jun 14 2006

soccer fever

last night we sat back and watched the big boys (aka brazil) take on a very impressive croatia. by the time half time came along i seriously wanted to switch off and go to bed...

everytime a croatian player 'took on' a brazilian player for the ball, that brazilian player took a great fall and was awarded a penalty. not only is brazil playing like babies, it's alot of the teams and it's seriously ruining any viewing pleasure i might have had. i thought the ref in this particular match was playing favourite with brazil, because when the croatians made a very fair claim against the brazilians attacking dangerously it fell on the ref's deaf ears...

i heard that ref's were told to penalise against dangerous tackling on 'star players' and it appears it is true.

"What has been clearly said to referees is 'please protect the physical integrity of the players', and that means protecting the big stars," Blatter said at a press conference here on Tuesday.

now the whole tournament is going to be a big 'fall down' fest. yay!

more here and here

Posted by sarah | sport