the quater finals of world cup 2006 is turning out to go against the odds issint it?

firstly, many expected argentina to beat the germans though they are the hosts, secondly the 2 incredible matches played last night, England vs Portugal and France vs Brazil. looks like matches worthy to be the finals of the WC.

however it was not meant to be fer england and brazil as they crashed out of the world cup unconvincingly.. the mysterious spell on england penalties has been repeatedly causing england to lose games which they looked the better side with more chances and better play. rooney was sent of during the second half which instead forced england to play much much better.. passing and dribbling were much more decisive and swift. guess thats the england mentality, to put their foot on the gas when pressures on.
england managed to pull through till the final whistle and force extra time to be played.. really exciting 30 mins of extra time as england had chances after chance but just couldnt convert. it ended 0-0 after the 30 mins of extra time, and it was the penalty shoot-outs where england self destructed with 3 players missing from the spot.

from this very dissappointing game, heres all that i could be proud of:



france took the game against brazil surprisingly after a poor start to the world cup, lets see how far they go this year..