Although I’m not one for gaining pleasure from other’s misery, I will make an exception for Christiano Ronaldo.

It seems like many others feel the same way.  The universal condemnation from all the non-Portugese supporters in Munich as Portugal went out in the semi-final to France brought a smile to this Enlgand fan (and I’m sure many others like me).

The French are no angels, and Thierry Henry’s amateur dramatics against Spain seemed to shock most fans who placed Henry in a category of players in the more ‘honest’ camp.  But for the good of the game all neutrals were cheering on France, and jeering our good friend Chris.

The result pleased most people, and his tears were the cherry on the icing of the cake (to quote Andy Gray).

Wonder what sort of reception he’s going to get in the Premiership this season…:???:

Police in Berlin have discovered the cause of Frank Lampard’s shocking World Cup.

At least six concrete filled soccer balls were found chained to lampposts, trees and handrails across the city next to the spray-painted message “Can you kick it?,” Berlin police said.

“Two young men kicked the balls and suffered bad bruising on their feet,” a police spokeswoman said. “We still don’t have any leads in the case.”

Then again, if the balls England had used were filled with concrete, not so many of Lumpard’s shots would have sailed over the bar…

Read the full concrete balls story.