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The Quadrennial Global Round-Ball Extravaganza
Yayniall:
What are you people on about? The Dutch played in a way which gave them the best possible chance to win, it was a world cup final, there's a lot more at stake than playing pretty football.
If you don't set out a combatative midfield then Xavi and Alonso take utter control of the game and pretty soon you find yourself a few goals down.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: Yayniall on 11 Jul 2010, 14:12 ---What are you people on about? The Dutch played in a way which gave them the best possible chance to win, it was a world cup final, there's a lot more at stake than playing pretty football.
If you don't set out a combatative midfield then Xavi and Alonso take utter control of the game and pretty soon you find yourself a few goals down.
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I'm not saying it wasn't an effective approach. Hell, it took Spain until the 110th minute of the game to score a goal and but for some better finishing/worse goalkeeping the Netherlands could have won the match! But it was absolutely vile to watch, utterly unsporting, a betrayal of a very fine Dutch footballing tradition, and something that I in no way wish to see rewarded.
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 11 Jul 2010, 14:14 ---some completely bizarre refereeing decisions helped them along the way at the end.
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Obviously there should have been a corner to the Netherlands instead of a goal-kick to Spain immediately before Spain's goal, and it was pretty hopeless of Howard Webb and co. to miss that, but I like to think that it's more than balanced out by the fact that the De Jong wasn't sent off for leading with the studs straight into a guy's chest.
Patrick:
Spain is the team that had three players drop simultaneously in a synchronized dive.
Neither team played dirtier than the other, they were both atrocious.
scarred:
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 11 Jul 2010, 14:11 ---Spain won fair and square
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Verergoca:
DAMN THAT OCTOPUS!
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