Netherlands v Argentina - Fri 9th Dec, 19:00 | Quarter-final | World Cup 2022

[Frede Fup]

Messi should’ve been off too

He got a yellow card, but if the ref booked him for a blatant handball earlier, he’s off

He got booked for complaining.

He wouldn’t have done that, had he already been booked.

 

[KentBlue]

The ref was poor...again. I don't think anybody would argue that. But the two teams didn't help matters themselves with their diving and fouling: every time I glanced at the screen (I was busy reading an excellent article about the recording of Blondie's 'Heart of Glass,') there was at least one player rolling around on the ground, feigning injury, clutching his ankle as if Ladyboy's ego had fallen on it from a great height.

As somebody has already stated the ref lost control of the game. We have history with this man and FIFA should haul him over the coals for his performance last night.
A World Cup quarter final watched by millions and millions of people the world over and this man is put in charge?

 

[Xhavenjoe]

The ref was poor...again. I don't think anybody would argue that. But the two teams didn't help matters themselves with their diving and fouling: every time I glanced at the screen (I was busy reading an excellent article about the recording of Blondie's 'Heart of Glass,')

Did you notice that the pitch had parallel lines?

 

[Gabriel]

He got booked for complaining.

He wouldn’t have done that, had he already been booked.

He committed multiple fouls after the unpunished booking. If he is to win the World Cup, he and they should do it under their own steam, not with the officials manufacturing it.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Messi should’ve been off too

He got a yellow card, but if the ref booked him for a blatant handball earlier, he’s off

I thought yellow for a deliberate handball was only for stopping a promising attack. Like the guy earlier?

 

[KentBlue]

Did you notice that the pitch had parallel lines?

Nah. The tide was too high.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Cheating Argie cunts,probably only our lad who didn't.

 

[River Plate]

Messi shouldn't have been on the pitch

Why? Because he should have got a yellow with that handball? To be fair, If he gets the yellow there, he doesn't get a second yellow for arguing.

 

[Stephen230]

The ref was poor...again. I don't think anybody would argue that. But the two teams didn't help matters themselves with their diving and fouling: every time I glanced at the screen (I was busy reading an excellent article about the recording of Blondie's 'Heart of Glass,') there was at least one player rolling around on the ground, feigning injury, clutching his ankle as if Ladyboy's ego had fallen on it from a great height.

As somebody has already stated the ref lost control of the game. We have history with this man and FIFA should haul him over the coals for his performance last night.
A World Cup quarter final watched by millions and millions of people the world over and this man is put in charge?

I would argue with that. I think he did as well as any referee could have done in the most trying of circumstances. It amuses me that you have two squads of players ( and I use the word ‘squads’ intentionally, rather than teams) behaving like a bunch of spoilt children at every opportunity and it’s the referee whose lost control? How about putting the blame on the players for their own behaviour rather than the referee? He tried to keep them in check by dishing out yellow cards but they carried on regardless. He worked miracles to keep 22 players on that pitch. If he’d dished out one red card, he’d have left himself no option but to use that as the yardstick and it would have ended up seven a side. And if that had happened, I wonder who would have got the blame for ruining the game?

 

[bluemoon32]

Each to their own. As someone who has spent 12 months just about in Argentina, I don't share your opinion.

You called out an entire nation ffs