how about some horrible referees in the world cup ?

[ShiftyPowers]

freakin hell...enough of the over-reaction already. The standard of refereeing has been fantastic with the exception of a couple of games. You cannot expect perfect officiating.

Well, both of my teams got utterly ****ed yesterday in back-to-back games. What do you expect?

 

[mnj2x]

Well, both of my teams got utterly ****ed yesterday in back-to-back games. What do you expect?

Klose's accumulation of fouls got him sent off . And podolski had a chance to equalize but he missed. I don't see the fuss there. As I said the only bad call was the disallowed goal but apparently the ref saw an infringement. Calling it match fixing and stuff is just absolute ludicrous.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Podolski blew a chance to salvage the game (actually he blew about 5 chances to salvage the game), but it was ruined by halftime. Klose accumulated 3 fouls, none of which were worthy of a yellow on their own merit. Perhaps a yellow could be deserved for all 3 combined, but not two yellows. It was a disgrace, and it wasn't just the Klose fouls; the ref was so quick to book that defenders were terrified to even challenge for the ball. They showed one incident up close where an attacker was running right at Lahm. Lahm is a sure tackler and extremely good. He looked terrified to even go for the ball. This was true of everyone on the pitch.

 

[shone90]

Podolski blew a chance to salvage the game (actually he blew about 5 chances to salvage the game), but it was ruined by halftime. Klose accumulated 3 fouls, none of which were worthy of a yellow on their own merit. Perhaps a yellow could be deserved for all 3 combined, but not two yellows. It was a disgrace, and it wasn't just the Klose fouls; the ref was so quick to book that defenders were terrified to even challenge for the ball. They showed one incident up close where an attacker was running right at Lahm. Lahm is a sure tackler and extremely good. He looked terrified to even go for the ball. This was true of everyone on the pitch.

if the Germany won that match, no one will complain about the referee! you think you are right, i know you are not right! the referee criterium was the same for both teams, and if Ivanovic for example made one more foul, he will get second yellow! so, don't talk nonsenses and making the referee's bad because you'r teams didn't won their matches!

 

[dimo]

Come on, American dudes... You can't talk about match fixing. That's totally stupid. It was a single refereeing error. You don't fix a match by making one single "mistake". The refereeing of Coulibaly was fairly good. The only important mistake was not awarding the US goal. You can't talk about corruption. I tell you what's really happening: you can't accept defeat (well, in this case, draw; still, no good for you). You make the ******* end of the world from a single refereeing error against you.

Why should we accept defeat when we scored more goals than Slovenia? We were robbed, simple as that. Soccer IS the most corrupt sport on the planet, and it's institutional with a mandate directly from FIFA. Video reply is needed, but that ain't going to happen.

 

[Elber2k3]

Oh no, I would've complained even if we had won 7-0 or something. He was just awful.

 

[yoyo913]

Soccer IS the most corrupt sport on the planet

NBA is worse.

And probably a lot of smaller sports have a lot of corrupt match fixing since it's not that big of a sport and not heavily regulated such as soccer.

 

[Krypton X]

Anyone notice in the England-Algeria match; the Uzbek ref was paired with a Kyrgyz linesman. Nice work there FIFA.

 

[MelvinSmiley]

if the Germany won that match, no one will complain about the referee! you think you are right, i know you are not right! the referee criterium was the same for both teams, and if Ivanovic for example made one more foul, he will get second yellow! so, don't talk nonsenses and making the referee's bad because you'r teams didn't won their matches!

It has nothing to do with the serbs winning the match. We had our chances to tie or win it by ourselves, but we didnt. But fact is, this ref destroyed the game. Period. But you are right, Ivanovic was and some others were very carefully after the first yellow. I read Antic warned his players about the ref. Maybe Löw should have done the same. And after the first few yellows, Klose should have bee intelligent enough, to make his not happen.

 

[shone90]

It has nothing to do with the serbs winning the match. We had our chances to tie or win it by ourselves, but we didnt. But fact is, this ref destroyed the game. Period. But you are right, Ivanovic was and some others were very carefully after the first yellow. I read Antic warned his players about the ref. Maybe Löw should have done the same. And after the first few yellows, Klose should have bee intelligent enough, to make his not happen.

you are the only one who get's my point! and i agree about the referee, he destroyed the game, butt he is not guilty about your lose, players are.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

And yet, he still rightfully says that the ref ruined the match.

 

[B9Goal]

NBA is worse.

And probably a lot of smaller sports have a lot of corrupt match fixing since it's not that big of a sport and not heavily regulated such as soccer.

Couldn't agree with you more. We actually put our bad referees in prison

 

[cdicicco]

Video reply is needed, but that ain't going to happen.

Armando Galarraga no hitter, mlb anyone?

 

[Filipower]

Ronaldo did dive a couple of times in the game, before all the haters come bashing in; but the fact is that is one of the stupidest yellow cards I've seen.

 

[regularcat]

although it was crappy call, it's not the end of the world, its not like the usa has a chance to win the world cup or anything. slovenia deserve win today.

you yanks are yelling like this ruin your chance, pffffffffffff

in the meantime enjoy this from the darkies in south africa

how did slovenia deserve to win ?

they were playing as if this is the wwe, they had to commit foul after foul to
accomplish anything, thats why dempsey decided to teach them a lesson.

& how you figure we dont have a chance to win the world cup ?

spain has lost 2x in the last few years, one this world cup & a 2-0 blowout
given by the usa.

whens the last time your country beat a european counrty powerhouse ?

we arent 14th in the world playing a foreigners game for no reason, just admit the fact we have caught on to how this game is played & we are on the come up.

 

[regularcat]

"Yeah, the referees from 3rd world countries", but I'm gonna say "No. Any referee can make that kind of call."). You got to get over it.

i never said the match was fixed, but lets be real there was definitely a biased towards the usa.
slovenia got all the calls, where was the red card for the body slamming of the beast jozy altidore just outside the box ?

cmon now they had to play him dirty to stop him, all i heard before the match was how strong slovenia's defenders were.
but they couldnt stop altidore.

as far as the 3rd goal goes you know & i know edu didnt foul anyone, he ran around the player to score, guess thats a foul.
but bocanegra in a headlock, & bradley being dragged to the turf is just good play.

americans ?

we arent that bad of a nation or people for that matter.

i dont understand you foreigners at all, if we are so bad, why call for us to help in the world wars, to save europe from becoming the continent of germany.

what you guys need to do is be a little more respectful of our nation, because w/o us you wouldnt be in the country you live in.
you would be a neo nazi, blond haired blue eyed baby born in auscwitz.

& then rebuild your entire continent from our own money.

matter of fact, i dont think there is a nation in this world we havent helped or given aid to.

now tell me how we are so bad ?

what makes the people of europe so much better than the usa ?

i dont care where the ref is from a world power or a 3rd world nation, on a stage as grand as this you need to be on top of your game, just as the players playing must be.

we are over the fact we were screwed, its the fact you guys cant seem to want to respect the fact we are a better team than 7/8ths of european nations who have been playing this sport a lot longer than we have.

stop hating on the usa, cause some of the american people could be your cousins or uncles, or family members.

i truly think the problem lies in the fact your countries have been around forever, we have been here almost 400 years & we have more than almost every nation in the world.

sounds like jealousy, & everytime the usa achieves something, you find something stupid to say about the usa.
& then turn it around on us as if thats how we act.

 

[emmer]

Worst World Cup since Italia 90.

I agree, although if we talk only about refereeing, then World Cup 2002 was probably the worst.

But even the worst World Cup is a World Cup – I mean, I will always enjoy watching it.



I am one of the few (maybe the only one?) who don’t think the refereeing on Germany vs. Serbia was that bad. The problem is: football refereeing, while based on objective rules, is still very subjective. Some will favour a harsher refereeing, some will not.

(I just remembered it was possible to select the referee harshness level on International Superstar Soccer – the Asian guy was the harsher one, the black guy was the less harsh one, and the white guy was the in-between one.)

The real problem for me is when the refereeing is not constant during a match. On Germany vs. Serbia, if the referee was better (but still harsh), he would probably have red-carded one or two more players, but on the second half he got a little less harsh. That’s my main complain about him, his inconsistency, hot his harshness.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

i never said the match was fixed, but lets be real there was definitely a biased towards the usa.
slovenia got all the calls, where was the red card for the body slamming of the beast jozy altidore just outside the box ?

cmon now they had to play him dirty to stop him, all i heard before the match was how strong slovenia's defenders were.
but they couldnt stop altidore.

as far as the 3rd goal goes you know & i know edu didnt foul anyone, he ran around the player to score, guess thats a foul.
but bocanegra in a headlock, & bradley being dragged to the turf is just good play.

americans ?

we arent that bad of a nation or people for that matter.

i dont understand you foreigners at all, if we are so bad, why call for us to help in the world wars, to save europe from becoming the continent of germany.

what you guys need to do is be a little more respectful of our nation, because w/o us you wouldnt be in the country you live in.
you would be a neo nazi, blond haired blue eyed baby born in auscwitz.

& then rebuild your entire continent from our own money.

matter of fact, i dont think there is a nation in this world we havent helped or given aid to.

now tell me how we are so bad ?

what makes the people of europe so much better than the usa ?

i dont care where the ref is from a world power or a 3rd world nation, on a stage as grand as this you need to be on top of your game, just as the players playing must be.

we are over the fact we were screwed, its the fact you guys cant seem to want to respect the fact we are a better team than 7/8ths of european nations who have been playing this sport a lot longer than we have.

stop hating on the usa, cause some of the american people could be your cousins or uncles, or family members.

i truly think the problem lies in the fact your countries have been around forever, we have been here almost 400 years & we have more than almost every nation in the world.

sounds like jealousy, & everytime the usa achieves something, you find something stupid to say about the usa.
& then turn it around on us as if thats how we act.

Oh no...

 

[Daniel David]

I agree, although if we talk only about refereeing, then World Cup 2002 was probably the worst.

But even the worst World Cup is a World Cup – I mean, I will always enjoy watching it.

I'm actually finding this World Cup quite a bit better than 2006 - higher technical level overall, more balanced groups and matches. In any case, let's hope excessive caution does not suck the life out of the playoffs as it did last time.

But even the worst World Cup is a World Cup – I mean, I will always enjoy watching it.

Same to me

 

[Rocky]

i never said the match was fixed, but lets be real there was definitely a biased towards the usa.
slovenia got all the calls, where was the red card for the body slamming of the beast jozy altidore just outside the box ?

cmon now they had to play him dirty to stop him, all i heard before the match was how strong slovenia's defenders were.
but they couldnt stop altidore.

as far as the 3rd goal goes you know & i know edu didnt foul anyone, he ran around the player to score, guess thats a foul.
but bocanegra in a headlock, & bradley being dragged to the turf is just good play.

americans ?

we arent that bad of a nation or people for that matter.

i dont understand you foreigners at all, if we are so bad, why call for us to help in the world wars, to save europe from becoming the continent of germany.

what you guys need to do is be a little more respectful of our nation, because w/o us you wouldnt be in the country you live in.
you would be a neo nazi, blond haired blue eyed baby born in auscwitz.

& then rebuild your entire continent from our own money.

matter of fact, i dont think there is a nation in this world we havent helped or given aid to.

now tell me how we are so bad ?

what makes the people of europe so much better than the usa ?

i dont care where the ref is from a world power or a 3rd world nation, on a stage as grand as this you need to be on top of your game, just as the players playing must be.

we are over the fact we were screwed, its the fact you guys cant seem to want to respect the fact we are a better team than 7/8ths of european nations who have been playing this sport a lot longer than we have.

stop hating on the usa, cause some of the american people could be your cousins or uncles, or family members.

i truly think the problem lies in the fact your countries have been around forever, we have been here almost 400 years & we have more than almost every nation in the world.

sounds like jealousy, & everytime the usa achieves something, you find something stupid to say about the usa.
& then turn it around on us as if thats how we act.

This is why we should lock the FIFA regulars in their own forums and not let them out.