Much of the beauty of
Portuguese soccer and glitter of the prestigious World Cup 2014 was destroyed
by the “BURRO” defender of the otherwise renowned Portuguese soccer team
yesterday when he head butted one of the forwards of Germany. It was unnecessary and unwanted yet the frequent
performer of such dirty tactics Pepe made the great blunder of his soccer
career and thus destroyed the beautiful image of Portugal from whom spectators and TV viewers were expecting a lot. In the bargain the great Ronaldo also
suffered in the sense he was totally demoralized when Pepe was red carded, of
course rightly.
Even though he was demoralized
and shaken as a skipper yet he displayed his skill of dribbling the ball with
cross legs and feeding his colleagues with accurate passes. Pepe had no business to lose his temper. By doing so he destroyed himself first and
secondly he destroyed the chances of his team of smooth sailing. Like Cricketters
he too should be fined heavily as a deterrent for others too.
Germany deserved to be
the winners because their soccer was more disciplined and organized while
Portuguese were more erratic and aimless. Thomas Mueller’s hat-trick which is
the first one of this tournament was excellent but the best goal of the match
was the one scored thru a piercing header by their forward Hummels.
Once again I condemn
Pepe who let his team down because of his hot temper. Such hot tempered players should not be fielded
by their coaches. It is an undeniable fact
that Pepe is a great defender but his lack of discipline on the field clouded
his plus points as a foot-balller. In his absence and one man down Portuguese
could not do much and that they received only 4 goals withut any reply was a
big consolation. But in the history of Portuguese soccer Pepe will be
remembered as a ‘BURRO”.
