okay bidhan bro. everyone is entitled to their opinion so i have nothing to feel against alan shearer or anybody for that matter. the bottom line is leave Portugal aside. this worldcup as a whole has been an insult to the "quality" of the matches we have been privileged to watch so far in the previous World Cups. i mean let's forget our favorites for a moment. can you point out a single match that you can proudly say "wow, what a match, and what a nail biting finishm and what a play by this player". the WC is almost over and we are down to one match (the final). i cannot hope a lot to happen in the final. i did NOT get to watch a single match so far in this WC which made me stand up in my feet and applause. okay Brazil Vs Ghana was a tight one but then its just Ghana. Italy vs. France or France vs. Brazil may come as more enthralling ones. but they are way behind in comparison to what we saw in ENgland Vs Argentina match of 1998. As I already said, today's match was one of the worst semi finals i have ever seen. Okay france scored, but why the heck did they chickened out later on. It was totally embarassing at least for me to see 11 french players going on for defending. Even Ricardo had to come forward in an attempt to score. i dont a lot from the finals because both are DEFENSIVE TEAMS. this is where south american teams are so good. they just look for scoring. which make the match good for we viewers craving for a QUALITY match. All in all, this WC is one of the worst events, at least for me, in terms of quality. forget portugal. Loote