rednaz23: friend of mine does it every year here on lanzarote. he got kind of addicted to it i think and says that it isnt easy to stop the training routine. he started with this four years ago.
if they get one goal, the portuguese, lets see if they can recover and strike back... that was, in history at least, always the problem of strong portuguese teams... . they might lose their self-confidence after a french goal...
sorry... unfortunately it may be only a 3:1 during the panalties... (if i was able to change the rules, i would modify the panalty shooting to an "extended version" of all players that are still in, not just 5... ;-))) )
there, history will be repeated: france with a comfortable 2-goal-lead in extra time. germany strikes back, 2 goals in min113 and min118 (oliver neuville, marcel janssen) and, of course, a clear 5:1 in the penalty-shooting!
the same person can do the second penalty as soon as all "legal" players did it once... . he isnt allowed to stop. needs a fluid motion. i, personally, dont think its stupid. the players have to know that this is the final possibility in order to encourage them to do it within the nowmal and/or extra time.
well, then you saw some unsporty argentinians yesterday?! - and the italians are effective and stable but somewhat heartless. think germany will take profit out of the special atmosphere combined with a grown self-consciousness...