SubJeff on 16/6/2010 at 23:07
Quote Posted by Tomi
It didn't help that Suarez was acting like his foot had been caught in a bear trap when the South African goalkeeper made minimal contact with his toe.
He's a big pouty crybaby no doubt but it was the circumstance that lead to the card.
Roll on Friday :thumb:
Zygoptera on 17/6/2010 at 00:27
New Zealand officially ahead of Spain at a football world cup. This amuses me almost as much as watching reaction to a draw which would fit better with us winning the entire tournament or Australasia 1 Slovakia 1 headlines from our brethren in the west island.
Haplo on 17/6/2010 at 01:42
I'm happy SA have lost. Why? Because I hope they won't get past the group stage, so some SA fans will be disappointed and stop following football. That would hopefully result in less infernal noise in the stadiums and I will be able to enjoy the games.
Vasquez on 17/6/2010 at 06:36
Quote Posted by Morte
If you bring down a player in that situation, it's an automatic red card.
Thanks for clarifying :) For casual watcher it seemed strange, what with all the other crashes that got no card at all. I try to keep up with the rules, but they seem a bit complicated, open to interpretation and also often changing...
Yes, SA would've lost anyway, but still I was kinda feeling bad for them.
Hahaa, Finnish broadcaster muted the sound of horns :D
Hesche on 17/6/2010 at 10:42
Quote Posted by Shayde
National pride can do a lot but this isn't a made for tv movie.
It really can do a lot. But the South African fans appeared surprisingly unsupportive for their team. The first goal practically silenced the vuvus and after the second goal people already started leaving the stadium.
C´mon guys, it´s not over yet.
Morte on 17/6/2010 at 11:27
Quote Posted by Vasquez
Thanks for clarifying :) For casual watcher it seemed strange, what with all the other crashes that got no card at all. I try to keep up with the rules, but they seem a bit complicated, open to interpretation and also often changing...
Aside from multiple yellows and dickery such as spitting on or punching other players, there's basically two situations that leads to someone getting sent off: really violent and dangerous fouls, and fouls that deny obvious scoring opportunities. Some referees have very strange thresholds for violent/dangerous tackles, but there's usually not much ambiguity in whether someone has passed all defenders and has a clear run at a goal or not, or whether someone other than the goalie uses his hands to stop the ball from going into the net.
