france 1, brazil go home

[lobelia321]

Well, I am not going to get my dream semi-final. Who would have thought it? France have come back from obscuritydom and taken the world by storm, as if the year 1998 had only just passed.

I am sad to see Brazil go but France did play beautifully. I can't feel sorry that they are going through. The French are not as pretty as the Brazilians but their football was more beautiful even than my boys. Zidane, Henry and Ribery are football gods.

So it's all Europe from here on in and my babies (Portugal) are going to have to play France on Wednesday. I fear they will lose.

But after the draining Portugal/England game I just did not have the energy to get into a state all over again about Brazil. I'm happy for France.



Kaká and Zidane


Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane




Football is cruel:



Bonus Portugal/England pics:

Rooney getting excited by Carvalho's balls:


The man who t'h thinks is 'sex on a stick':


My son sweetie is well fit:


I like Crouch (and so does C. Ronaldo: it's tough love):


Legs:


I do believe there were some other Portuguese players on the pitch but hell, I always seem to link to pics of the same old guy:


C. Ronaldo is not the only who weeps; here is David Beckham doing same:


Certain people call this boy a 'fucking diver'. If he is a diver (which I dispute!), he is at the least a very pretty fucking diver. And may I add, a very pretty Kaká-fucking diver.




I am distressed that badgermonkey, my World Cup txt mate of 2002, cannot be happy with me. But thus is the cruelty of the luck of the draw, that is, who gets to play against whom. So it was England wot Portugal beat and not another team. Thus is my Flist riven!!

But Demelza!!! You must be now for both Germany and France! :-)

None of my football icons seems apt. Weepfest!Ronaldo is not appropriate at the moment because he is ecstatically happy. Happy!Kaká is not appropriate because he is dejectedly upset. So let's go with Roger Milla because he is always fine.

And tomorrow, what with no matches to watch, I will finish typing up my C. Ronaldo/Kaká fic!! (It's worse than Viggorli, isn't it, Demelza?)

Comments

[crazybutsound]

You know, a lot of the France players are from the Lyon team apparently. Don't know which ones of course but there you have it, lol. And that Kaka boy has a silly nickname but he does have a fine body, I can't deny him that.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Um. How is it important that they are all from Lyon? *tries to remember that there is a world of club football out there which self knows very, very little about* Hang on: are you in Lyon???

Kaká is only a silly nickname in some languages. T'son, for example, whose command of German is shaky, thinks that Kaká's name is 'cool'. *gg*

[crazybutsound]

Yes, I live in Lyon, and the fact those players are from the Lyon team mostly is probably why I'm currently suffering so much: there's normal level of football fannishness because of the World Cup, plus an added layer of specifically Lyon football fannishness. So not only am I unpatriotic for not caring and not rooting for the French team like I should, I'm not a worthy Lyon person either. *rolls eyes* Not only do I not care but dude, if I were to care at all? The French players are a LOT uglier than the players from most of the other teams, lol. And I'm shallow.

And I know Kaka is not funny in every language but man, it just doesn't get old for me. Kaka! And he's so pretty! The paradox adds to the funny, lol.

[sophrosyne31.livejournal.com]

brazil lost? oh wow. i stayed up til 4 fricken' a.m. to watch portugal win so there was no more guff in my tank to watch on. as it is i woke exhausted as from a night spent between cristiano and kaka.

he is turbly pretty, your boy. t'h is quite right. :)

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I woke up in a state of high agitation, mulling over Portugal, England, Brazil and France in a maelstrom of pre-getting-up confusion. I am, actually, the more I think of it, quite dismayed that Brazil is out. My mind is not computing this fact!!!

T'h is totally smitten with Cristiano Ronaldo. He started gushing on about him this morning at breakfast with no prompting from me at all. "Did you see how he looked at the French guy and made a kiss a thim?" *t'h imitating kiss* "He is so naughty!" (I didn't even see that kiss! And I would! Possibly this kiss resides only in t'h's feverish imagination!)

You stayed up to watch! Whee! Good on you! And wait for Tuesday: we (as in 'we Germans') will cream those horrible Italians wot deprived you of a place in the quarter-finals. We will CREAM them. *gets out handwhisk to help the process along*

i woke exhausted as from a night spent between cristiano and kaka.
I wish you very much that this sentence will one day become true for you, with the words 'as from' deleted. ;-)

[badgermonkey.livejournal.com]

I can't support France. Belgium certainly but alas! they did not qualify.

T'bf is distraught because he got Brazil in the sweepstake so they have lost him £100!

PS. did you see that Portuguese player clasp John Terry's face in both hands and seriously seriously look like he was going in for a snog at the end of the match? I must find a cap of it.

[badgermonkey.livejournal.com]

Ah, it was Maniche:

[junalele.livejournal.com]

The one in the second picture is not Maniche, though. Not that I know who he is but he was sure very...tender. :)

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Is it Viana? Ferreira? Or Valente? *tries to match up Portugal squad photos from the FIFA site with b&w snog pic*

And who's the England player hugging Maniche? *looks at badgermonkey

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Well, since the English player nicely is still wearing his kit... it's John Terry. And the Portugese one - ah, it's Paulo Ferreira. Both play for Chelsea. As does Maniche, doesn't he? Oh, that explains the hugging and comforting.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Yes! I saw the second one, the black and white one, but not Maniche. That is sweetness personified. That is... *is briefly lost for words*

Why on earth did Rooney shove Ronaldo?? They are club mates!!

*downloads Portugal/England hugfest pics*

[junalele.livejournal.com]

*downloads Portugal/England hugfest pics*

Can I see them? Pretty please??? Post it!!! Please? *a bit incoherent here*

I,too, did wonder why Rooney shoved Cristiano (can't write/say Ronaldo because then I always have to think of the Brasilian Ronaldo). And Rio Ferdinand shoved him, too, and he's also a club mate. What? Was it 'Shove Cristiano Ronaldo'-day or what? Did he say something? Before the game Cristiano and Rooney were chatting wuite animatedly so it can't be that they just don't get along...

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Apparantly it was 'Shove Cristiano'-day for the ManU players because Neville did, too. But later everything was okay again, it seems.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Why can't you support France? They played like Gods!

[junalele.livejournal.com]

So - no Kaka/Cristino Ronaldo on the pitch together. But France was the better team. I mean that free kick for France where three or four Brasilian players just didn't move? Hello, there is a player called Henry?!

Cristiano - god, he is just so pretty. The legs... *swoon* About his fitness, though. Obviously his leg hurt again in the second half. But I'm sure till Wednesday everything's going to be fine again... I'm *sure* :)

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I fear that Portugal will not win against France. The way France played yesterday I don't think anybody can win against them, except Germany with home advantage.

But we will at least get to see them one last time!

My brain still cannot compute that I will not be seeing the Brazilians again. *jiggles brain*

[junalele.livejournal.com]

My brain still cannot compute that I will not be seeing the Brazilians again.

Know exactly what you mean. I did notice that they didn't play well of course, but still I somehow never really thought of the possibility of them not making it into the final...

Yes, France is strong. And Portugal is....getting better. So, I'll just keep hoping and praying and wanting them to win. :)