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Originally Posted by Dan02
I guess that's just where we differ, I see Suarez's handball as a brilliant play, he took heavy consequences to give his team another shot, albeit small, at life and it paid off. It's not like he cheated and avoided getting caught. The penalty was stiff and properly applied. Ghana failed to convert the penalty, the fingers only need to be appointed at one person here.
The only reason it's controversy at all is because it was in the 120th minute and Ghana failed to capitalize. Had it been the 5th minute and Ghana converted we'd all be talking about how much of a moron Suarez is because not only were they down a goal but down a man as well.
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Great post.
I'd just say the controversy only exists because Ghana failed to capitalize rather than the timing at all. Had they converted the kick, it'd be a non-issue. The fact of the matter is that the penalty WAS called, unlike many of the other instances in the tournament, which includes dives, handballs, non-offsides, offsides, goals not being seen, etc.