Spanish referee gives Quarter-finals passport to Italy

"I just can't believe it. We're in disbelief because anyone who watched the game could see that it was not a penalty," Australian midfielder Tim Cahill told reporters.

"It was very surreal. It's very, very cruel," Viduka said. "This was a game that we really dominated and we had the feeling that if the game went into extra time we would have beaten them." (Australian striker Viduka

A wrong decision, at the injury time, of the Spanish referree Luis Medina Cantalejo gave to Italy the opportunity to score a penalty converted by Francesco Totti and the game was decided

The Italiam team was playing only with ten men after the 50th minute when Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo harshly showed a straight red card to Marco Materazzi for bringing down Marco Bresciano.

After Portugal-Netherlands yesterday, this match places once more the attention on the referees. We hope not to find an Italian referee in Spain's next game.

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Olhos Alegres - Luís Edmundo

A model wears tear-like jewels as part
of Zucca’s Fall-Winter 2005-2006

Há uma lágrima, sempre, atenta em nossos olhos,
Uma lágrima branca, uma lágrima pura,
E assim como no mar os traiçoeiros escolhos,
Ela, escondida, a flor das pálpebras procura.

Aí fica parada; os íntimos refolhos
Da nossa alma reflete, e, quando uma ventura
Em riso nos entreabre os lábios, com doçura,
Ela, a lágrima fica a nos tremer nos olhos.

Tu, que és moço e que ris e não sabes da mágoa
Do mundo, tem cuidado, olha essa gota d’água,
Se não queres da vida achar-te entre os abrolhos;

Ri, mas ri devagar, que a lágrima traiçoeira,
Talvez, vendo-te rir assim dessa maneira,
Trema e caia afinal um dia dos teus olhos!

Luís Edmundo de Melo Pereira da Costa (n. Rio de Janeiro a 26 Jun 1878; m. Rio de Janeiro, a 8 Dez 1961)

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Maniche: "Passamos de certeza absoluta!"

Maniche em A Bola de 24/6 dizia que "passamos de certeza absoluta". Não só passamos como ele foi o Homem do Jogo, marcando o golo que nos deu a vitória. Homem de Palavra

Maniche

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On this day in History - Jun 26

• 0363 - Julian dies killed in battle. Roman Emperor.
• 0684 - Benedict II becomes Pope.
• 1291 - Eleanor of Provence dies. Queen of Henry III of England
• 1409 - Western Schism: The Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
• 1483 - Richard III becomes king of England.
• 1541 - Francisco Pizarro dies murdered. Spanish conqueror of Peru.
• 1653 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, was born. Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV
• 1662 - Portugal - Golpe de Estado palaciano que põe termo à regência da rainha D. Luísa de Gusmão. O governo é entregue a D. Afonso VI, tendo D. Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3.º conde de Castelo Melhor, como principal apoiante.
• 1819 - The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr. of New York City.
• 1824 - Lord Kelvin was born (d. 1907). Physicist.
• 1821 - Bartolomé Mitre was born. President of Argentine
• 1854 - Robert Laird Borden was born. Eighth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1856 - Max Stirner dies. German philosopher.
• 1865 - Bernard Berenson was born (d. 1959). Art connoisseur.
• 1871 - As Conferências do Casino são suspensas pelo ministro do reino, marquês de Ávila e de Bolama.
• 1878 - Luís Edmundo de Melo Pereira da Costa was born in Ruio de Janeiro (d. 8 Dec 1961). Brazilian poet and journalist.
• 1889 - Tobias Barreto dies (b. 7 Jun 1839). Brazilian poet and philosopher.
• 1892 - Pearl S. Buck was born (d. 1973). American writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature
• 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt was born (d. 1978). Aircraft designer.
• 1899 - Maria Nikolaevna Romanova was born. Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse .
• 1904 - Peter Lorre, was born (d. 1964). Actor.
• 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati was born. Italian singer and actor.
• 1908 - Salvador Allende was born. President of Chile.
• 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, was born (d. 1997). Elvis Presley's manager.
• 1910 - António Teixeira de Sousa assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
• 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born (d. 1956). American athlete and golfer.
• 1912 - Jay Silverheels was born (d. 1980). Actor.
• 1919 - Richard Neustadt, was born. Political historian.
• 1922 - Eleanor Parker was born. American actress.
• 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco dies.
• 1924 - American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
• 1925 - Pavel Belyayev was born (d. 1970). Cosmonaut.
• 1925 - Isabel da Nóbrega was born. Portuguese writer.
• 1933 - Claudio Abbado was born. Italian conductor
• 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden was born (d. 1965). British journalist.
• 1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• 1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• 1936 - Robert Maclennan was born. British politician.
• 1936 - Francisco Nicholson was born. Portuguese actor/ Nasce Francisco Nicholson. Actor, escritor e figura da televisão portuguesa (Tentação (1997) "Olhar da Serpente, O" (2002) TV Series Writer: "Vila Faia" (1982) TV Series (writer) ).
• 1936 - Robert Maclennan was born. British politician.
• 1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte was born. Archbishop of Montreal
• 1937 - Sombat Metanee was born. Thai film actor
• 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 - Maria Velho da Costa was born. Portuguese writer.
• 1939 - Ford Maddox Ford dies (b. 1873). English writer.
• 1940 - World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and northern part of Bukovina.
• 1942 - Gilberto Gil was born. First Minister of Culture of Brazil, singer, songwriter, musician.
• 1945 - Dwight York was born. Musician, fashion consultant, cult leader, child molester.
• 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed. Surgimento da ONU : representantes de 50 países assinaram a Carta de São Francisco. Apoiada na tradição idealista norte-americana e com a tese de manter a segurança coletiva e a paz mundial, a Carta propunha a criação da Organização das Nações Unidas. Em 24 de outubro de 1945, a ONU passou a existir oficialmente.
• 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett dies. Eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
• 1947 - Conferência em Paris entre a URSS, Grã-Bretanha e França sobre o Plano Marshall de ajuda norte-americana para a reconstrução da Europa.
• 1948 - The Western allies start an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union has blockaded West Berlin.
• 1949 - Ana Zanatto was born. Portuguese actress and writer./ Nasce em Lisboa Ana Zanatti. Actriz portuguesa ("Vila Faia" (1982) TV Series Lugar do Morto, O (1984) ..."Saber Amar" (2002) TV Series . Milagre segundo Salomé, O (2004) ...) . Apresentadora de televisão e recentemente escritora ( "Os Sinais do Medo", "Agradece o Beijo").
• 1954 - Steve Barton was born. Actor, singer, dancer
• 1955 - Mick Jones was born. British musician, guitarist with The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite
• 1956 - Chris Isaak was born. Pop singer.
• 1956 - Fidel Castro é detido no México com outros 20 membros do Movimento 26 de Julho.
• 1957 - Alfred Döblin dies (b. 1878). German writer.
• 1958 - Andrija Štampar dies (b. 1888). Physician and United Nations diplomat.
• 1958 - George Orton dies. Canadian athlete.
• 1959 - The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
• 1959 - Cuba rompe relações diplomáticas com a República Dominicana.
• 1960 - Madagascar alcanza la independencia de Francia.
• 1960 - Former British Protectorate of Somaliland British Somaliland gains its independence
• 1961 - Greg Lemond was born. Cyclist
• 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky was born. Russian CEO of YUKOS Oil Company
• 1963 - John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner".
• 1963 - Harriet Wheeler was born. Singer.
• 1964 - The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.
• 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld dies. Architect.
• 1968 - Tony Hancock dies. Comedian.
• 1968 - Rich Eisen was born. ESPN SportsCenter anchor
• 1968 - Shannon Sharpe was born. American football player, commentator
• 1968 - Paolo Maldini was born. Italian footballer
• 1969 - Colin Greenwood was born. Musician, Radiohead
• 1970 - Chris O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois. American actor
• 1973 - Gretchen Wilson was born. Country music singer
• 1973 - On Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 persons were killed at an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
• 1974 - The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.
• 1974 - Derek Jeter was born. Baseball player
• 1975 - Indira Gandhi establishes authoritarian rule in India.
• 1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer dies. Spanish Roman Catholic priest. Opus Dei founder.
• 1976 - CN Tower (Toronto, Canada) opened on this day in 1976.
• 1977 - Kubo Tite was born. Cartoonist
• 1977 - Last concert of Elvis Presley.
• 1979 - Muhammad Ali retires. Boxeur.
• 1980 - Jason Schwartzman was born. Actor
• 1980 - Michael Vick was born. American football player.
• 1982 - Morte do cantor português Alfredo Marceneiro (n. 25 Fev 1891). Grande figura do fado.
• 1984 - Michel Foucault dies (b. 1926). French literary theorist.
• 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, was born. Tibetan spiritual leader.
• 1989 - Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for the 2nd time
• 1993 - William H. Riker dies. Political scientist.
• 1994 - António Portugal dies. Portuguese musician.
• 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole dies. Singer.
• 1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment.
• 1997 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S.), the first book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.
• 1999 - O líder da resistência do Timor Leste e Prêmio Nobel da Paz 1996, José Ramos Horta, regressa a Jacarta pela primeira vez desde que, em 1975, a Indonésia ocupou a ex-colônia portuguesa.
• 2000 - O Vaticano revela que o terceiro segredo de Fátima se referia ao atentado ao Papa, à luta do comunismo contra a Igreja e ao sofrimento dos cristãos no século XX.
• 2002 - Jay Berwanger dies. American football player
• 2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas
• 2003 - Sir Denis Thatcher Bt. dies. Husband of Margaret Thatcher
• 2003 - Strom Thurmond dies. U.S. Senator
• 2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé dies. Cameroon footballer
• 2004 - Yash Johar dies. Indian film producer
• 2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands was born.
• 2005 - Richard Whiteley dies (b. 1943). British television presenter.
• The United Nations' Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
• Flag Day in Romania
• Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand
• Independence Day in Madagascar

• Flag Day in Romania

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Portuguese like oranges

Oranges

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