The Dutch started it when first van Bommel tackled Ronaldo from behind, and a few minutes later Boulahrouz attacked Cristiano, extending his leg at Ronaldo's waist level and kicking him in the thigh with all the power. And for that, Boulahrouz only got a yellow card, which was ridiculous. Raising your leg to waist level and kicking it around the waist and thigh of the opposition player, should immediately be a red card, period. This violent foul shows that the Dutch wanted to eliminate Cristiano from the very beginning because Cristiano was already, back then, the biggest threat to them and Portugal's biggest star. It's clear as day. And the Dutch managed to do it because Cristiano eventually had to leave the field very early in the first half, with an injury. So for me, everything that Portugal did afterwards was justified. It was the Dutch who started it, they eliminated Ronaldo due to a disgusting foul, so the Portuguese responded. The referee was at fault, he made a huge mistake - he should have immediately given Boulahrouz a red card for this disgusting attack on Ronaldo. It would be a clear signal to both teams that there would be no tolerance for any harsh fouls, and then neither team would make such a mess out of this match.
Man that was such a disappointing exit in a good season for real madrid, pellegrini's only blemish in his carrer with madrid, in la liga he competed against pep's barcelona until the end
We lost 4-0 to Alcorcón in the cup too. It wasn't a great season at all considering the signings we made. The league campaign was very good though, but still wasn't enough
Why was Benzema always co staring for Madrid? Always designed to feed the ball to speedy Gonzalez, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gareth Bale or Ronaldo etc. He was never the main striker until Ronaldo left, and he flourished.
Italy played well despite all their injuries. They even played a man down most of the second half because they had no subs left and their defender got injured
This was a new fresh squad after 2002 so they needed time to work together.Even the 2002 squad needed time after 98 to fix themselves But somehow everyone fell out of form before 2010 incredible.This was for me the most powerful Brazilian squad I have ever watched play.Each one from the attack was ok to be named the world footballer of the year
