Bend like Beckham

As it was put by Sports Illustrated, this is an ugly 1-0 game otherwise.

It is a completely different case for England's next opponent Portugal, who got 9 yellow and 2 red cards and their star Dego will not be able to play in the quarter finals. The Netherlands and Portugal played an very beautiful, classic (unfortunately, it would be remembered for other reasons), and exciting game.

contrary to the Italy-USA game, the referee really sucked this time. He should have kicked out Portugal's Constinha at least 10 minutes earlier and awarded a penalty for the Netherlands at 42'.

The rest of the game was a mess although both teams still gave us their better performance than some others in this World Cup.