Cheating Argie cunts,probably only our lad who didn't.
Absolutely. And the NL sympathetic coverage of the Argentinian shoot-out reaction misses the prior goading from the Dutch as the last fella set-off to take what would be the winning spot kick.Fuck the Dutch & their lump it hoofball, Cruyff will be turning in his grave.
They got exactly what they deserved
The players tend to behave that way when they sense that they have a weak-as-piss official 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.
I was made up the best defender in the history of the universe got sent packing the daft ****.Absolutely. And the NL sympathetic coverage of the Argentinian shoot-out reaction misses the prior goading from the Dutch as the last fella set-off to take what would be the winning spot kick.
But I did love Van Dijk wiping-out that Argentinian who booted the ball into the dugout - brilliant.
Cracking game, including all of the shenanigans. This is football.
The Dutch bench were getting involved all through the second half. No need for it.Theres videos of the touch players (probably dumfries as he was booked during it) going up to the Argentine players when they were about to walk up to the spot.
Perfectly reasonable for them to give it back them when they won.
Croatia v Morocco in the final.Croatians are not known for being soft arses! It’ll be a war, either way, because the shithousery will be early and often!!
The ref was pretty consistent on that score, Timber committed at least two bookable fouls while already on a yellow and was equally lucky not to walk.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.
I’m not blaming the ref for the debacle caused by both teams, but I don’t agree with your yardstick for measuring what a ref can do in these circumstances.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?
Think FIFA would like Argentina vs Portugal, for obvious reasonsCroatia v Morocco in the final.
Believe me. It’s the dream final for FIFA.
They’ll make it happen.
;-)