Aberlour10 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 So, the road to the World Cup comes slowly to an end. The thread for simply all around the event, complaints about referees, balls, weather etc etc..inclusive B-) Let's have a fun together in the next couple of weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Can't answer your poll, I expect to listen to most matches live on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles123 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'll watch a few matches here and there, love football (hence the username) but not wild on international stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Here are my LOCK predictions for the world cup: 1) england will choke and underachieve2) lolmexico3) http://i.imgur.com/6xVqKuz.jpg4) usa will win 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 1-1 tonite BTW. you heard it here first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 my previous post should say "engerland" 5) number of stadiums collapsing over 1.5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 And we're off http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4606671/croatiagoal.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 bad joke penalty :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 What a surprise, Blatter because his constituency is basically the third world, insists that referees are drawn from across the confederations rather than getting the best refs who are almost all European. We get a Japanese muppet who gives Fred a joke penalty for a ludicrous dive and disallows a perfectly good Croatian goal. My interest in the world cup has all but disappeared. Fred should get a long ban but won't and the referee and linesmen should be sent home. That said the Croatian goalkeeper should have saved all the goals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I agree the penalty was a joke, but I believe there was no goal taken away for the linesman had raised the flag (or so I heard from the guy who was there nd speking on the TV). Why he raised the flag I don't I have no idea, but it was so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I was right except for the refs. :P I thought disallowing the Croatian goal was 100% fair as you can't hinder the goalie inside the six-yard box, but now I can't find any FIFA rule to back this up. :o But I found some internet people who also remember this rule being in effect at some point in time, equally bewildered that it seems to be an urban legend, or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 if I knew what hinder means I could support you. So who is betting that Brazil doesn't get to semifinals at least now? :P There is a lot of money involved in Brazil going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) And we're off http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4606671/croatiagoal.gif Croatian forward doens't look at the ball going in, he rather looks to the left. wanting to see if linesman had raised or?... EDIT: Linesman is at the other side I think, so why does he look to the left? Edited June 13, 2014 by Fluffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 if I knew what hinder means I could support you. So who is betting that Brazil doesn't get to semifinals at least now? :P There is a lot of money involved in Brazil going through.Like block, stop from freely moving. Example sentence: Conspiracy theories hinder the enjoyment of the games for some football fans. Of course the referee was awful, though, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt. This is not 2002 yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 He's looking to the left because he wants to see the ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I was right except for the refs. :P I thought disallowing the Croatian goal was 100% fair as you can't hinder the goalie inside the six-yard box, but now I can't find any FIFA rule to back this up. :o But I found some internet people who also remember this rule being in effect at some point in time, equally bewildered that it seems to be an urban legend, or something. I was listening to this on the radio so haven't seen the incident. The commentators were adamant there was no foul having seen the replays. There is a habit among goalkeepers outside the UK who are crap on crosses to take their eyes off the ball, find a forward to run into and fall over. In Europe they get the free kick, in England they don't. This is why Ricardo played so few games for Man United as the refs rumbled him, and why we were outraged when he did this and cost England a goal and the match in a big tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 What about the regulation to give both coaches the right 2 times /match to request the video review by the refeeres ( WC, EC, CL....) Max. 4 breaks would not affect the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I was listening to this on the radio so haven't seen the incident. The commentators were adamant there was no foul having seen the replays. Already the first reply showed this was a clear foul by the forward, This physical play against goalie is no go in 5 m area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Already the first reply showed this was a clear foul by the forward, This physical play against goalie is no go in 5 m area. Just searched the video. That is not a foul, the keeper has already missed the ball before the contact, and arguably the Croatia forward has already headed the ball before the contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Just searched the video. That is not a foul, the keeper has already missed the ball before the contact, and arguably the Croatia forward has already headed the ball before the contact. Its not a secret that in english footbal more " body play" is allowed than f.ex. in continental one. The different view on this moment results may be from this fact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Already the first reply showed this was a clear foul by the forward, This physical play against goalie is no go in 5 m area.That's what I thought too but I can't find any evidence for this in the FIFA rules. Still there must be a bit more to this than just an urban legend since I found a lot of fans online who have heard of it, Rafa Benitez being one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 And nobody has mentioned yet that Neymar escaped with only a yellow card for his carefully planted elbow on Modric' jaw. Referees are people too, and they do make mistakes (and are allowed to make mistakes), but I think this referee was simply biased. I do not mean that he intended to be biased, but he was simply overwhelmed and his legs weren't strong enough. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 There was a Croatian dude who did something very similar on a Brazilian dude, but I agree that they both should have been sent off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's what I thought too but I can't find any evidence for this in the FIFA rules. Still there must be a bit more to this than just an urban legend since I found a lot of fans online who have heard of it, Rafa Benitez being one of them. I search about it in german sources, The conclusions. There is no extra rule about fouls on goalie in 5m area. But...there are instructions and comments to the IFAB Rule 12 directed to the refeeres , to be particular care about any shoving action on goalie in 5m area, with or without the ball in direct action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Croatian forward doens't look at the ball going in, he rather looks to the left. wanting to see if linesman had raised or?... EDIT: Linesman is at the other side I think, so why does he look to the left? imo the croatian player deliberately touched the ball through the defense to the attacker running on the back side rather than trying to shoot towards goal. he looks to see that the ball did in fact split the defenders i'm not sure where you see him looking left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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