On the stroke of half time, a great goal too :D

And Roberto Carlos said that they only needed to play at 40% of their ability to beat Turkey. Looks like it's hard for them to even play at 30%. :D

I love commentators... the idiot just said

"Looks like Brazil will have to score in the second half if they want to win the game..."

You think!!!

he probably didn't mean that.

Brazil 2, Turkey 1, and Turkey played with 9 men :D :D :D

Well the first send off was deserved - though I thought the ref should have flashed a few yellow cards at Brazilian defenders who wouldn't stay back the 10 m at free kicks, and the second red card - Rivaldo gets the overacting award of the year - way to get hit in the hip or knee then fall over clutching his face - totally pathetic, what a loser :( .

Turkey played great, but one goal keeping blunder and a couple of failures of temperament - pity, they showed real promise.

Some talk from Martin Tyler and the Aussie commentators that Rivaldo could be charged and suspended on video evidence - is that at all likely - have they changed the rules to allow retrospective bookings??

What a disgraceful job of overacting Rivaldo did to get that dude sent off. Sure the dude shouldn't have kicked it to him but is he a wuss or what? At first I thought someone in the crowd had thrown a coin or something at him. Maybe they should have called the stretcher on and stretchered him off the pitch for getting hit in the head with a soccer ball. I mean look at him! :rolleyes:

http://www.soccernet.com/i/wc/020603/rivaldo0603_bb.jpg

Someone better call for an ambulance...

[ 06-03-2002, 10:51 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]

He has taken much worse than that while standing in the wall for free kicks - throw the f***ing book at him I say - briging the game into disrepute like that!!!!!!!!!

It was horrible to watch... That referee should get glasses... I'm not even sure he was a referee, probably just the waterboy who they dressed up.
Either that or he is a BIG Brazil fan...

Come on if you are a referee you don't have to help Brazil to win, they are good enopugh on their own...