Well played Croatia. They wuz robbed. Certainly lots of talking points, ref was terrible aside from penalty he pinged the Croatian for a foul on the keeper which never was. If Brazil are going to win this they will have to be a lot better.
Roll on Spain v Holland.
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Definitely not! Come on Lads, its about time we put the Pasta boys to the sword!
Will be lots of shenanigans from them tho.....lets keep our heads and do the business! Dug my England flag out for the occasion! 8)
[i]Roll on Spain v Holland.[/i]
ooh yes, when's that one? Should be a bit spicey!
tonight
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Well played Croatia. They wuz robbed
They weren't at all.
I get 2 impressions from this thread. 1. that quite a few of you don't like fitba, and secondly, there's a group getting their excuses in early before the inevitable 2nd round pumping out that England will mostly likely receive! 😆
Never a penalty.
They need to bring TMOs into football, it would end all this ridiculous diving overnight.
And the way the players treated the, admitedly poor, referee was appalling
They weren't at all.
A penalty that wasn't and a goal disallowed incorrectly ?
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last night. what seems like controversy will soon be overshadowed, never a penalty and no reason that goal should be disallowed. However the final ten minutes sums it all up, Croatia had posession and looked threatening, Brazil picked up the ball and it was in the back of the net. a clunky start from an under pressure favourite, hope that things balance out and Croatia make it out of the group too.
tonight. the spain/netherlands rematch will be a stale cagey affair after the hype, skip it, go to the pub and settle down to watch Chile v Socceroos at 11. /tipoftheday
aye penalty was soft as shite, but the disallowed goal was a foul on the keeper.jambalaya - Member
They weren't at all.A penalty that wasn't and a goal disallowed incorrectly ?
the croatia keeper not being able to save a couple of goals and being slow as hell is what got them beat.
Croatia blew their chance, as brazil where there for the taking if they wanted.
Its a game of opinions and here's mine:
The keeper was crap and should have saved both goals.
The penalty was a joke and the Ref should be chucked out of the tourney.
The adjudged fould wiping out the Croatia goal was a goal. The Ref has deemed that an attacker cannot challenge the keeper for a high ball.
In terms of Cloggy's v Spain tonight....I don't see this as a cagey affair at all. Not with that #### Robben on the pitch!
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I have Iran - 1500-1 and it cost me £2.
I would like full UN support and some flackjacket or other.
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Officials not having a great game again
Justice done in the end, just about - provided qualification doesn't do down to goal difference...
I sometimes wonder in the group games if these referees should be involved in this level of football...
I sometimes wonder in the group games if these referees should be involved in this level of football...
In fairness, if you recall, the last world cup final didn't reflect too well on britain's top referee - you could hardly accuse Howard Webb of not having the experience to be there.
Are we ready for another feast of ticky tocky?
What's with this look up and cross your arms malarky? All the team intros do it, they even do it for f1 now. Just makes em look shifty IMO, like they were doing something inappropriate then noticed the camera and try to look nonchalant.
fastest foul?
Costa appears to be getting a hard time from the "neutrals". 🙂
Not sure about tricky tock, more like who can get the first perfect 10. FFS, this is meant to be the pinnacle of the game and Bz and Spain........???
Another ****ing dodgy penalty. FFS!
don't worry Robben will get himself a penalty if he gets half a chance
BOSH! What a blinder!
BOOM
A proper goal!!!!
Peachy peachy goal that.
Oh my god what a goal!!!
Woah. Stylish header 😀
GOAL!
And another dodgy decision at the death... You'd have backed Robben from there.
Van Persie putting in an early claim for goal of the tournament, that was sumptuous.
Hmmm...panel appears to think it was a penalty. Letter of the law says it was I suppose, but I still think Costa bought it.
World cup has arrived! cracking game so far. Dutch goal was superb. Never a penalty IMO.
Henry well dressed and articulate (was he really a footballer?!?) and then Rio.....!!!!
Henry well dressed and articulate (was he really a footballer?!?) and then Rio.....!!!!
Oh do give over.
Another lovely goal.
What a player that Robben is. Always rated him. How many others could've scored there?
Fan-dabby-doozy!
Brilliant, Mon the dutch!
What a player that Robben is. Always rated him. How many others could've scored there?
Agree totally. Been frightening the shit out of defenders for years.
Two proper goals and without a dive from Robben, that's more like it
His knees seemed to go week very easily, punch him back you pussy.
If only he could get a handle on his amateur dramatics problem he'd be one of my absolute favourite players to watch. Just my sort of footballer.
The radio one commentary makes this a bit watchable.
