch nonetheless. |
a 0-0 tie would have been fair?? WOW, couldn't disagree with you more. Portugal had all the ball, were putting on passing clinics, and really showed their class. It was Portugal's fininshing that let them down and IMO, I thought they were a little y with some of the things they were trying to do.
But yes, New Zealand was unfortunate to have those calls go against them, expecially the penalty, never seen anything like that before. Having said that, I thought they were lucky to get only lose that 2-0, Portugal was far and away the better team.