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What game were you watching, the first half was a duck shoot for the Dutch, who much like the English missed many chances, IVC only ever had breaks that never amounted to anything.tphater wrote:In regards to the Net. VS Iv. Coast(finished 2-1)
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If these kind of of games continue i'll stop watching for sure. It's clear, the ref. played a huge part in this. There was a clear penalty. And what, only 3 minutes of spare time? Judging by how fragmented the game was it should have been at least 4. Not to mention certain dutch players that deserved some yellow-ish cards and didn't get them. I really feel sory for the african team. They played better all round and deserved a draw. Bad luck AND reckless decisions made by "some white guy" are too hard to counter. I have always been a fan of Netherlands(though i'm a bigger fan of poor known/small teams) but things will change from now on. In fact i'm being a bit harsh because it's not their fault.
The fact is that small teams are disadvantaged and this is shown again and again. And i think i know the reason why. Well, fans~money and the big teams have more fans so one of them being eliminated in favour of a smaller team would be a loss. Now this only can't decide the ending of a match (take for example Poland, when you play that bad, there is no way you'll win) but it can influence it. I'm sick of watching big team vs big team in the advanced rounds but if this continues, that's the only type of game we'll have.
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Obviously the English fans aren't terribly photogenic - I counted 2 photos out of 300!BugMeister wrote:Hey,
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Sure,luck has gotta count for something but cmon... Anyway,i was mainly reffering to the ref. that made some grosse mistakes in Netherland's favour. Considering the not given penalty it should have been a draw.Which he evened out by not giving a penalty to Holland when replays showed there should have been one. In footbal, the team that scores most goals, wins. If you argue about who, in your opinion, shoud have won, go follow ice dancing!tphater wrote:Considering the not given penalty it should have been a draw.
I don't recall such thing. I watched the analysis and no,there was no talk about dutch penalty. Obviously the score is what matters but a cripled by the ref score matters less.No, i'm talking about the games in this WCT.muppetts wrote:So your talking about every football game every played!!! Wow
(though there were cases in the past,but they are better left burried)
The world is far from perfect and we'll have to live with these irregularities(that are considered as such or not depending on the person).Indeed, 1-0 and a man up. Just missed the penalty though. I hope it's not costly. For all the good football, what the tournament hasn't had yet are any big shocks, I want to see a big team or two really sweating in the final round of group games. I fancy Portugal and Angola to do away with Mexico, and if Ghana can hold on, the Czech republic going home early.tphater wrote:Go Ghana,go!!! You can do it!!
and Italy's game look to be a lot more exciting too.:)tphater wrote:2-0 finished.
GG Ghana. The Czechs will now need USA's help LOL :P
USA needs not to loose with either Italy or Ghana otherwise the Czechs are out. If the USA beats(or makes draw) one of the teams mentioned, the Czech republic will have to beat Italy.
Ghana passed well, surprisingly well however they really need to work on their finishing because you don't get 10 alone with the keeper chances everyday.
The Czech goalkeeper might very well be the man of the match. The ghanish keeper also did some nice saves in the last minutes. Great match though a little bit one sided.
BTW,after seeing this,i'll retract my claims posted in this thread conserning the corectitude since at this game i'd say Ghana was quite advantaged by the refs.
Guess the arbitration is poor in general and all mistackes are without intension. :P
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