O.k first off in 66 they changed venues to favour england then in usa 94 qualifying i cant rememember it that well but apparantly we were robbed against italy then in 97 against germany in a game we had to win we were 1-0 up and rui costa gets sent off for walking off slowly, i mean please 1: he could easily be told to hurry up especially with a yellow card and 2: rest assured if he was german he'd wouldnt be sent off.
Then against france desailly's stamp on figo unpunished he already had a yeallow card then viera's retaliation tackle on figo from behind in which i have seen sending offs be4 then zidane's elbow pn figo in which there was a free kick but no punishment then lizarazu's tackle on conceicao and then the penalty.....
I still personally believe it was ball to hand and not hand to ball but even if it was i think u cannot be 100% it was a penalty and so should be given the benefit of the doubt in that situation but the virtual images show that the linesman cannot see nor xavier nor the ball so his decision was pure luck rather than anything else oh and lets not forget the offside goal
O.k so what does this prove well i agree with figo and think it is a conspiracy against portugal and why you may ask??
well uefa and fifa dont particualrly want portugal to do well because they are a small nation and cant produce the money that a big country like france would generate therefore uefa do their best for big countries to do well in tournaments so that more money is generated.
and as gerard aigner put it "we would like a france v holland final" and why???? more $$$$$$$$$$$$.
Then against france desailly's stamp on figo unpunished he already had a yeallow card then viera's retaliation tackle on figo from behind in which i have seen sending offs be4 then zidane's elbow pn figo in which there was a free kick but no punishment then lizarazu's tackle on conceicao and then the penalty.....
I still personally believe it was ball to hand and not hand to ball but even if it was i think u cannot be 100% it was a penalty and so should be given the benefit of the doubt in that situation but the virtual images show that the linesman cannot see nor xavier nor the ball so his decision was pure luck rather than anything else oh and lets not forget the offside goal
O.k so what does this prove well i agree with figo and think it is a conspiracy against portugal and why you may ask??
well uefa and fifa dont particualrly want portugal to do well because they are a small nation and cant produce the money that a big country like france would generate therefore uefa do their best for big countries to do well in tournaments so that more money is generated.
and as gerard aigner put it "we would like a france v holland final" and why???? more $$$$$$$$$$$$.