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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
They thought he got a yellow initally, but I guess Brazil needs help, as that was a pretty weak play to send a player off over.
I think Brazil's plan of action is to dive until every Pole gets 2 yellow cards...
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To be fair, Poland is playing a very aggressive physical game, and against a team that plays an attack with flair and very little aggression it can work against you.
That Polish player received a yellow earlier, and then another later on. It was a pretty weak second yellow, no question. The other calls after that though are fairly routine. I have no problem with the other calls. The commentator suggesting that Brazil's 'theatricality' is influencing the call to be a cardable offence as opposed to just a foul presumes that the ref is an idiot and hes falling for that.
He refs in England, diving is no stanger there....
, hes making good calls but Poland isnt adjusting their play. If they keep this up they are screwing themselves royally for the rest of the tournament.
Really good game so far though, regardless of who you're cheering for.
Locke.
EDIT: And Dave Howard on the Half time show just confirmed everything I said. Poland making too many reckless challenges after their player got sent off, weak send off, and Armitage should shut the hell up because the ref isnt buying the theatricality. Way to go Dave. They should get him to commentate, he at least knows what the hell hes talking about.
On that note, after yesterday's Argentina game and Today's Brazil game, I noticed that the commentators are always jumping on these guys backs, always praising their opponents and bashing them everytime they dont score, and then when they do score, its like, "well thats Brazil/Argentina for you, the best team ever, I dont know why the other team thought they had a chance." What they want from these guys? Games are 90 minutes long, if you want to say a team played like crap, anlayze the whole game and then sum it up. Its getting frustrating. Yeah, Brazil's not playing great, but theres the whole second half yet.