Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

[ambiance]

The Portugal/Holland game should be best match so far in the quarter finals. I hope to see something along the line of a Rodriguez goal like yesterday.

[djpnuemo]

great, this ref... already making me angry.

yes, rough tackles. but, LET'S PLAY. it's been 2 minutes!!!! UGH

[sin-ergy]

^ yeah but that 2nd tackle by the dutch was definitely a yellow. dude nailed him right in the leg. ouch!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited June 25, 2006 by sin-ergy

[sanctified Veteran]

Nice goal

[Martyn]

i want to see ronaldo cry. for whatever reason, it makes me laugh.

You just got to see it.

[djpnuemo]

YES!!! i got my wish. a crying ronaldo. oh glorious day!!!

however, i will say that that injury looked like it would hurt real bad. i'm sure he's in pain, too bad he couldn't play through it.

[sin-ergy]

Red card for costinha!! O_O

[djpnuemo]

GOOD!! that idiot!

this referee is unbelievable. that kick to robben's arm and no call?! holland is getting hosed on every call.

[arrrgh]

I wonder what the hell was Costinha thinking.. if Portugal drops this game he's going to get some serious flack.

[PT 13]

Costinha sucks :( My god :(

Drugs are bad for you Costinha :|

[L3thal Veteran]

GOOD!! that idiot!

this referee is unbelievable. that kick to robben's arm and no call?! holland is getting hosed on every call.

Yes, Holland is getting hosed :rolleyes:

Good job to the Dutch team for getting what they wanted: getting Ronaldo out of the game.

Costinha is a moron. I don't understand why Petit or Tiago didn't play in his spot.

[Krpano]

Oh My God !!!

This World Cup has the worst referees ever.

They give yellow cards for nothing and there is some real foul they say nothing.....ffs.

The dutch player that hit C. Ronaldo should be out with a red card.

But good game from Portugal.

[L3thal Veteran]

The dutch player that hit C. Ronaldo should be out with a red card.

Thank you! Whatever happened to FIFA's no tolerance rule for fouls like that? :no:

[djpnuemo]

what about the kick to robben? is that not worthy of at least a foul??

[PT 13]

that should have been a red card no doubt :( He couldn't play because of that foul

[Krpano]

Thank you! Whatever happened to FIFA's no tolerance rule for fouls like that? :no:

You said that it took C.ROnaldo out of the game ?

Maybe out of the world cup...depending on the injury he wont be able to recover.

Ffs, im sure that was planned before the game start.

[Martyn]

what about the kick to robben? is that not worthy of at least a foul??

You mean the karate kick to Robben's neck which was inside the penalty area? I thought that should of been a penalty.

There have been so many red cards in this World Cup.

[L3thal Veteran]

what about the kick to robben? is that not worthy of at least a foul??

Yes, lets call a foul on an offside :rolleyes:

As a matter of fact, lets start calling penalties during goal kicks :whistle:

[Krpano]

what about the kick to robben? is that not worthy of at least a foul??

Robben had his foot in the same level as the portuguese.

Plus it was a foul/offside before that contact.....so no penalty there....but indeed maybe a yellow card for the action.

Im telling you since the beginning of this world cup...the referees are idiots....they give yellows for nothing, then a single foul they must give the red because they already have an yellow

[djpnuemo]

so, you can kick someone after a ref calls offside and not be penalized for it. that makes no sense.

no one mentioned that he should've gotten a penalty. i don't think it should've been a penalty. but be freaking consistant!!!!

[L3thal Veteran]

so, you can kick someone after a ref calls offside and not be penalized for it. that makes no sense.

no one mentioned that he should've gotten a penalty. i don't think it should've been a penalty. but be freaking consistant!!!!

Yes, that does make sense. At most, it would have been a yellow card.

[phedot]

what about the kick to robben? is that not worthy of at least a foul??

Yep that sould have been a penalty... but Robben was offside... bad luck mate...

But Boularhouz should have been sent off with that foul over C. Ronaldo, and Costinha? Pfft the guy is a complete jerk :pinch:

Just one more thing... Portugal FTW :whistle:

[L3thal Veteran]

Time for the second half :)

Go Portugal!

[djpnuemo]

Yes, that does make sense. At most, it would have been a yellow card.

sorry, l3thal, but, that may be the dumbest thing i've read. to say that someone should not be penalized, whether it just be called a foul, for kicking someone in the upper body, just because the offside flag is up, us completely irresponsible as a referee.

i think you all should read a little better. no one said anything about robben deserving a penalty!

[Julius Caro]

Oh My God !!!

This World Cup has the worst referees ever.

They give yellow cards for nothing and there is some real foul they say nothing.....ffs.

The dutch player that hit C. Ronaldo should be out with a red card.

But good game from Portugal.

Noo dude! Even with the crap referees are this year, the worse was definitely 2002.

You mean the karate kick to Robben's neck which was inside the penalty area? I thought that should of been a penalty.

There have been so many red cards in this World Cup.

YES! That was a penalty for sure!