Day 5: Germany vs. Portugal

[Annihilate Now!]

Yep.

Always amuses me how people are so horrified about things like handball's etc and people hacking players down is fine and acceptable and 'not cheating'.

It's different though isn't it? Fouls, handballs etc. are part of the game - because they get punished. Play acting doesn't get punished, thus is viewed as a more uncontrollable form of cheating that is much worse then a foul or handball.

If people had always play-acted since the dawn of football, it'd probably be accepted, but it hasn't, so it isn't...

I mean, people could start paying refs... that would also be cheating (and be a literal take on 'win at all cost') but it wouldn't be great for football would it?

 

[Sly]

Are Portugal a bit like England, picking players on past reputation. At least England are starting to intergrate some kids. Hummels now off injured.

Absolutely agree mate.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

The hair is one of her best features for me! Imagine what it looks like when it's free and loose.

I'm a woman so it doesn't excite me. Nice cheekbones though.

 

[Lyricist]

So instead of bringing a fullback on, we replace our CB, by moving our wide right CB Boateng to the center and bring on a new wide right CB in Mustafi?

 

[Robbie Boy]

He's not been any better or worse than his teammates.

Well he's been wasteful and making stupid decisions; it's the Nani that I have come accustomed to.

 

[Mali_Zeus]

I'm saying it's retarded to blame either. Messi won the game last night. People are going to be disappointed as long as he doesn't score a hat trick which is plain ridiculous. If you look at my previous posts I've never said shit like that for messi, because it's just plain stupidity to say that.

You can't deny that it's easier to make an impact and get on the ball against Bosnia then it is against Germany with 10 men. Its stupid to criticize either so much, especially as messi actually scored a beauty. It's a team game after all and Portugals team isn't playing well at all.

Fair enough. Cheers.

Good game for Bosnia btw I really think you'll qualify for the next round.

 

[Rado_N]

Looks like Hummels tournament is over, may as well report straight to Carrington.

 

[AlbusDrunkledore]

Ronaldo.

 

[bosnian_red]

Looked a pen

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Germany just cruising to the finish line here. Makes for boring play but you can't blame them.

 

[Drifter]

Calm down Ronaldo.

 

[Ben77mc]

Definite penalty, shocking

 

[Swagawa]

Replay please.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Nani is the only threat.

 

[gofelx]

What is the ref doing? Blocked the 2nd pass in this game.

 

[Mogget]

Ronaldo desperate for that penalty. Only way he'll score today

 

[Mali_Zeus]

So instead of bringing a fullback on, we replace our CB, by moving our wide right CB Boateng to the center and bring on a new wide right CB in Mustafi?

Does Germany have any fullback on the bench.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

This ref loves ze Germans

 

[Sunny Jim]

Today's Nani is the one that I'm very much used to these past two seasons. But some on here still are insistent on proclaiming him some sort of great player.

Have you noticed that whole Portugal team is wank? Pointing fingers at Nani is daft.

 

[Raoul]

Well he's been wasteful and making stupid decisions; it's the Nani that I have come accustomed to.

That can be said of the entire Portugal team today. Nani has at a minimum fared the same as the world player of the year.

 

[.Rossi]

Penalty and red card

 

[Fenomeno9]

Clear penalty

 

[Dylan94]

Ronaldo.

 

[Orton]

Clear pen

 

[Justin]

I'd say that's a penalty

 

[Vidyoyo]

definite pen

 

[Ben77mc]

I mean wow.

Wow at what, his tongue?

 

[Sixpence]

Pathetic from Ronaldo. All he cares about is getting a scant consolation goal just to say he's scored in the tournament.

 

[thepolice123]

Ronaldo

 

[BordeauxMUFC]

that's a pen

 

[Kostur]

No touch from Howedes, it's a pen.

 

[Revan]

This was more a pen than the Gotze's one.

 

[Berbaclass]

It's different though isn't it? Fouls, handballs etc. are part of the game - because they get punished. Play acting doesn't get punished, thus is viewed as a more uncontrollable form of cheating that is much worse then a foul or handball.

If people had always play-acted since the dawn of football, it'd probably be accepted, but it hasn't, so it isn't...

I mean, people could start paying refs... that would also be cheating (and be a literal take on 'win at all cost') but it wouldn't be great for football would it?

Time wasting, stealing yards for throws/freekicks etc. are all part of the game but are cheating.

Every single player in the game does those. No one makes half as much fuss over stuff like that.

 

[Red Pavan]

Ronaldo wanted a goal from the spot

Unlucky.

 

[CrashDavis]

Ronaldo desperate for that penalty. Only way he'll score today

He's a very hard player to like, that's for sure.

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Yeah that probably should have been called.

 

[Theafonis]

Is it me, or are referees disturbing play a lot more in this world cup?

The referees also seem a lot more noticeable for some reason. They seem to be exactly in the middle, very noticeable when a team is building up their attack, and the referee stands right in the middle where an attacking midfielder is supposed to occupy.

 

[Bobtu]

Ronaldos reaction. He must be close to tears

 

[Raoul]

Probably a pen.

 

[Dylan94]

It could have been given. But it looked worse than it was.

 

[Wonder Pigeon]

You want the best players playing in the tournament so the injuries are disappointing.