I think that block was theatrical.
Quarter Final | Holland v Costa Rica | 5 July | BBC1 9pm KO
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Originally Posted by Tourista:
“I know this is too much to ask, but could this game actually be about the football and not the cheating and diving?.....”
“I know this is too much to ask, but could this game actually be about the football and not the cheating and diving?.....”
Hear hear!! But ... in my dreams!!
Originally Posted by StarryNight1983:
“With one of his dives he wasn't punished - he was awarded with a penalty!”
“With one of his dives he wasn't punished - he was awarded with a penalty!”
He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him, he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though.
Originally Posted by Tourista:
“I know this is too much to ask, but could this game actually be about the football and not the cheating and diving?.....”
“I know this is too much to ask, but could this game actually be about the football and not the cheating and diving?.....”
As long as robben behaves himself that shouldn't be a problem!
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him, he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though.”
“He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him, he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though.”
In other words DIVED...
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him,he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though”
“He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him,he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though”
And that is what gets peoples back up! If you are fouled fair enough but don't go down looking like you were shot 6 times and then thrown from a high rise block of flats!!
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him, he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though.”
“He didn't dive for the penalty, the Mexican defender fouled him, he was theatrical in how he reacted to it though.”
Originally Posted by Tourista:
“In other words DIVED...”
“In other words DIVED...”
I agree with O'Neill. If he did dive though it was after the foul and the ref gave the penalty for the foul which happened before the dive.
12 minutes gone and Costa Rica haven't conceded. That's better than the other 3 losing quarter-finalists.
Originally Posted by BigFoot87:
“12 minutes gone and Costa Rica haven't conceded. That's better than the other 3 losing quarter-finalists.”
“12 minutes gone and Costa Rica haven't conceded. That's better than the other 3 losing quarter-finalists.”
Think CR are hoping to use the long ball to get behind the Dutch defence.
Originally Posted by Tourista:
“In other words DIVED...”
“In other words DIVED...”
...that's not how diving works, diving is simulation, creating the situation without contact. He brought the refs attention to the foul in an over the top way, doesn't mean he weren't fouled.
Originally Posted by C Horse:
“OK ... let's play sport without punishing cheats.
Fan of Ben Johnson? Linford Christie? Mike Tyson? Lance Armstrong?
Hell ... why not go all the way and teach kids in PE that cheating is a good idea.”
“OK ... let's play sport without punishing cheats.
Fan of Ben Johnson? Linford Christie? Mike Tyson? Lance Armstrong?
Hell ... why not go all the way and teach kids in PE that cheating is a good idea.”
Time wasting is technically cheating, should we ban teams that waste time? slow going off and it's a red card
a dive is a yellow card, until the rules are changed any other punishment would be an overreaction.
Costa Rica are one of those annoying teams who would crumble if they conceded a couple of early goals. Pity no one has managed it.
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