I’m off to Cyprus and Turkey tomorrow, and I can say I leave with good spirits after watching Portugal being beaten by France. I also had the pleasure of watching the almighty C Ronaldo wimper, sob and break into tears at the end of the match.I’ve received messages from people claiming that, as I’m English, I am just being a sore loser, and can’t accept that Portugal beat England.

One word - bollocks.

I, and any other Englishman, can accept a team beating us. What we don’t accept is a team like Portugal making it into the semi-finals when there are clearly more deserving teams who don’t resort to card-waving, diving, and moaning to the referee to win. Perhaps we didn’t play as well as Portugal, but we sure as hell managed to hold our own against them, even for an hour with ten players.

Before I move on, I admit that Ronaldo possesses an impressive footballing talent. It’s a shame he’s tainted his reputation.

In addition to all the cheating he’s done, Cristiano Ronaldo’s single action against England has managed to create an almost universal hatred towards him. Like a childish brat, he ran to the referee to demand Rooney receive a red card claiming Rooney’s stamp was deliberate. After a red card was given, he turned to his teammates on the Portuguese bench, smiled, and winked as if to say ‘mission accomplished’.

In the France vs Portugal game, from the moment he touched the ball to the moment it left his foot, the crowd was united in boos and jeers.

He currently claims he does not want to return to Manchester United (which his ‘teammate’ Rooney is in). You shouldn’t. If you step one foot on English soil, there won’t be an identifiable corpse to return to Portugal.

Goodbye, Portugal.

Goodbye, Crissy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R_bbGYV9Hc *tear*