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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
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.
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Originally Posted by Monkey_Fracas
Agreed, Portugal is clearly on another level than New Zealand.
Zequiniha and Bruno Pereirinha had pretty solid games as well, they were the 4th and 5th best players for Portugal today, and still were better than anyone on New Zealand, that gives you an idea of the skill mismatch.
Still, solid marking by New Zealand, they were pretty tight defensively and they played hard, but were clearly overmatched.
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Right, but the reason I say 0-0 would have been fair is because the Portuguese finishing was poor and for all of their amazing skill and dominance of the game they couldnt do anything from open play, the New Zealand defense took them right out of it. Portugal brought all the offense and New Zealand brought all the defense.
Clearly overmatched, outskilled and outclassed. But with all that advantage the Portuguese stole a win with some dodgy refereeing.
They got 2 goals from poor calls by the ref. Eliminate the poor calls and it was a tie game. Did they deserve the win? Yes. Did New Zealand deserve to lose? No. They played an even game. Thats just the way I see, unlucky for the Kiwis.