GTP's Official FIFA 2006 World Cup Thread (Now with Results!)
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Apparently this world cup has already set the record for red cards and there is 12 more games to go, if I read the news this morning correctly.
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It's still a contact sport, but rather than having this dirty shirt pulling and pushing in the back it's more a focus on getting the ball first...of course it will take a while for players to realise this fully (hence the large amount of yellows and reds) but I think this clampdown is good for the game.
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Contact in football is inevitable, arms will cross peoples chests, legs will tangle and so forth.l But rather than accepting that as a consequense of what football actually is, they are trying to get it out of the game. It won't be long at this rate before any contact more than a lgith brush (if that) will result in a free kick being given away and possibly a card. It's a contact sport, it's going to result in people clashing, but they seem to think that they can, all that will happen is games will become more and more filled with bookings and free kicks and games will become less flowing. If they will clamp down on anytihng, clamp down on what they keep saying they're clamping down on but haven't don bugger all about it so far, diving and crowding the ref, not booking a player because he went for a 50/50 challenge with another player and one ended up on the floor.
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Nope - it's five total. Sheffield U***** tried it a few years ago - they were 3-0 down and had had two men sent off, with one for the opponents (Palace, I think). Warnock instructed (allegedly) his players to try and get themselves sent off, as if two more went the game would be abandoned.
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For what?
DiabolicalMaskI think it was Sneijder. Anyway, I think the yellow card on that one was correct, although opinions are mixed.
The second yellow, though, was ridiculous.
Who? Sneijder?
I know what he did (taking the ball for his own) wasn't illegal, so it can't be called cheating. But it sure was dirty.
No, Deco.
The ball was a drop ball. Figo let the Dutch have it, and the Dutch played it backwards. At that point, play became active again. It may have been that Figo was expecting the ball to be played straight forward to Ricardo...
As soon as Deco saw it, he ran straight for the Dutch player (I thought it was Heitinga). He had absolutely no intention of playing the ball at all - he never does - he just wanted to hurt the Dutch player.
He does it all the time. He's a dirty little **** who, for all his talent, has absolutely no place in football because all he wants to do is injure people. AT least Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo (and Ricardo. And Valente, Costinha, Tiago and the rest of them) just cheat by falling over all the time, they don't try to end the careers of their fellow professionals.
Unluckiest player was van Bronckhorst.
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The Dutch didn't play the ball backwards, he passed to his team mate beside him instead of showing some fair play giving the possesion back to Portugal. Then Deco decided to stop him. 
It was not a pretty move by Deco, but Holland could've scored because of that and it wouldn't be fair at all.
Edit: And I think João is talking about C. Ronaldo's injury. I don't recall if that was in the 7th minute.
It was not a pretty move by Deco, but Holland could've scored because of that and it wouldn't be fair at all.
Edit: And I think João is talking about C. Ronaldo's injury. I don't recall if that was in the 7th minute.
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But Figo made no attempt to play the ball, as if to give possession back to the Dutch - and Heitinga (or Sneijder) was behind the player who "won" the drop ball.
I make no comment on whether that was fair play or not, only that Deco went, as usual, to deliberately injure the man on the ball.
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I wasn't paying much attention at the TV on the time the game was stopped but the commentator said Portugal was in possesion of the ball when the ref stopped the play. That's why Figo didn't attempt to dispute the drop ball, it was obvious that Holland should've given possesion back to Portugal.
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Obviously I knew you were talking about Deco. I was just playing with your words.Famine
I cannot agree with what you say about Deco. To be honest, I haven't followed his career at Barça that closely, but let me tell you that I don't recall ever seeing him injuring a player (on purpose, that is) all those years he played at F.C. Porto or Portugal.
Maybe this is all down to personal interpretation, but I think Deco just wanted to stop the game when he commited foul. A bit of revenge, yes, but I honestly don't think he was trying to injure Sneijder.
And if you really think Deco wanted to hurt Sneijder, how can you ask why Boulahrouz should have been sent out? Didn't you see what he did to C. Ronaldo (7th minute)? That was intentional!
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I've seen him do it three times, not including yesterday, and at least once for Portugal, not including yesterday.
He's a filthy little rat and he should not be playing professional football.
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I'm sorry? He ran 40 yards to kick someone's legs and that wasn't trying to injure someone?
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I only saw a fraction of a second of the replay. Post up a video if you can.
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Anyway.
Come on you Aussies! Woop woop! Hoon bogan etc.
Come on you Aussies! Woop woop! Hoon bogan etc.
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Support the damn country you live in.
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Come on Australia!
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Well it may have been in the past, but I bet it would turn into an ugly boring dive fest.
HAHAHAHAHA That worthless excuse for a player matteratzi just got sent off. Couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
Seriously I hope Australia win.
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Uh-oh, Italy will find it hard to defend against the might of Australia's attack now that Materazzi is off 
