For FUN - WorldCUP, Whom do you stand for?MOD EDIT: CONGRATS ITALY!!!!

[parallax]

Heheh lol! I seriously doubt it - erm… there was the ref for a start! Heheh also I would advise you to actually read the rules regarding contact/obstruction in the penalty area. And perhaps you also didn’t listen - as I did - to a group of professioanls discussing this very thing.

Peace

You are wrong on all accounts: here’s the proof:

A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following six offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
[ul]
[li] kicks or attempts to kick an opponent[/li][li]trips or attempts to trip an opponent[/li][li]jumps at an opponent[/li][li]charges an opponent[/li][li]strikes or attempts to strike an opponent[/li][li] pushes an opponent[/li][/ul] A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player
commits any of the following four offences:

[ul]
[li]tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball[/li][li]holds an opponent[/li][li]spits at an opponent[/li][li]handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).[/li][/ul]Source: http://www.fifa.com/en/regulations/regulation/0,1584,3,00.html

The ref made a wrong call. Nothing more, nothing less.

As for the Italian red card, as stated before, that WAS a red card. A two-feet tackle studs up = direct red.

What happened in previous matches is totally irrelevant, and i can’t believe people use it as an argument.

[nitindesign]

ok world cup is almost over so message edited

[Gangstashers]

Yah refs can do that, especialy with portugal vs holland.

Domme scheidrechter man t was heus geen kaartespel ofzo.

Sheherryar

[BartokDesign]

im impressed with this guy, but sometimes easy shots becomes hard for him

[maNtodEa]

i’m sorry to see ghana lost i really liked how they behave during the game. that’s fair play and play with heart. but…the world cup continues.

[nitindesign]

ok world cup is almost over so message edited

[JohnnyAlucarD]

You are wrong on all accounts: here’s the proof:

A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following six offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
[ul]
[li]kicks or attempts to kick an opponent[/li][li]trips or attempts to trip an opponent[/li][li]jumps at an opponent[/li][li]charges an opponent[/li][li]strikes or attempts to strike an opponent[/li][li]pushes an opponent[/li][/ul]A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player
commits any of the following four offences:

[ul]
[li]tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball[/li][li]holds an opponent[/li][li]spits at an opponent[/li][li]handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).[/li][/ul]Source: http://www.fifa.com/en/regulations/regulation/0,1584,3,00.html

The ref made a wrong call. Nothing more, nothing less.

As for the Italian red card, as stated before, that WAS a red card. A two-feet tackle studs up = direct red.

What happened in previous matches is totally irrelevant, and i can’t believe people use it as an argument.

Sorry but you need to dig a bit deeper than surface in football rules:
While the offence of impeding the progress of an opponent is still punished under Law 12 with an indirect free kick, where the impeding is caused by physical contact between the offending player and the opponent, this is now deemed to be ‘holding’ and therefore a direct free kick shall be awarded. While obstruction is no longer in the Laws of Association Football, impeding is and this is regularly awarded when it occurs.

When Neill “fell” he impeded the player thus bringing the obstruction law into play, a direct freekick in the area IS a penalty it’s the LAW of the game, as I said earlier, thank you. It is quite clear I would say that is what happened. The ref saw the lunge, which caused the player to “fall” (cough) but it could be argued that Neill was directly responsible for bringing down his man. They got the penalty because the Australian player was stupid enough to make a clumsy lunge that caused him to fall ACROSS the player he was challanging therefore he impeded him wether or not the intent was there - he caused the collision which ultimately led to the player falling into/over the grounded player. Now can we please leave this alone for goodness sake I am not even an Italian fan!!
I hope France paly well tonight and Henry plays like he does week in week out for the Gunners!

[parallax]

Sorry but you need to dig a bit deeper than surface in football rules:
While the offence of impeding the progress of an opponent is still punished under Law 12 with an indirect free kick, where the impeding is caused by physical contact between the offending player and the opponent, this is now deemed to be ‘holding’ and therefore a direct free kick shall be awarded. While obstruction is no longer in the Laws of Association Football, impeding is and this is regularly awarded when it occurs.

When Neill “fell” he impeded the player thus bringing the obstruction law into play, a direct freekick in the area IS a penalty it’s the LAW of the game, as I said earlier, thank you. It is quite clear I would say that is what happened. The ref saw the lunge, which caused the player to “fall” (cough) but it could be argued that Neill was directly responsible for bringing down his man. They got the penalty because the Australian player was stupid enough to make a clumsy lunge that caused him to fall ACROSS the player he was challanging therefore he impeded him wether or not the intent was there - he caused the collision which ultimately led to the player falling into/over the grounded player. Now can we please leave this alone for goodness sake I am not even an Italian fan!!
I hope France paly well tonight and Henry plays like he does week in week out for the Gunners!

Seriously, that is ridiculous. But it doesn’t matter anyway, because even after supplying you with the rules, you like to interpret the rules just the way you see fit, so i’m done with this.

[trthing]

They got the penalty because the Australian player was stupid enough to make a clumsy lunge that caused him to fall ACROSS the player he was challanging therefore he impeded him wether or not the intent was there - he caused the collision which ultimately led to the player falling into/over the grounded player.

Well said, again.

[cgbinho]

BRAZIL 3 X 0 GHANA
that was the most " apreensive non-apreensive" game brazil played… ghana had the control over the game for a good part, and yet with a few goal chances, brazil scored…
so…that´s it! 3 games left!!!

[marciowski]

“WHO IS THE FAT GUY NOW?”

Brazil didn’t play well all the game. But made 3 x 0.
Imagine if they play well all the time. This cup would be a Globetrotter Soccer game. The last minutes of the game were another Showtime!

And what a Goal by Ronaldo! Poor goalkeaper… He should be proud. He’s got the 15th goal by “The One”.

[nitindesign]

Nice to see Ronaldo back in the thick of things. He should have had a second but Adriano…

[SePu]

that is what makes Brasil so dangerous … they might not play well maybe the whole game … but if they got two or three balls with some advantage… they will score and make the job done … just imagine if they play well they will kill you …
today they just played what was necessary to beat Ghana … they will have to improve for next round though whoever the team is …

anyway Im still confident that Brasil will win … hopefully in a final against Argentina or Germany …

GO GO BRASIL ! ! !

[BartokDesign]

cool pic

http://www.orapois.com.br/br/arquivos/12062006114015g.jpg

[system]

Well Ive not seen the match but I heard it was another average performance by Brazil with a flattering scoreline. Ronaldinho has certainly been quiet so far in the tournament but he is such a talent that he could suddenly turn it on from the quarters when it really matters. Like England though, Brazil will certainly have to up their game if they want to progress much further.

Spain vs France just came to life before the halftime whistle, hopefully the second half will continue from where it left off.

[cgbinho]

hopefully france will beat spain, so brazil can face france in the quarter finals… it will be nice and refreshing send them home. bye bye zinedine zidane.

[gent_k]

Knew they could do it :). Zidane finished it in style. Congrats to France, they had to go through alot these days, glad they came through.

Man they looked so confident, even seeing defenders like Sagnol and Thuram dribble in their own midfiel in front of 2-3 spanish players. Brazil is going to have a hard time scoring against France. Spain didn’t even have one solid chance.

[mv1]

Yay! can’t wait for brazil-france, will be a great match. Good to see they got back in confidence.

[K_K]

The france v spain game was a really high tempo game, france deservedly won the game but the bit from henry where he faked the foul was really disgraceful:sad:

[amirjahanlou]

God d— it , God d— it, I can’t beleive that, France with all that fat/old guys stays in, While Spain …,

Seems god is not in germany at this time of the year.:sad: