International Friendlies Thread

that's all 8 goals in 1 minute. for a better view on the individual goals:

http://www.101greatgoals.com

Juligen wrote:

Yef wrote:6-2..damn! Well C.Ronaldo is just too pretty for those favela boys, I'll bet he didnt played that well because of all the Catinga!

LMFAO, shut up Fey, its been a long time since I dont feel proud of my team and I did yesterday.


Cant believe I will say this, but good work Dunga

By just watching the goals I can smell the catinga!!! Imagina how CR7 must have felt

thanks filthy bitches

Elano scored a REALLY BEAUTIFUL goal.

Glenn Hysén wrote:I like Quim

I like Portugal defense and defensive midfield even better....a bit like the invisible man. You know he is there, you just can't see him....

ratings from sharabigunda.com

BRAZIL

Júlio César – 6: Surprisingly wasn’t as busy as he would have expected considering Portugal’s attacking penchant. Can’t be faulted for the first goal but he failed to close down the angles to deny the second by Simão. Other than that, only made a few routine saves.

Maicon – 8: Very lively down the right flank. Always provided assistance but also never left his duties at the back unattended. Scored a gem of a goal and help set-up another.

Luisão – 8: Solid as a rock at the back. Always held firm and stood his ground to put in strong tackles and interceptions. Didn’t let anyone get past him in one-on-one, shoulder-to-shoulder situations.
Thiago Silva – 7.5: Showed good judgment and reading of the game and collaborated well with Luisão. They never got in one another’s way and always knew where each other would be to cover any gaps.

Kléber – 7.5: Wasn’t at all troubled by Ronaldo or Simão. That could largely be because he never roamed forward and he had his flank covered at all times.

Gilberto Silva – 7: As always, hung quietly deep inside his own territory. Barely heard his name mentioned, hardly saw his face on camera, but that does not mean he wasn’t in the contest. A typical unsung hero-styled performance.

Anderson – 6: Another inept performance. Struggled to get into the game and gave the ball away too often. A child among princes. Only saving grace was his workrate, while his poor performance failed to dampen his enthusiasm.

Elano – 8: Wasn’t really involved offensively in the first half. He was more aggressive after the restart and was encouraged to push forward more. Scored without question the goal of the night with a stunning, bending, curling shot from a tight angle. Extra marks just for that!

Kaká – 8.5: Took a while to get going but once he started his engines, he went straight up to fifth gear. Completely dominated the midfield and almost every single Brazilian attack went through him. Made two assists, including a brilliant dribble past two defenders to set-up Luis Fabiano’s second goal.

Robinho – 8.5: Another swashbuckling performance. Almost everything he did on the pitch came off perfectly. A shame he didn’t get on the scoresheet but he set-up two goals and was involved in another. Disappeared towards the end of the game but he had already inflicted his damage.

Luís Fabiano – 9: In typical predatory style, had three shots on goal and tucked away all three of them. But he did more than just that. He was constantly fighting for the ball upfront, holding it up, creating spaces and even teed-up Maicon’s goal.

Substitutes:
Adriano – 6.5; Mancini – 5; Dani Alves – 6; Josué – 5; Alex – 5; Marcelo – 6

PORTUGAL

Quim – 4: Although most of Brazil’s goals were spectacular, he was at fault for at least three of them with his poor positioning. Never looked confident and his command over his defenders just collapsed.

Bosingwa – 5: Charged forward every chance he had. Perhaps too recklessly! Left his right flank exposed time and time again and had no answers to stop Robinho. Did occasionally drift into the middle to help out his center backs.

Pepe – 4: Outmuscled by Robinho for the first goal and failed to stop Luis Fabiano for the second. Unable to impose himself at the back and barely won any of the critical tackles.

Bruno Alves – 4.5: Had no equilibrium with Pepe whatsoever. Caught out of position numerous times and had to rely on his teammates to cover for him. Made the assist Danny’s opening goal, though but that is scant consolation.

Paulo Ferreira – 4: Didn’t attack as much as Bosingwa and yet his flank looked even more exposed. Four of the six goals came through his side of the pitch.

Deco – 4.5: Completely anonymous in the first half. Other than his through ball which fed Simão’s goal, he had almost nothing significant to show.

Tiago – 4: Showed a few good touches of the ball early on and was very involved in attack. But once Brazil wrestled control of the game, he was nowhere to be seen.

Maniche – 6.5: Fought hard all across the midfield. Tried his best to clean up at the back and help his forward line at the same time. Full marks for his work rate.

Simão – 6: Drifted in and out of the game. When he was on the ascendancy, he looked very menacing every time he had the ball as he took advantage of the spaces left open by an out-marked Ronaldo.

Danny – 6: Made an immediate impact with his very first goal for his country after just four minutes. But he failed to build on that and he was barely allowed another shot on goal after that. Was always easily muscled off the ball and fell to the ground far too often.

Ronaldo – 5.5: Made a sizzling start but quickly overshadowed by Robinho and Kaká as the game progressed. Eight goals scored on the night and not a single one from him… not even an assist. His bag of tricks simply did not work against a sharp Brazilian backline who always knew what he was up to.

Substitutes:
Nani – 6.5; João Moutinho – 6; Almeida – N/A; César Peixoto – N/A

Ronaldo got 5.5? Really? I was undecided between 0 and 0.1...but that is just me...

lampiao007 wrote:Ronaldo got 5.5? Really? I was undecided between 0 and 0.1...but that is just me...

you need to understand that Ronaldo is a team player, he is always willing to sacrifice personal performance, achievement and acclaim for the good of his teammates. So although he wasn't directly involved in either Portuguese goal, his presence in the side will have inspired the players around him to play well..

I still think Nani hogles the ball even more than Ronaldo
Just missing Quaresma so we can have a competition of "how long can you keep the ball without doing anything whatsoever with it?"

But, hey, Simao is the one that is no good. We should play with Ronaldo, Quaresma, Nani, H Almeida, all at same time, and do what we have been doing since Scolari left (after the Czech game)...absolutely f@ck all.
WC 2010 bye bye

Simao pisses all over Quaresma, Nani and Ronaldo, in terms of end product.

Olé wrote:Simao pisses all over Quaresma, Nani and Ronaldo, in terms of end product.

I have been saying this for years.

Olé wrote:Simao pisses all over Quaresma, Nani and Ronaldo

everyone needs a hobby

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6hj_XF_CxMI

Great goal by Elano !

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Olé wrote:Simao pisses all over Quaresma, Nani and Ronaldo

everyone needs a hobby

Lately it's not a hobby anymore. It's a full time job

Brazil swept aside Portugal in their international fixture on Wednesday evening, but the South American samba stars have accused Cristiano Ronaldo of employing dirty tricks...

Brazil emerged triumphant over Portugal on Wednesday evening in a thrilling encounter that bore eight goals, but not one of them was scored by last season's 42-goal forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal were on the wrong end of an embarrassing 6-2 upset in what is arguably Dunga's finest game in charge of A Seleção.

Cristiano Ronaldo grew increasingly frustrated throughout the game that he has even been accused of trying to purposefully injure a fellow professional's leg, while sulking around the pitch as he was continuously outshone by Brazil's samba stars.

Ronaldo's Box Of (Dirty) Tricks

Ronaldo grabbed Marcelo round the neck, and Brazil defender Thiago Silva believes that Ronaldo tried to break his leg.

The 24-year old Fluminense centre back is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: "He [Cristiano Ronaldo] has the cheek to say I jumped over his tackle. But if I did not jump he would have broken my leg.

"Being considered the best player in the world, he must have more respect. It is difficult to accept what he did. "

"He is a little [naughty], yes. But that is football. And we need to know to deal with it. He was nervous because he couldn't create anything," Silva concluded.

Disappearing Act

The Portuguese press have been critical of the anonymous Ronaldo, but national coach Carlos Queiroz has jumped to defend the Manchester United man.

"The formation is different and so are the players that work with him. We have to give him support and service so that Cristiano can show more of his football," he nodded.

Crappy link, but at least you get all the scores.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/scoreboard?league=fifa.friendly&date=20081119&cc=5739

Glenn Hysén wrote:ratings from sharabigunda.com


Pepe – 4: Outmuscled by Robinho for the first goal and failed to stop Luis Fabiano for the second. Unable to impose himself at the back and barely won any of the critical tackles.

30m well spent

The HuddFather wrote:

borocooper wrote:Tuncay

I will look forward to seeing God in action.

He really is class.

Think he's a good player myself.

De Guzman wrote:If Bellamy would have played for Arsenal I would have said exactly the same.

Bellamy and Collison stole the show...and Bellamy scored. .

How come Portugal aren't playing a friendly?

Toivonen scores a third for Sweden against the Scots.

TheCrazy58 wrote:How come Portugal aren't playing a friendly?

Currently ongoing problems between Queiroz and Portuguese FA

In short: Portugal qualified on a crapastic way, played crap in the WC, players called out where a mystery to half of the Portuguese people. Now the Portuguese FA wants to sack him, but are trying to find a way of doing so without having to fork out compensation. Also some accusations from the Anti dopping people in Portugal against Queiroz in regards of some verbal offenses to them

In between, Queiroz will not stand down, and Euro qualifiers start in a month time

In another words, Portugal is screwed