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ghana for 1/8's

fuck that. absolutely absurd

-Replicant- wrote:yet another game where the US is being fucked over by the ref. i think FIFA needs to fire all of them

Yup. Ive seen half a dozen game-altering calls that the refs simply got wrong. There is incidental contact on EVERY play where two ppl are jockeying for position, its not always a fucking foul. When you give a team a pk, your essentially giving them a goal.. and you shouldn't do that unless the foul is absolutely blatant and intentional.

Props to Ghana though, they played well.

What happened to that bald ref that everyone liked from the last WC? That dude called clean games all the time. I think he got too old and FIFA made him retire.

Trust me, the problem isn't with the refs. It's just that english-speaking countries can't play football.
Just look at England.

-Replicant- wrote:fuck that. absolutely absurd

That penalty should have been a yellow card for filming instead.

even if it had ended 1-1 ghana would be through...

StormShadow wrote:What happened to that bald ref that everyone liked from the last WC? That dude called clean games all the time. I think he got too old and FIFA made him retire.

pierluigi collina. he was england's lucky ref, since we always won when he was on the field (he reffed when we beat germany 5-1 and then argentina in the 2002 finals)



scary :icon26:

BRAZIL 0 - 1 JAPAN :icon28:

seremtan wrote:when we beat germany 5-1 and then argentina in the 2002 finals

of what

seremtan wrote:BRAZIL 0 - 1 JAPAN :icon28:

WTF

1-1 now. they scored 5 seconds before halftime.

1-3

And Ronaldo finally did something useful.

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:even if it had ended 1-1 ghana would be through...

Right, but giving the other team a goal right after the US fights to get the tie back changes the entire complexion of the game, and changes the way both teams play in the second half. Regardless, its impossible to say what would have happened if that penalty hadn't been called - it may well have been the same result. It's just frustrating to see the ref's being such a huge factor on the outcome of the game.

I guess I will jump on the Brazil/Argentina bandwagon.. GO WESTERN HEMISPHERE!!

aus - croatia is great right now. aussies need 1 goal for them to go to 1/8's

edit: ok.. 2-2, right when i submitted.

japan got slaughtered lol

lol, the ref aus-croatia was a fucking a joke. He missed so much.

seremtan wrote:

StormShadow wrote:What happened to that bald ref that everyone liked from the last WC? That dude called clean games all the time. I think he got too old and FIFA made him retire.

pierluigi collina. he was england's lucky ref, since we always won when he was on the field (he reffed when we beat germany 5-1 and then argentina in the 2002 finals)



scary :icon26:

yeah, he reached the age maximum for international reffing so he cant be in this tournament.

saturn wrote:lol, the ref aus-croatia was a fucking a joke. He missed so much.

graham poll. he's none too popular in the english premiership either iirc

saturn wrote:lol, the ref aus-croatia was a fucking a joke. He missed so much.

1+1 = 1 :icon32:

SplishSplash wrote:

seremtan wrote:when we beat germany 5-1 and then argentina in the 2002 finals

of what

the world cup?

no

seremtan wrote: the world cup?

In what sport? Surely not football, cause Germany got to the finals and only lost to Brazil in 2002.

SplishSplash wrote:

seremtan wrote: the world cup?

In what sport? Surely not football, cause Germany got to the finals and only lost to Brazil in 2002.

the 5-1 was in the qualifiers

jeez i'd have thought you'd remember that hiding, mate :icon25:

Why has Brazil been playing a shitty first half against weak teams then scoring 2 or 3 goals in the second?

saturn wrote:lol, the ref aus-croatia was a fucking a joke. He missed so much.

the whole ref thing needs an overhaul, tis fkn abysmal