Paul
Banned
The ref did not make a good job at all.
First of all, I'm a Holland fan. Whenever Romania gets knocked out, I support Holland. Always been like that.
So, De Jong deserved red. That's the first big mistake, and what a mistake it was. Perhaps it was not intentional but the ferocity of the strike...Jeez that's out of Mortal Kombat!
Iniesta is a cheat. Period. Diving so easily it's incredible. Ref once again made it a complete disaster by sending Heitinga off easily, Heitinga did not even touch Iniesta. Furthermore, another disgusting dive, yellow for Van der Wiel. I mean, congrats ref, two horrible dives and you take out half of the defence, no wonder Spain won!
Sneijder's free kick from 30m out with 10 minutes left I think. It hit Fabregas in his arm, full out, and yet no corner. I mean, come on, it's not big, but that was so obvious it was just mind-boggling...
Yellow cards were handed out too easily. Van Bommel deserved his for the ugly tackle on Capdevilla, but the rest, not really. Typical hardline tackles that everyone receives in a match.
On the other hand, congratulations, hands down, nothing to say, to Puyol. He was excellent. Made no mistake, perfect defending, Van Persie was inexistent. Holland's coach did make a couple of mistakes by introducing Elia instead of Babel and keeping Van Persie when you have Huntelaar on the bench.
My 2 cents.
+1
(except for the yellow card underlined /embolden bit. In fairness I think he got it just right - if he went by the letter of the law, it would have become 5-a-side- footie.
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