Marfitalu: They did, but that foul that Thierry Henry did, was terrible he should of been carded for it, instead the spanish guy got the card and he didnt even do anything
题目: Re: Van Baston comments just before the match POR-NED
Andre Faria: lol .. i hope he meant to take care of them in a sportive way .. to pay attention to them and block them as is allowed in soccer :)
but maybe i am too optimistic and do sometimes believe human nature can be ok and doesnt have to be bad by intention .. although it might become in emotions.. which i still dont like, especially not when its with professional players
Netherlands will employ special tactics to shackle Portuguese danger-men Luis Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco during their FIFA World Cup™ second-round clash, their coach said on Saturday.
Marco van Basten said the attacking trio would need extra attention in Sunday's match after some devastating displays in the group stage.
"I think we want to play as we always play using our system but we know that Portugal have some very good players like Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco," said the 41-year-old former AC Milan and Dutch striking legend.
"They're special players so we have to take care of them."
Andre Faria: was the second foul of boulahrouz the one after which you could see the print of his shoe in his leg ? or was that the first ?
i think the one which showed the print afterwards was the worst .. it made him limp for real and leave the field (he might limp if it might profit, but he wont leave the field to get an advantage :))
Andre Faria: boulahrouz was bad .. very bad .. i wonder why he did it .. no reason can be enough for such an action
he should have been sent of for sure
the second foul on ronaldo wasnt as bad ... it was a foul you see in most matches and a free kick would be given for it .. not even a yellow card
i am ashamed mostly because of the 'revenge' actions of all players that were involved in such actions .. revenge is ok .. but do it in the sport itself .. not on the man .. be grown up .. and professional enough to use the game to take revenge ..
it wasnt a professional match .. it was a match which you could see at the lower classes of amateur soccer
Czuch Chuckers: the referrees are given new orders .. they are applying the rules quite strict now and whistle quite fast
players did know this already, and are acting to take it to their advantage
ruined the wc .. the rules should not be this strict .. and players should try to play soccer
the same happened to the game of squash (racket ball) .. not too long ago a lot of top players called a lot of 'let' balls which would stop the game (rally) and start it anew .. they called in the hope they would get a 'stroke' (point for them, or giving them the first serve) .. since a couple of years there are actions to stop this behaviour and make people 'play squash, not let' (thats the call they use :))
maybe it should now be 'play soccer, not drama' :)
Gabriel Almeida: there were more bad calls or cards not given .. for example the kick to the shoulder of (i think) robben after someone else was tackled .. that should have been a yellow card (or maybe even red for a kick that high), and a penalty kick (it was in front of the goal, although the referre had already whistled for the other foul)