Football Fever
Football fever is raging around the globe,and its difficult to escape the hysteria..Myself,a self-proclaimed soccer fan was witness to one of the best matches in WC history yesterday.The tussle between Portugal and Netherlands was one of the most happening,intriguing,queerest fights on the football pitch I have witnessed in the recent past.
The match started with Cristiano Ronaldo having to leave the field after less than 5 minutes courtesy a rough tackle from a Portugal defender.Right from the start,it appeared that the referee was in mood to tolerate even the slightest aberration..Both the teams were equally talented,but Ports had the first strike when Maniche fired a brilliant goal after troubling Dutch goalie,Van der Sar on quite a few occassions.The first half ended with one Portugal player being red-carded.But the series of events were no precursor to what was to follow in the latter half.
The second half saw a flurry of yellow and red cards..4 reds the most being shown in any WC match history..Tackles,side-pushes,shirt-holding,head-butting,pushing and what not was on display in full attendance of hundreds of thousands of fans.Players were replaced regularly;tension running high,expletives were directed towards the opposition and the referee..All in all,a heck of a masala match..this drama is what makes football the most popular game on the planet.I was hoping the Portugese score a goal by the end of ninety minutes of high-adrenaline charged match so that we have an extended 30 minutes and we could be a witness to the first WC match which finally ends with five players from each side playing and a host of goals!!
Football at its best display!!Guess will have to leave now else will miss the Italy vs Australia showdown.Good Night and sweet dreams.
The match started with Cristiano Ronaldo having to leave the field after less than 5 minutes courtesy a rough tackle from a Portugal defender.Right from the start,it appeared that the referee was in mood to tolerate even the slightest aberration..Both the teams were equally talented,but Ports had the first strike when Maniche fired a brilliant goal after troubling Dutch goalie,Van der Sar on quite a few occassions.The first half ended with one Portugal player being red-carded.But the series of events were no precursor to what was to follow in the latter half.
The second half saw a flurry of yellow and red cards..4 reds the most being shown in any WC match history..Tackles,side-pushes,shirt-holding,head-butting,pushing and what not was on display in full attendance of hundreds of thousands of fans.Players were replaced regularly;tension running high,expletives were directed towards the opposition and the referee..All in all,a heck of a masala match..this drama is what makes football the most popular game on the planet.I was hoping the Portugese score a goal by the end of ninety minutes of high-adrenaline charged match so that we have an extended 30 minutes and we could be a witness to the first WC match which finally ends with five players from each side playing and a host of goals!!
Football at its best display!!Guess will have to leave now else will miss the Italy vs Australia showdown.Good Night and sweet dreams.
posted by Rahul @ 6/26/2006 08:22:00 PM
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