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Shiryu said:I don't believe any other referee would had done better.
What did you guys expect him to do?
Disappear?
There were on this game:
- Blantant-studs up fouls trying to injure players.
- Clear red-card offense sliding-tackles.
- Elbows to the face.
- Headings to the face.
- Punches to the face.
- Shoving out of play.
- Flying kicks to the upper body.
- Clear yellow-card offense dives. (You know who I'm talking about... )
- Bad sportsmanship.
- Indiscriminate use of the hands to stop/control the ball.
Do I need to continue?
This game can practically cover the entire FIFA Training DVD.
No. They act like there should be a better standard of refereeing at World Cup level.Dragan T said:Exactly. People act like they would have done better.
Hahaha, ace.MaSsiVe said:
The ref doesn't need to tell the players constantly "please don't try to break your opponent's legs" "don't tackle people over their knees" "don't head each others". They know exactly what kind of fouls deserve a yellow or a red card. It's player bussiness to control themselves.juventusita said:What a joke, do you not understand the referee's inability to control the game allowed for the players to do ALL of those things? THAT MAKES HIM A TERRIBLE REFEREE! Anyone who believes that anything besides the worst officiated game in the history of the World Cup, please don't reproduce ever.
faceNside said:The ref doesn't need to tell the players constantly "please don't try to break your opponent's legs" "don't tackle people over their knees" "don't head each others". They know exactly what kind of fouls deserve a yellow or a red card. It's player bussiness to control themselves.
In fact the referee was soft; Figo header and tackles over Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo also deserved straight reds.
juventusita said:If he sends him off there, Figo doesn't put his face into the Dutch defender's elbow and get him sent off
Too much radiation I'd say.$teauA said:all I have to say about Valentin Ivanov is
HAHA !Mishkin said:Too much radiation I'd say.
I think you're harsh on Figo. He've showed he's calss also as a still decent player and this one incident doesn't make it different.juventusita said:Uh, I think we are all in agreement that he was soft. That's how the game got out of hand. Players are going to do whatever the referee allows to win the game - diving, cheating, hard tackling. It's the referee's job to control the game and he did not do that. He let the game get out of hand when Figo wasn't red carded for his headbutt on Van Bommel. Sure, he was playacting afterwards trying to draw attention to the headbutt, but Figo still struck Van Bommel. If he sends him off there, Figo doesn't put his face into the Dutch defender's elbow and get him sent off, which is when the game boiled over. Figo has definately showed his class this World Cup as a diver and cheat.
juventusita said:He let the game get out of hand when Figo wasn't red carded for his headbutt on Van Bommel. Sure, he was playacting afterwards trying to draw attention to the headbutt, but Figo still struck Van Bommel. If he sends him off there, Figo doesn't put his face into the Dutch defender's elbow and get him sent off, which is when the game boiled over. Figo has definately showed his class this World Cup as a diver and cheat.
newbie original said:Terrible refereeing...just restart the World Cup!