It was truly a disgusting game with the Ivorian's & Brazilian's cheating like crazy.

Add to that the continued cheating of Italy and the WC has a big black eye..

Ivory coast was continuing their dirty tactics.. foot stomping.. and hard fouls so they can get a reaction like they did with CR resulting in cards..

Contrary to what Mattheiro was saying.. truth is Brazil would love to give their colonial masters an ass whupping.. especially on this stage.. in front of the masses.
Also if Dunga & CQ met that would be very serious as the bookmakers that offer odds on this sport would freak and it would lead to legal action and possibly jail time.

With all that said Sup Gino has it straight..

Ivory Coast did us a favour because their behaviour might just lead to a favourable result. All their dirty tactics, including getting Kaka sent off, means a draw makes for an extremely pleasureable result for Brazil. They can still point to their 6-2 demolition of us in the last match and beem in happiness to see the axe fall on those douches from the Cockes D'Ivoire.

In the World Cup like Italy with their simulated 4 World Cups you need all the favourable results you can get to win it, and lets face facts. Unless we get a few Italian Jobs.. Quieroz's inability will have us out in the first round.

Justin from Rochester, i'd be ashamed if Portugal went on through due to "portuguese friendship".... i'd prefer Portugal lose honorably even if it meant not going on to the next round.... that said, Portugal shouldn't expect any favours from Brazil and will have to play their best game of the group stage in order to get the result needed....

Some of these comments i am seeing are making me sick.. maybe Brazil will allow a draw, maybe both teams should take it easy and play for a draw.

WTF!

No we have to beat Korea and we have to beat Brazil!
What kind of third ranked team plays for a draw?
You think Brazil cares if Portugal doesn't make it past the group? I doubt it if they cared they wouldn't of embarrassed us 6-2 last time we played each other. Trust me Brazilians don't give a crap what happens to Portugal....

So we have to play for the win against both teams because Draws don't count in the knockout stages.

I am also sad to hear that Kaka isn't playing against Portugal because to be the best we got to beat the best.

Also Its time this team gets the balls to kick our opponents in the ass.

But think of it this way if we tie Korea and fail to advance out of the group stages then CQ prob will get fired and If we get Destroyed By Brazil than hes for sure gone.

But like always i am behind my second country no matter what happens all I want for this team is TO WIN!

Forca Portugal Sempre

I was routing Brazil but in all fairness, Fabiano's 2nd was controlled by hand and Keita purposely faked to get Kaka sent off.

This might be good for us but I'm not happy Kaka is off. It calms the hype for a very entertaining match. CR vs Kaka. Ivory Coast players have no respect and were complete sore losers to end the match they way they did.

In retaliation, Brazil just might purposely tie us to avenge for Kaka's loss and send those assholes on their way. I really hope they do so.

We just need to focus on Korea DPR.. hopefully take a 3-0 or more. We'll be fine.

A win tomorrow by two or more goals means Ivory coast would need to score 4+ goals even if we lose to Brazil, and if we tie or win, we are through no matter what!!!

Lets just believe that our final third will start clicking tomorrow!

This could help so much all portugal need is a win tomorrow and tie against brazil. This is my reasoning, Brazil and portugal could just settle for a draw instead of beating each other up the final game just get by. Brazil takes first we take 2nd with 5 points and they have 7. I can't see why that would not be the favorable outcome. Am I wrong to think that maybe some portuguese friendship could occur and let the teams rest a little bit and just stay sharp and play a little less intensely. I would not be surprised at all if that was the mindset going in to that game. Who is going to stop Dunga and CQ from speaking to each other and coming to an agreement. I know that what I am saying is a little Hollywood movie like but in all honesty I could see it happening. I don't think brazil is afraid of spain or any of those teams and most likely us coming in second would mean a meeting with spain unless the swiss win their next two games.

It was a pretty good game to watch but the only thing that bothered me in this match was the fact that Brazil left Drogba unmarked I would of been pleased if they shut them out but denying Ivory Coast points was good. I wasn't surprised how dirty Ivory Coast was today kind of what they were against Portugal, they were very cheeky to get Kaka sent off but Brazil might appeal the decision to FIFA and Elano injuried. This might of been a good result for Brazil but left a few Brazilians unhappy.

Let's Go Portugal let's score some goals and win!