Unofficial World Cup Thread de 2014

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I thought some contact is allowed as long as its an honest/successful tackle of the ball? They don't call all contact on other contested plays, or it different in the goal box?

not at the feet, and you have to make contact with the ball first. if you get the ball first, then you can usually take out his legs or feet. but if you go for the ball, miss the ball and just get the feet, even if its an honest mistake, its a foul

of course its all dependent on the ref seeing it that way during play

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Dear American Continent Fútbol Sides;

Stop playing with no offense with a 1 goal lead and 40 minutes left. It ain't working.


Thank you,

pbmax

cc: Costa Rica, Mexico

just like the US, must be a concacaf thing

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LOL, the magic spray,thats the first time i remember seeing it this year

i can't believe anyone still uses that shit

snake oil in a can

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these 2 teams can't even stay on their feet anymore

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these two teams could give chile some tips on how to take penalty kicks

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keeper can't come off the line my ass, that guy was 5 yards off his line when he blocked that

anyways, costa rica stands up to the pressure and nails all 5 of their kicks, very clutch

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these two teams could give chile some tips on how to take penalty kicks

No kidding. All 9 of them were better than yesterday.

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The FIFA rules allow the referee to give a yellow card on a clear dive.

And how many of those have we seen this WC? Ya, thought so. Ignore that elephant in the corner, it's not really there.

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not at the feet, and you have to make contact with the ball first. if you get the ball first, then you can usually take out his legs or feet. but if you go for the ball, miss the ball and just get the feet, even if its an honest mistake, its a foul

of course its all dependent on the ref seeing it that way during play

That's my understanding too. If you make contact with the ball FIRST whatever happens after is ok.

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That's my understanding too. If you make contact with the ball FIRST whatever happens after is ok.

Well that at least makes some sense. But with one ref, do they get to see that kind of detail?

It took Super Slo Mo to make it obvious is wasn't a flop.

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Well that at least makes some sense. But with one ref, do they get to see that kind of detail?

It took Super Slo Mo to make it obvious is wasn't a flop.

Yup, way too many judgement calls on a very fast moving game with 22 men on the field! No way to track that, resulting if far too many judgement call on the part of a ref, which is why I've said a couple of times they need to start using another referee.

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France Nigeria is turning into a very good game. Nigeria just had a goal (correctly) called back due to an offside. A LOT of contact, hand fighting on all the throw-ins, a few elbows thrown. Players lying all over the field, one guy carried off already.

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Well, France was bound to score. They had done everything but score in the last few minutes.

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What a domination by France in the last 20 minutes.

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Algeria playing TOUGH! Germany with chances but man....so has Algeria.