http://tygerland.net/2006/07/02/brazil-0-1-france/ occasionally acerbic, cultural and political comment Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://tygerland.net/2006/07/02/brazil-0-1-france/#comment-958 tygerland.net » Semi-Final II: France vs Portugal Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:41:31 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=707#comment-958 [...] The French were outstanding in the quarterfinal and Zidane reminded us why he’s the best player of his generation – even if most of that generation now spend their Saturday afternoons ironing creases down the front of their jeans. I can’t help but think that they will have too much class for the Portuguese, and in Henry, they have a proven finisher; something Pauleta isn’t. [...] [...] The French were outstanding in the quarterfinal and Zidane reminded us why he’s the best player of his generation – even if most of that generation now spend their Saturday afternoons ironing creases down the front of their jeans. I can’t help but think that they will have too much class for the Portuguese, and in Henry, they have a proven finisher; something Pauleta isn’t. [...]

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