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Luiz Felipe Scolari's fame as a stern disciplinarian won him the nickname of The Drill Sergeant, and for more than three years and 46 games in charge of Portugal, none of his players was sent off.

But after red cards for Deco and Costinha in Sunday's explosive meeting with the Netherlands, the Portuguese are once again saddled with notoriety for hot-headed behavior on the field.

Portugal plays England on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Deco and Costinha are suspended for that game.

Scolari, a Brazilian, reckons Portugal is carrying a red-card stigma for past mistakes that tarnished its image.

At the 2002 World Cup, Portugal's Joao Pinto punched a referee who sent him off during a match against South Korea. Pinto was consequently suspended from all club and international games for three months and never played for Portugal again.

"Portugal is known for what happened in 2002, which is always brought up," Scolari said Momday. "Its record over 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 is never shown.

"Portugal is not a violent team, but sometimes we are given the image of being undisciplined," he said in comments on the Portuguese Soccer Federation's Web site.

Scolari hinted the referee was at fault in the second-round game.

Russian Valentin Ivanov showed 16 yellow and four red cards, including two for the Dutch, during the Nuremberg match. The performance of FIFA's referees in Germany has drawn widespread criticism, and the tournament already has set marks for yellow cards and red cards.

"We have to ask whether we played in a disgraceful way, with play-acting, or whether what happened was brought about by refereeing issues," Scolari said.

The coach, who won the 2002 title with Brazil and has 11 straight World Cup victories overall, a record, was especially angered by Deco's first yellow card. The midfielder delivered a crunching tackle when the Dutch refused to return the ball to Portugal after the referee halted play for an injured player to receive medical attention.

Portugal's record during its four games so far in Germany does suggest the team has a physical bent.

FIFA statistics rank Portugal fourth on the list of teams committing fouls with 78, behind Mexico, the Netherlands and Ecuador.

In 2002 Pinto was shown a direct red card for a nasty tackle in Portugal's 1-0 defeat against South Korea. He then lost his temper and punched the referee. In the same game, defender Beto got two yellows and was ejected.

At the European Championship two years earlier, a semifinal match against France turned ugly and led to long international suspensions for three Portuguese players.

Portugal went out of that tournament when defender Abel Xavier stopped a shot with his hand and France converted a penalty kick in extra time.

Xavier insisted the handball was accidental, and Portugal's anger led to more commotion with match officials at the end of the game. Xavier, striker Nuno Gomes and midfielder Paulo Bento were all banned from international competition for up to seven months for shoving and berating the referee and linesman.