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2006-07-01
Metam rolhas !Portugal 3 - 1 England: Ronaldo puts England out The pantomime villain Ronaldo wins it with an excellent penalty, to Robinson's left, and it's the same, same old story for England. Gerrard and Lampard took awful penalties, but there was big controvery over Jamie Carragher's miss. Lampard and Gerrard are motionless, broken, it's horrible and a little poignant. Rio is crying violently; fate has merked him, and it's harsh because, quietly, he had an excellent tournament. Ultimately, however, England found their level - the quarter-finals - and all the bluster and blame and bull****, particularly over Rooney's sending off, we will get over the next few days can't disguise it: that dullard idiot Eriksson has trousered £4m a year to do something that you or I could have done.
