WORLD CUP

Post by **arjay** » July 2, 2006, 5:52 pm

And Portugal will play 1 more game only,as they only won by the skin of Ronaldos pure white Teeth.

Very much agreed BM.

My son who is quite observant, said immediately after the Rooney sending off, he saw Ronaldo run across to the sideline and give his manager/coach the thumbs up.

Post by **beer monkey** » July 2, 2006, 6:18 pm

Englands Penalty escapades.....................
on the commentary i was getting(BBC) they were saying after England was down to 10 men just hold out for the penalties.....

1990 world cup
v West Germany, semi-final, Turin
Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle were the men to miss from the spot as Germany, after a 1-1 draw after extra time, advanced to the final with a 4-2 win on penalties.

1996 - Euro 96
v Germany, semi-final, Wembley
Gareth Southgate missed the first sudden-death penalty as the Germans again beat England via a shoot-out in a semi-final, this time winning 6-5. The game had finished 1-1 after extra time.

1998 - World Cup
v Argentina, second round, St Etienne
Argentina advanced 4-3 on penalties after a match remembered for Michael Owen's wonder goal, David Beckham's sending off and a Sol Campbell winner that was ruled out. Paul Ince and David Batty were the men who failed to convert their spot-kicks.

2004 - Euro 2004
v Portugal, quarter-final, Lisbon
Again England were beaten on penalties, this time 6-5, after a breathless 2-2 draw at the Estadio da Luz in which Campbell thought he had scored a last-minute winner only to have it ruled out. Beckham skied the first penalty before Ricardo saved Darius Vassell's sudden-death effort.

2006 - World Cup
v Portugal, quarter-final, Gelsenkirchen
England are never convincing as they win their group and squeeze past Ecuador. In the last eight, they produce a valiant rearguard action against Portugal after Wayne Rooney is sent off but go down on penalties again - this time 3-1 - with that man Ricardo again their penalty shoot-out nemesis. Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher fail to convert before Cristiano Ronaldo steps up to send England crashing out.

Post by **beer monkey** » July 2, 2006, 6:51 pm

David Beckham is standing down as England captain following the team's World Cup exit.

Beckham choked back tears as he delivered an emotional statement at a news conference at England's training headquarters near Baden-Baden in Germany.

He said he had "lived the dream'' but with a new manager taking over it was time for a new captain. He wanted to continue playing for England, however.

Speaking in a faltering voice, the 31-year-old midfielder said it had been the "greatest honour of his career'' to captain his country and offered his support to the new England manager Steve McClaren and the new captain who has yet to be announced.

Beckham revealed that he had made the decision to stand down some time ago but had hoped to announce it under different circumstances.

"I hoped to make it on the back of a successful World Cup. Sadly, that wasn't to be,'' he said.

"This decision has been the most difficult of my career to date but after discussing it with my family and those close to me I feel the time is right.''

Beckham was given a round of applause by journalists as he left the news conference without taking questions.

Post by **farang** » July 3, 2006, 2:50 am

beer monkey wrote:David Beckham is standing down as England captain following the team's World Cup exit.

Beckham choked back tears as he delivered an emotional statement at a news conference at England's training headquarters near Baden-Baden in Germany.

He said he had "lived the dream'' but with a new manager taking over it was time for a new captain. He wanted to continue playing for England, however.

Speaking in a faltering voice, the 31-year-old midfielder said it had been the "greatest honour of his career'' to captain his country and offered his support to the new England manager Steve McClaren and the new captain who has yet to be announced.

Beckham revealed that he had made the decision to stand down some time ago but had hoped to announce it under different circumstances.

"I hoped to make it on the back of a successful World Cup. Sadly, that wasn't to be,'' he said.

"This decision has been the most difficult of my career to date but after discussing it with my family and those close to me I feel the time is right.''

Beckham was given a round of applause by journalists as he left the news conference without taking questions.

Post by **hxjohn** » July 5, 2006, 1:57 am

good luck to germany old enemy.s but full respect to them

Post by **farang** » July 5, 2006, 2:15 am

come on italy,,did i say that ? lol

Post by **beer monkey** » July 5, 2006, 3:04 am

come on yellow-munn. ...

will it be nil-nil or nine-nine...

Post by **farang** » July 5, 2006, 3:14 am

beer monkey wrote:come on yellow-munn.

LOL LOL

NINE/nil,,,to italy ..,sato sato sato

Post by **beer monkey** » July 5, 2006, 4:31 am

Magnifico....you can't top that display. well i did,nt think italy were going to get a pizza de action, but was wrong. lol

Post by **farang** » July 5, 2006, 7:20 pm

Out on her royal yacht the queen was enjoying the sea air when she spied
a man in the water off the port bow - clearly being menaced by a very
large shark.

Through her binoculars she could see it was Christian Ronaldo,
struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 20 foot shark!
The queen ordered the captain to change course to try and save the poor
man, but she knew the yachts top speed would never get them there in
time.

At that exact moment a speedboat containing three men wearing white tops
sped into view. One of the men took aim at the shark and fired a harpoon
into its ribs, immobilising it instantly. The other two reached out and
pulled Ronaldo from the water and, using long clubs, beat the shark to
death.

They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious Ronaldo into the speedboat
along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they
heard frantic calling ...... It was the Queen calling them to the yacht.

On reaching yacht the Queen went into raptures about the rescue and
said, "I'll give you a knighthood for your brave actions. I thought the
England team would hate Ronaldo after the world cup. But I see that the
England team are true heroes and should serve as a model for
sportsmanship to other countries." She knighted them and sailed away.

As she departed Rooney asked the others, "Who was that?!"

"That," Beckham answered, "was our Queen. She rules the Commonwealth and
knows everything about our country."

"Well," Rooney replied, "she knows sod all about shark fishing. How's the
bait holding up?"

Post by **farang** » July 9, 2006, 1:26 am

http://www.ihateronaldo.com/i-hate-rona ... e-pics.php

http://www.ronaldo-is.com/

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