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I would have thought Cameroon was a better team, but Japan surprises.

I hope brasil win today

Very disappointed at Portugal , was expecting a better result.

64x wrote:Very disappointed at Portugal , was expecting a better result.

Even with handicapped top scorer Didier Drogba, Portugal could not pull it off. That tells you how good the Ivorian team is.

I wasn't able to watch the game. Was it Portugal not coming together as a team or Cote d'Ivoire being much stronger than expected?

unbelievable. North Korea can easily stand against Brasilia.
IMO they even played better and less fouls.

Cool.

64x wrote:I wasn't able to watch the game. Was it Portugal not coming together as a team or Cote d'Ivoire being much stronger than expected?

Don't sleep on the Ivorian team. Look at the roster and what each one has done for his club. Here also is a recent BBC report on Ivory Coast/Football. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters ... _most.html

64x wrote:I wasn't able to watch the game. Was it Portugal not coming together as a team or Cote d'Ivoire being much stronger than expected?

Here is the final stats:

Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)	Statistics	Portugal (POR)
		5	Shots	7
		1	Shots on goal	2
		0	Goals Scored	0
		18	Fouls Committed	13
		12	Fouls Suffered	16
		6	Corner kicks	4
		14	Free kicks Shots (scored)	18
		0 / 0	Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots)	0 / 0
		2	Offsides	1
		0	Own goals	0
		2	Yellow cards	1
		0	Second yellow card and red card	0
		0	Red Cards	0
		36	Actual playing time	37
		50%	Possession (%)	50%

Wow, would not have expected that. But then again, I did not spend time to form an opinion on Cote d'Ivoire. Goes to show me.

go spain - go !!!