View Full Version : 1966 WC Finals - Portugal Screwed?
Soccer Star
16 Sep 2002, 06:01 PM
Well we'll all remember the 1966 WC Finals..... With Brazil not makingt it passed the group stage.... Portugal coming back to beat N. Korea 5 - 3...... and ofcourse England winning their first and only WC. But should England have won it? Portugal were the surprise team of the tournament and they had at the time the best player in the world, the dark stallion Eusebio. Down 3 - 0 against N.Korea, Eusebio scored 3 goals in a Portuguese rally to beat N. Korea 5 - 3. Now many say in the semi final Portugal was robbed. Reports that the queen made the arrangement with FIFA to keep the cup in England. You thoughts...
bocatuna
16 Sep 2002, 06:06 PM
Originally posted by Soccer Star
Reports that the queen made the arrangement with FIFA to keep the cup in England. You thoughts...
Faced with evidence like this it's impossible to disagree.
Soccer Star
16 Sep 2002, 06:09 PM
Well I guess my post really didn't explain that much. What I really asked was your thoughts on the tournament itself.
deejay
16 Sep 2002, 10:07 PM
If I remember correctly a very clear handball wasn't called against the English.
ruudboy
17 Sep 2002, 07:44 PM
Anyways, they (Portugal) tryed with all their might to kill GOD(PELE), i saw a special on it the other day, the hacked and hacked him to death, as far as i'm concerned, that's what they get!
NEVER MESS WITH GOD, see what happened to Portugal when they finally made it in 2002, he never forgets.
Fender playa
22 Sep 2002, 04:22 PM
Originally posted by Soccer Star
, the dark stallion Eusebio. Down 3 - 0 against N.Korea, Eusebio scored 3 goals in a Portuguese rally to beat N. Korea 5 - 3.
Eusebio scored 4 goals...............so says my dad.........:D
My dad wittnesed the game(england-portugal) and said portugal was robbed...........a handball that was never called..........the takle in which a english defender brock the best portugeuse midfielders leg............that was never called.......:mad:Think it was simoes not shure..........
Ombak
29 Sep 2002, 03:19 PM
Like ruudboy said. What goes around comes around. sure Portugal had a wondeful team, but what they did in the group stage vs. Brazil was a disgrace.
Would've been cool if N. Korea had beaten them though... an Asian team in the semis!!! And making England's path to the final that much easier, thus adding another twist to how they won the Cup!
Achtung
04 Oct 2002, 02:52 AM
Originally posted by bocatuna
Faced with evidence like this it's impossible to disagree.
:D
Urban legend at best.
ibiza109
04 Oct 2002, 03:28 AM
In the US, this would lead to a lawsuit by survivors and descendants of the incident.
Samarkand
04 Oct 2002, 12:48 PM
Don't forget the reparations..