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ENGLAND VS PORTUGAL TONIGHTS PREDECTION?
Don Rizzle:
Frank Lampard said England's players were "gutted" after their dramatic Euro 2004 penalty shoot-out exit against hosts Portugal.
And he led the complaints about referee Urs Meier's decision to disallow a last-minute "goal" from Sol Campbell.
"We didn't play our best but we worked very hard at certain stages to get back into the game," he said.
"And we had a goal at full time that was basically a fair goal taken away. There was nothing wrong with it."
Sven-Goran Eriksson, who insists he will stay on as England coach, is due to speak to the media at 1230 BST.
And the squad will fly home to Luton on Friday evening.
Lampard, scorer of England's extra-time equaliser on 115 minutes, admitted it had been a struggle to contain Portugal at times.
We had our chances to win the game and we didn't take them
John Terry
But he said England had shown enough mental strength to merit victory.
"We showed great character (after Campbell's disallowed strike) even though the lads were obviously knackered, we came back into it and then got beaten on penalties. What can you say?"
Lampard's team-mate John Terry also insisted Campbell's header should have stood.
"I didn't think it was a foul and neither did Sol," he said.
"Michael Owen saw the replay and people back home also said it definitely wasn't a foul. If that had gone in, we would have been through to the next stage.
ENGLAND'S SHOOT-OUT MISERY
World Cup 1990: Pearce and Waddle miss as West Germany win semi-final on penalties
Euro 96: Blushes for Southgate as another last-four defeat to Germany spoils Wembley party
World Cup 1998: Ince and Batty are denied as Argentina reach last eight in France
Euro 2004: Not again! This time Beckham and Vassell blow it to send Portugal through
"It's terrible. The linesman gave it and the referee overruled him. We're so disappointed. We're just gutted that we're not through.
"We didn't get much luck from the referee. He wasn't great but we had our chances to win the game and we didn't take them."
Defender Gary Neville said defeat on penalties was a bitter pill to swallow.
"It's three times for me now. I suppose the cynics will say it is a mental thing and this and that," he said.
Why can we not use video replays or whatever technology is around to ensure a fair result?
From Ian
"It was as much down to the penalty spot as anything. When you get into that it is a lottery. When David Beckham took his penalty the spot just gave way.
"Rui Costa and John Terry had the same problem. If you look at John Terry's penalty he was fortunate. He actually aimed to put it in the other corner.
Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/england/3838359.stm
Lil Jay:
LOL @ Portugals goalkeeper removing his gloves & scoring 30 seconds later, that was my highlight ;D I feel sorry for Vassell though :-\
ITW [the irish boy]:
What a game! What a result!
I cant tell you how happy I am that portugal won. It was real rowdy in the pub here because there was a small group of english supporters and a pub full of portugal supporters. I have to say tho, portugal deserved to win by far- they were attacking the whole game. I hate ashley cole but he had a great game. I'm unsure about the dissallowed goal but i thought portugal scored one too when the ball crossed the line but we never got to see it coz they scored just after.
At least there'll be no more gloating on the english stations - tho sky news are blaming everyone but themselves already. The english put up a good fight but they had no leader or anyone to hold the ball.
finally to the tune of "footballs coming home"
They're going home
They're going home
Theyre going
ENGLANDS GOING HOME!
WAHHHHEEEYYY
sorry had to do it
...'BfCfC'...:
--- Quote from: ITW [the irish boy] on June 25, 2004, 07:31:20 AM ---What a game! What a result!
I cant tell you how happy I am that portugal won.
They're going home
They're going home
Theyre going
ENGLANDS GOING HOME!
WAHHHHEEEYYY
--- End quote ---
Oh yea i forgot that IRELAND NEVEReven got through to the euros >:(
THEY'RE STAYING HOME
THEY'RE STAYING HOME
THEY'RE STAYING
IRELANDS STAYING HOME !
LMAOOOOO!!!
Joachim:
The refs at this tourny (and the last world cup) have been diabolical, including the English ref, last nights ref was a fucking homer, he bottled everything.
Im a Swede for the rest of the tournament.
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