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The Quadrennial Global Round-Ball Extravaganza
Inlander:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 19 Jun 2010, 09:10 ---Damn right Harry, although if you listen to the SBS propaganda brigade, Australia deserve to be handed the World Cup right now for their obviously Herculean effort.
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I've been really disapponted with Craig Foster's jingoism this World Cup, especially last night. If you hear him talk about any other game in any other competition he's an exceptionally rational, clear-eyed, and astute analyst (by sports analyst standards, at least), but apparently give him Australia playing in the World Cup and he's no better than your average drunken boor watching a game at the pub.
Spluff:
Well, it's not SBS if you don't see a tit late at night. And there was a few absolute tits (forgive my nationalistic bullshit, but the most prominent one was the umpire).
Patrick:
I take it SBS is like HBO in that way
est:
Wasn't a red card. Red requires intent, and there was no fucking intent there, he was trying to block a shot with his body and it hit his arm instead. I could have handled a yellow card and a penalty making it 1-1 with 11 men still on the field, but after that we were fucked.
Also, how the hell was the card directly after it for a fast, dangerous tackle from behind not a straight red, especially how Cahill got a straight red while trying to pull out of a tackle from the side in the previous game? A tackle from behind = straight red. I've heard refs mention in the past that their hands are tied when something like that happens because FIFA has a zero tolerance policy on tackles from behind.
So yeah, other than that it was an enjoyable game to watch. Australia showed a lot more spirit than in the Germany game, and regardless of having an absolute mountain to climb to get out of the group stage I feel a lot better about our team. If they had played like this during the Germany game we would have at least gone down fighting, which was my main gripe.
Darke:
Having your arms sticking out by your sides like that is considered deliberately making yourself larger to block the ball, and therefore deliberate handball. Kewell made a mistake and was rightfully sent off. He denied a clear goalscoring opportunity and that is always a red card.
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