Portugal's cup

We are through the quarter-finals of world cup. As I expected, Brazil got knocked out. They appeared complacent most part of the match. They attacked after going a goal down, but it is always going to be a tough task with experienced defenders like Thuram before French goal. England on the other hand, played well and created an array of chances inspite of being 1 man down. I thought it was a strong decision to send away Rooney. He didn't deserve a red for what he did. After all Ronaldo and he were team-mates at their club, and a bit of pushing is acceptable. It was painful to see England knocked out via the penalties. I thought it was a bad decision to start penalties with Lampard. Lampard never came close to the goal in this world cup inspite of a record number of attempts. This should have been a sufficient hint not to try him with penalties.

I have a strong feeling that it is going to be Germany vs Portugal in the final. Luis Scolari is going to be the difference between France and Portugal. This guy is a master tactician and knows how to make the best use of available resources. This could very well be Portugal's first world cup.