Sunday, June 25, 2006

Rummy at Nuremberg

How many witnessed this game of Rummy on Sunday at the Frankenstadion Football field, Nuremberg? I did.. and guess who was dealing the cards. It was none other than the Russian referee Valentin Ivanov officiating the Pre Quarter final knockout tie between Portugal and Netherlands. Thought the referee did some partiality on Portugal's side by dealing them lesser cards, overall the match was fun. :) The match consisted of 25 fouls, 16 Yellow Cards and 4 Red Cards.

Despite the flurry of Yellow Cards and dismissals of Portuguese midfielders Costinha and Deco plus Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz and midfielder Giovanni van Bronckhorst, it was a contest of high-quality and much attacking play and Portugal booked their place in the World Cup quarter-finals with a bruising and bad-tempered 1-0 win over the Netherlands.

Now it would be very difficult for Portugal to overcome England in the Quarter finals without Deco and Costinha but still I will put my bet on them.

My prediction for the last phase (I will delete this post, if this doesn’t happen.. :D)

Germany Vs Italy

Portugal Vs Brazil

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Germany Vs Brazil

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SAMBA DANCE AT BERLIN :)))


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