Portugal vs Angola

Boo!!! Those dirty, diving 'gueses didn't deserve to win 😠

Originally posted by darvlay
I live in Little Portugal in Toronto and I'm praying for an Angola upset. Every time Portugal wins (or draws against a half-decent team), I will have to listen to car horns blasting for the next 4 hours.

Angola played a very good game vs Portugal.
Portugal on the second half was very conservative.
Still I believe Portugal will beat Mexico and win their bracket>>😀

Originally posted by darvlay
Oh my God. They are going crazy out on the streets. And what the hell for? Barely winning their first game against a second rate team? Hoo-f*cking-ray! Let's all honk our horns for hours.

Originally posted by expressiveoutburst
Collect stones and throw them at the cars from your window, ducking behind the curtains after each throw! 😀

Originally posted by darvlay
Oh my God. They are going crazy out on the streets. And what the hell for? Barely winning their first game against a second rate team? Hoo-f*cking-ray! Let's all honk our horns for hours.

Originally posted by darvlay
Ha. I wish I had some sardines to throw at them instead.

Originally posted by darvlay
Ha. I wish I had some sardines to throw at them instead.

My match analysis:

I'm obviously happy with the 3 points, but there are some lessons to be learnt by Scolari in this game.

1st: Figo played amazingly well, but he was dead tired in the end. Taking out C.Ronaldo and leave Figo on the pitch was a mistake, in my opinion. Let's not forget we'll need Figo fit for the next matches.

2nd: Two defensive midfielders doesn't work for us (especially without Deco). When Costinha and Petit were both playing, the midfield disappeared and we suffered some pressure by Angola. With a stronger team could have been fatal.

3rd: Maniche brought some fluidity to the midfield. Sometimes during the game we needed a more mobile midfield to open up spaces. Tiago is great, but he needs to move more when we have possession so he can be given the ball in playable conditions. I think Maniche should have the place, along with Petit.

4th: Miguel looks in great shape. Defensively he didn't have that much work to do, but he looked back in good form coming up.

All said, a good game that showed that there's good understanding between the players and from which we can (hopefully) learn some lessons. 3 points in the bag and chances to improve sounds good to me for an opening match.

PS: Good luck to Angola, I wish them all the best.

Edit: Of course we'll need deco for the tougher matches but that's always the case with the best players of each team.

Originally posted by Palynka
Feeding them will only encourage them to continue!

POR-TU-GAL! POR-TU-GAL! POR-TU-GAL! fiiiiii!!! honk!!! honk!! POR-TU-GAL! POR-TU-GAL!

PS: Isn't it great the diversity of cultures?

Originally posted by darvlay
An update:

There's been a major injury (maybe a shooting?) at Dundas and Ossington. EMS are on site as well as Police. Bloody idiots.

That does it! I am now officially rooting for every team that faces Portugal!

EDIT - Why can't the Portugese youth in Toronto be more like you, Palynka? 🙁

Originally posted by Palynka
A shooting??? Unlikely. Probably someone had a heart attack after so many emotions and greasy sardines.

Originally posted by darvlay
Why can't the Portugese youth in Toronto be more like you, Palynka?

Mexico is lucky that they are not playing in another bracket.