do you think that england could have beaten portugal if wayne rooney was not given the red card because it was a very controversial decision by the refree as rooney did not deserve it.thus do you think that after winning that match they would have easily sailed on to the cup win and again repeat history after 40 long years????????
2006-07-12 03:19:43 · 14 answers · asked by smatty_billionaire 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
nope. I think the outcome would have been the same. England couldn't even score on P/K's what makes you think they would've scored otherwise. W/ Beckham and Rooney ....Maybe. I put value in the Portuguese goaltender than the England squad, I just don't think he was going to give up a goal. He was too strong that game. As for the Red Card not being warranted, I disagree ( and I was pulling for England, I cannot stand Figgo) but went you violently shove another and yell F**K O** to everyone on pitch to include the referee ( and you really did not have to be that good of a lip reader to figure out what he was yelling at everyone.)about 20 times I think you need to go on a timeout. W/O the shove and temper tantrum I think he would have only seen Yellow.
Crouch was the most uncoordinated athlete I think I have ever seen. It was so pathetic it was comical to watch him with the ball.
Either way I think we have the same result.
2006-07-12 03:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pennywise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I think we'd still have lost simply because it would have gone to penalties again and we'd have missed em. I'll say this again....it was Sven Goran Eriksson's squad choice and tactics that cost England the chance to get to the final. That and an inability to put away penalties in the shootout. If they had beaten Portugal...i doubt whether they'd have gone on to win it, simply because of Sven. The players were capable, but they were playing under a ridiculous system and without a proven striker would have been found out by France in the Semi-Final or Italy in the final. How you can select an unproven 18 year old who hasn't even played for his club, ahead of someone like Jermaine Defoe who has consistently scored goals in the Premier League for a number of years is totally beyond belief. Add to that the decision to take a crocked Michael Owen.....Ridiculous...absolutely suicidal....But hey, ok for Sven, he leaves the job having collected a cool £27 million during his tenure...
2006-07-12 03:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, even if they'd beaten Portugal, which shouldn't have been too hard with Rooney, they'd have a tough time against France and then Italy. England made a really bad team effort (not individual, just team) this year. And no offence but that was not a wise question.
2006-07-12 07:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by Aurora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 06:22:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England were never going to win this WC before it started anyway. When you've got a strikeforce comprising half-fit Rooney, disastrous Crouch, bumbling Owen and untested Walcott, did you ever think they had a chance? Rooney may have been the only one with a bit of promise, but the rest: write-offs.
2006-07-12 03:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by f00t1e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, Ricardo played with real class ... he saved 3 penelty shots!! Yes, if Rooney's still on the pitch, he could have produced chances for England. But Eriksson's tactic was to play with one stiker, making it hard for Rooney to score and play, plus, that might make Rooney upset coz there was always defenders around him or tackling him. No chance for England if Eriksson sticks on 1 striker! I know that 1 striker formation is good when you have lots of quality midfielder or winger --- but Lampard, Gerrard, Beckham were all mediocre in the world cup.
2006-07-12 03:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by VeRiTas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. Portugal would still have beat them inPK. If by some small chance they made it past Portugal they still would have facr France and Italy. Never would have made it. They sucked this year. Too many "me"s and not enough "we"s. The boys just don't know how to play well together.
2006-07-12 03:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by mmesfan38 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the games was destined to penalty kicks. England lacked forwards in this WC, excellent middle but bad forwards (Peter Crouch is a disgrace for tall players, a little person can out jump him).
2006-07-12 03:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by MartinPalermo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Rooney is an overrated player. He contributed nothing to England's attack.
2006-07-12 04:00:07 · answer #9 · answered by rico_the_majestic_one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes < portugal isnot very strong team to be 4th place in wm!
2006-07-12 03:23:59 · answer #10 · answered by ZODIAC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋