After watching the story on 60 minutes about the Iraqi soccer players and how they were tortured by Uday and Qusay I was really pulling for them in the games. That's awesome!
This is surprising but not shocking as Portugal has a history of disappointing when it means most...see opening game against Greece in Euro 04 and group game against the US in World 2002 Cup. Are the games being shown on any channel??
soccer buffs: I am too lazy to look it up, but don't most countries send their Junior National Teams to the Olympics? Is this that or the real national team? Rivaldo: I believe your local Telemundo affiliate is carrrying a lot of the games live, en espanol por supuesto.
If it was a football game . . . . american football. . . . . the score would have been 28-14. if points were coutned the same for both sports. oh wait
I wasn't sure but I did see the end of Argentina thrashing Serbia or somebody 6-0. Thanks for the info. From what I understand, they're only allowed to place 3 players from the regular National Team Squad but I am not sure.
I found this in the Olympic rules: Each Football game is played by two teams of 11 players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. During the game a team is allowed to make three substitutes from a group of seven players. No game can begin if a team has fewer than seven players. In Men’s Olympic Football, each 18-member squad must include at least 15 athletes less than 23 years of age. There is no age limit for the remaining three. Here's the link: http://www.athens2004.com/en/FootballRules