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”.