Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink - now *that's* a name!

[underpants]

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink lies on the pitch after the Netherlands vs Portugal Round of 16 World Cup soccer match at Franken Stadium in Nuremberg, Germany, Sunday, June 25, 2006. Portugal won 1-0. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)

[progmom]

1. Jan Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink

So sad. :cry:

[matcom]

2. saw that game

the ref lost control at about the 3 minute mark. how many cards? something like 11?

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Sixteen.

Bouhlarouz should've gotten a red for his hit on Ronaldo at the beginning, IMO (and Figo should've been sent off for that head-butt, too)...but you can't put all the blame on the ref; I'd say most of his calls were justified. You'd think the players would've figured out that they needed to rein in their tempers after the referee made it clear that he wouldn't hesitate to book them (and they didn't).

[underpants]

5. 4 reds 16 yellows

It got completely nuts at the 70 minute mark

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soccer/2003085792_cupportugal26.html

[progmom]

3. oh, and here's an explanation about the name

His name - the longest in Dutch football - derives from his great-grandmother being the last of the Hesselink family, so when she married his great-grandfather, a Vennegoor, it was decided that their descendants would bear the dual surname. The marriage brought about the merger of two farms in the Enschede region. 'Of' in Dutch means 'or' in English.