As much as I want a good result for CONCACAF, to hell with Honduras.
Alright never mind. Honduras is pissing me off.
I really don't the flailing of the arms from the French player was rally necessary.
That call was such bullshit. Don't they know I want France to lose?
That referee just decided the game on that call.
The penalty maybe. There were a lot of those plays in the Columbia/Greece game yesterday that let go. The card and the sending off definitely was not.
The French player should have been carded for flailing his arms like he had been shot. Football and hockey palyers brake bones and don't go on like he did.
How the hell was it warrented? It was a call in favor of France.
To start with it wasn't a straight red card so it can't be an automatic red.
It's not crystal clear. It was a call in favor of France. I believe you are ignoring that key peice of information, and makinig your judgement as if it were a different team and deserved a fair judgement.
Outside of group H this the easiest group. Wouldn't expect whoever advances from this group to go far.
That first half was gross.
This could get ugly. Palacios is such a heel, which really cost his team today
That was AWESOME!
Wow that was close.
They probably got so excited to finally use the goal line technology for a legitimate reason.
It seems like France always gets those close calls (the handball to knock Ukraine out of qualifying a few years ago).
This was definitely a goal and should have been ruled as such right away. Really not that controversial.
The only question about this one is if it should be retroactively credited to Benzema (which would give him a hat trick) or remain as an own-goal.
I was once happy when France won the cup in Paris
He was playing the ball, but definitely checked my man into the turf.
Bosnia looked very good vs. Mexico.
I think these are the two that come out of the group (not a far fetched prediction, I know).
Well look at that now France puts up the good fight.
But it's literally what everyone is complaining about...great play to take the tackle, get up, keep going and make something happen.
I understand you can't do this every time, but there's still some in between with this and rolling around like a fish out of water trying to get a call.
The tackle he run through was harder than 50% of the tackles we've seen this world cup.
Kudos to playing on and TAKING 3 points for your team. The exact opposite of what we saw yesterday when someone is rolling around in the opposition's box and that other team goes right down the field and scores.
But I haven't seen too many advantages given.
My only point wasn't about the refs, he did the right thing. I was just to say, when I see a guy get taken down, do two barrel rolls, get up and keep on going....then I see a guy not even get touched and act like someone used a Halo rocket launcher on his arm, it's like "why can't their be any in between?"
The refs are calling fouls. You don't need to roll all over the place and cry and hold your limbs as if they're about to fall off (and then get up and take off full speed once you finally acknowledge that a foul was or wasn't called).
I understand trying to draw a call, I understand getting up slow when you're winning to milk the clock. But everything else, it's like, take the call/no call and play. Rolling around isn't changing anything, it's not like the ref calls a foul and then sees the guy rolling everywhere and goes "oh wow, he's really hurt, I should give a yellow."
Or if it's a no call, rolling doesn't make a ref stop the play 15 seconds later and go "my bad guys, he's still on the ground, that was a foul back there..."
I got to hold Messi's hand and walk out to the Maracana.
That kids story >>> any other kids story
Own goal. Argentina 1-0. 3rd minute.
I think unless they're more "intentional" like a guy trying to clear, but clears into his own net...I think the goal should go to the shooting player.
If I kick it or head it off you to my advantage, give me the goal.
and the official scorers.
International competitions seem to be more strict about own goals, England's leagues on the other hand seems to be fairly liberal with allowing deflections and such to go to the offensive player. At least it seems that way.
They even have a committee to settle goal disputes after the fact if a player doesn't like the conclusion.
Didn't know that about the leagues in England.
I just think, you're only going to play in so many international games, give the goal to the player unless he didn't have anything to do with the ball going in (like the Brazil own goal in the first match).
That was definitely an own goal too...the header was well wide of the frame and the B-H defender angled it back in.
However, the OG in the France game shouldn't even be up for debate.
But I'm going to go out on a limb and say any bar with TVs...
Boston is like one of the 2-3 most patrotic cities in the country, it's diverse, it's got an MLS team.
I could be way wrong, but I bet it's going to be insane in that city tomorrow evening.
I'm sure you can't go wrong with wherever you usually like to go.