This has been the worst officiating I've ever seen at a world level. These guys are blowing calls left and right. There is no consistency and they are having huge impacts in games.
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This has been the worst officiating I've ever seen at a world level. These guys are blowing calls left and right. There is no consistency and they are having huge impacts in games.
I don't like how its been called overall, the refs have been too much of a deciding factor IMO in most of the games. I do think the US got screwed with the penalty kick, that was the touchiest penalty in the box I've seen in a while. But at the same time, WTF was Bocanegra doing? 47 minutes in, you've got the momentum going into the break, just kick the ball out of bounds and go on. Most likely nothing would have happened, Ghana was really only dangerous on counters.
Its so frustrating to see these refs that want to be part of the story, had to feel for the US today, didnt alter anything in the grand scheme of things, but its only a matter of time before a team is on the way home due to a shit decision.
I used to be a pretty handy goalkeeper when I was a young man so one of my major gripes is the protection of keepers. Im sure most of the refs have their whistle ready in their mouths as soon as the keepers go up for a ball. Every time I went up for a ball or went to ground I new I was holding all the aces and basically all I had to do was make decent contact on the ball, whatever damage I did to the opposing forward was purely accidental, or so it seemed ;D I hate seeing the keepers writhing around on the floor at the merest flick.
I'd love to referee a high profile game, I'd be firing the fuck gun into every player on the pitch for acting a cunt ;D
"Get up you fucking poof..............................Oh sorry Michael, away you go :-X "
as a life long soccer player I've never understood the rolling around on the ground after every foul. As a man I'll be d@mned if I'm going to roll on the ground and cry like a woman unless I'm really hurt. I used to hate playing all hispanic teams back home b/c of the constant acting job. I was probably the only ref in my league that consistantly gave yellow cards for "unsportman liek conduct" for that crap.
from what i can see everyone spends to much time bitching and rolling around (not just hispanics) and the refs are fucking horrible.....
USA got screwed twice by the refs...fucking Ghana was just as bad as Argentina and Brazil, falling down for nothing, that deciding PK WAS NOT A FOUL!!!!
That Pimpong dude pissed me off...this is why Americans dislike soccer because guys get rewarded for being pussies and falling down and of course we get mad about it and almost stroke out.
Yes I will be needing 4 years to calm down