The FIFA World Cup ends on a flop

The FIFA World Cup ends on a flop
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2010

If anyone wants to know what I think, bad football was played today in Jo’Burg, between two teams that did not show World Cup final flare. Nothing impressive, no brilliant moves, an incredible number of bad kicks and missed opportunities, too much pushing, pulling and falling, too much acting, too much pretending, and very questionable arbitration.

I’d say the referee did a pitiful job at controlling the field and preventing fouls, and showed poor judgment first handing out a mere yellow card for a foot smacked right into a chest and later a brutal red one for a fault that did not even really show contact when replayed in slow motion, but which changed the outcome of the match.

Like in a cheap video game, Spain won after close to 120 minutes of poor gameplay, that’s all. Shame. Yawn.

Posted at 5:23 PM in Schtroumpfissime: & South Africa:

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1 - dinahmow says:

« Spain certainly displayed none of the fancy footwork that upset Germany.
And the Dutch coach(?) taking off his medal as he walked down the steps was shabby. »
Date of comment: 2010-07-11 19:17 •
1.1 - Vince answers:

« He must be best friends with the French coach. »
Date of comment: 2010-07-12 10:02 •
2 - Sigrid says:

« I liked the referee, he looked straight out of a Langelot book, don’t you think?
What I will remember of this match is the slow motion of the kick in the chest. You saw all the air go out as the body was then flung backwards. I thought: « Oh MY GOD! Cracked or broken ribs, maybe punctured lungs, this man is in for a world of pain! »
I watch unbelieving when two minutes later the player was back on the field. The amount of abuse these bodies take is unbelievable. »
Date of comment: 2010-07-12 08:39 •
2.1 - Vincent answers:

« Well, there were bad guys in Langelot too...

I’m not news-hunting but I happened to see an MSN title this morning that read: « Thrilling World Cup Final. » Hello, Mr. journalist? Anybody home? »
Date of comment: 2010-07-12 10:01 •
3 - Sigrid says:

« Colonel Moriol! Un peu jeune mais sinon c’est tout à fait ça, stern mais avec une étincelle au fond de l’oeil. (And ultimately a bad guy) (Langelot agent secret, à bord du M. de Tourville? does it still ring bells?) »
Date of comment: 2010-07-12 15:59 •

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