The Official Metpage Fifa World Cup 2006 Topic

[Danallica]

We got lucky in some respects - kewels goal looked offside

[Greystoke]

We got lucky in some respects - kewels goal looked offside

I can't remember right now, but I think it was offside.

[Fadingtoblack]

Does FIFA overturn the result, or do we just have to live with the fact that cheating is acceptable?

I don't see any point in calling someone out for CHEATING. Trust me, Croatia didn't cheat. I'm not saying the refereeing wasn't bad, it was, but what did Croatia and Croatians have to do with that? IMO, the refereeing on this WC is bad, not only in this game.

I can live with bad calls and decisions, I can live with dodgy handballs that don't get picked up.


The only thing I made reference to with the cheating thing was the player who stayed on the field and kept playing after getting his second yellow card.

He is a professional player, I'm sure he knows the rules of the game - which he blatantly disobeyed.


Sorry if my post came off as accusing Croatia of cheating in general, it honestly wasn't my intent

[Leighton]

I said Kewell was offside the moment Kennedy's flick-on happened, but to be honest I'm stoked we got a 50/50 call from the officials, especally after 2 missed penalties (one a minute before).

The ref fucked up the 3 yellow cards, not the Croatian. He's only obliged to walk when shown a red and he wasn't. Lazy reffing for not putting it in the book or not noticing it there.

[Fadingtoblack]

The ref fucked up the 3 yellow cards, not the Croatian. He's only obliged to walk when shown a red and he wasn't. Lazy reffing for not putting it in the book or not noticing it there.

So the ref shows the second yellow, and then shows a red?

Ok well that's better then, it just becomes another ref f*ckup instead of the player doing it deliberately.

Thanks for the clarification, I'm just basing my comments on what I see on the coverage, like when our got got given the second yellow (for getting the ball kicked into his arm ) the next screen had him just walking off, as the display showed the two yellows becoming a red.

[Greystoke]

So the ref shows the second yellow, and then shows a red?

Yeah, that's what happens in football

The ref fucked it up.

[Luís]

It happened once with my local club here in Portugal We were winning 1-0 and there were only a few minutes left to end the game and our player got a 2nd yellow but no red and he continued playing. Because of that, the game was entirely repeated and the result was 1-1. I was pissed! Only the minutes left should have been played and the mistake was not made by the player; it was by the ref.

[Breadfan_GER]

GERMANY !!!

[sacha]

GERMANY !!!

Wir werden die Weltmeisterschaft gewinnen ! Da bin ich sicher !!!!!!!!



Go Germany GO !!

[Neorrr]

spain is gonna kick some old french ass on tuesday, and if it doesnt happen bleix will eat his pants and seed it (how was that?)

mexico playing much better now than argentina, they deserve winnning so far, 2nd half starting now...they win or loose the argentinians will come like...Metallica owes me shows! muuuaaa muuaaa!

haha

world cup rules!