(07-02-2010, 11:21 PM)Lissa Wrote: So I don't know at this point which I should really think is the better team. Uraguay that outplayed Ghana most of the match with one player that only thought about protecting the goal and cheating or the other team that used constant melodrama to get members of the other team carded instead of trying to outplay them.
I don't think you should feel sorry for Uruguay when it comes to theater from the other teams players. One of their stars (suarez) is known for lying half of every match on the ground when playing for his team Ajax.
South Americans (and south Europeans) have invented theater in football......other countries have picked up as well.
However you can still see the south Americans are the masters.
Eg the Holland-Brazil match.
A kick in the balls from Luis Fabiano to van Bommel (while lying on the ground) and a hit-in-the-face-move from Kaka, again were not punished.
In general I agree. A very sad development in the sport. The seriously need to consider punishing players after matches for these unsportsmanlike actions when the referee didn't see it during the game.
(07-03-2010, 02:24 AM)Occhidiangela Wrote: and #11 on Netherlands team was diving all game. Should have been carded.
Robben, the number 11 is known for diving once in a while. To my opinion this game was not an example of that.
He got attacked continuously and should have been protected by the referee much earlier. (something that will never happen when you play against Brazil because of the natural fear of all referee's for Brazil (remember 1974, 1994 and 1998?).
Bastos should have gotten his second yellow for a charge on him long before Melo was sent off.
My only fear before this match was a 'bad' referee......the dutch will always loose in such a fighting match....simply because the are too stupid to convincingly dive.
And although this Japanese guy missed 2 red cards (probably these were very difficult to see) and a second yellow for Brazil, I think we could have had a much worse referee.