Hey Kevin, don’t you just hate it when somebody’s always right…i’m probably irritating the hell out of some people…but like i said, just step aside and let the shooter roll…you’ve been a good sport throughout, putting up with my cocky attitude, i’ll give you credit for that, i was the same way on the field, givin everyone the bizness…anyways
Who knows, if Frings was playing it could’ve made a difference…that shot Schneider took that went just over the bar, watch the replay, Buffon saved that, one finger, just knocked it over the net…i really don’t know how anybody is gonna score on Italy, this is the greatest defensive performance in world cup history, and Cannavaro is the player of the tournament for my money
Oddly i find myself in a strange predicament, i think France beats Portugal, but its much better for me financially if Portugal wins…i’m gonna try to work that out somehow to even out
As for possible reasons Portugal might win…i got a few, not very good though, but u never know
France might bounce after such a huge performance vs Brazil…1986 World Cup, France eliminated Brazil in quarters, then lost next game in semi’s…so a possible let down could happen, although unlikely
Coach Scolari is the current champion, and he molded this team to resemble the 2002 Brazil team, that still might not be enough to beat Frenchy though
Ricardo the goalie is hot and hardly gives up any goals, he’s gonna be tough to beat
Can Zidane play back to back gems at 35 years of age, very unlikely
Portugal’s midfield is well rested with 2 of their starters coming back from suspension, Deco especially should be sitting on a big performance
So you got some favourable angles there, but i can’t see any of that being enough to overthrow Frenchy, Portugal will need some serious luck to win this game, i’m assuming they will try to keep it at 0-0 and take it to PK’s right from the start…if nobody scores early, this could be a defensive yawner, but if it opens up it could be a shootout, neither team likes to open it up unless necessary, so i’m figuring a stingy defensive game, hope it isn’t though, been seeing too many of those lately
As for my “theories”…yeah, they do make sense in a strange way
And when it comes to Italy in soccer, i know them better than they know themselves…actually watched one of their warm up games just before the World Cup…guess what, picked that game right too, bet a 1-1 tie…i don’t know, sometimes you just get a fix on some teams