| Joao Pinto With his team really in need of a professional performance, Joao Pinto managed to get himself sent off in the first half for a horrible scythe on Park Ji Sung. The tackle was a blatant red card. So did friend Joao take it like a man and trudge off? No, sir, he did not!
A huge barney with the ref ensued, the likes of which we haven't seen since – hang on! – Portugal tried to eat Hugh Dallas for giving an equally stonewall decision in the semi-final of Euro 2000. Skipper Fernando Couto even grabbed the unfortunate whistler by the face! The lowlight of a pathetic tournament for the Portuguese, Pinto's dismissal made their task of getting points off the co-hosts even harder… and they failed. |
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