Sunday, June 08, 2008

half time: turkey vs portugal 0-0

all the hype has yet to reveal itself. ronaldo has yet to show his best display in this match. like i said earlier, portugal won't be easily cruising through as turkry won't give up no matter how though the game is gonna be. let's see who will join czech rep. on top of the group. i didn't see a real football match in the first half and i hope i can see more action in the second half. bye for now....

second half:

in the 10 mins of second half, pepe (real madrid defender) has finally gotten his mark after his first goal was being disallowed because of his advance position in the heart of turkey's defense line.who would have thought that potugal's goal came from central defender. i always knew pepe would be a star after dozens of fine display during his first season in real madrid. i am greatly impressed by the resistance of this humble man. i believe turkey could have had more chances of goals if they hadn't played like a school boy. nihat should have shot directly to the goalkeeper and made him shaking like hell. instead of shooting, nihat would only give his team a harmless corner. tuncay sanli had a perfect chance of scoring but ricardo, the portuguese goalkeeper, made his presence felt by palming away a pin point cross from the right side. i am quite bewildered on why tv channels refuse to display the scoring sheet and the time line. i had difficulties on guessing the time. minutes away from the end of the second half, but turkey haven't made portugal's defense rattle for a minute or two. emre asik should have done better than hitting the ball outside the target. portugal played a lot better in the second half with nuno gomes hitting the frame twice. but it was way to slow against their standard. i would love to see more beautiful football as i always see when national sides come to meet their rivals.  less than 5 mins to go with portugal still ahead in this match. tuncay sanli had another clear chance but once again, he disappointed both the fans and his teammates. perhaps he needs to learn how to shoot the ball back into the net. portugal doubled their lead after mareles (i am not sure about his name though) put the ball behind the net after a perfect pass by joao moutinho. i said earlier that turkey have only themselves to blame after missing gold chances during the game. i guess i was right after all. it's a perfect start for portugal and a lot better than the WC 06. sitting on top will thrill felipe scolari at least, and what he needs to do is to face one more obstacle which is to come against czech rep. i dunno whether portugal have lift up the expectation, however they have yet to face real enemy and czech rep could be their first test. can't wait to watch tomorrow's match. bye for now...

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