World Cup Knockout Rounds Thread (USMNT THREAD!) (nwt)

[vadimivich]

Marquez dove into a tackle when a guy was going nowhere on the end line. It was absolutely moronic defending and he got punished.

Just catastrophically stupid. Nobody ever claimed Marquez was a smart and intelligent defender.

 

[pinochadeac]

Mexico deserved to lose, but that was a lame flop.

 

[deacvision7]

Call probably does not get made if not for the flop. Hate to see flopping rewarded.

How is it a flop if he got fouled?

 

[ONW]

Am I losing my mind?!?!

THAT WAS A CLEAR FOUL

To Billy Bob down at the bar who doesn't watch that much it's an excuse to hate soccer. Not commenting on the merits of the call.

 

[HuskyDeac]

Mexico deserved to lose, but that was a lame flop.

Agreed, but still a penalty.

 

[VaDeac]

To Billy Bob down at the bar who doesn't watch that much it's an excuse to hate soccer. Not commenting on the merits of the call.

Billy Bob knows dick. Why should we care what he thinks?

 

[ONW]

See SCdeaz response.

 

[pinochadeac]

Billy Bob knows dick. Why should we care what he thinks?

For some reason, soccer fans do.

 

[SDeacz]

How is it a flop if he got fouled?

It can be a foul. And he can act worse than it was. The acting was trying to draw attention. That deserves to be penalized as much as the foul.

 

[BBDeac]

How is it a flop if he got fouled?

You can still blatantly exaggerate the contact. I agree that it was a foul and Robben flopped.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

In football, they call that incidental contact. In soccer, it decides a game.

Very different games, football is a violent contact sport

 

[RJKarl]

and soccer is for pussies whose crying routinely impact the outcomes of games.

 

[pinochadeac]

Very different games, football is a violent contact sport

And ironically, the stretcher is seen more in soccer.

 

[DiegoTiger]

Ice water pumping through the Hunter's veins. That was absolute perfect placement on the PK.

 

[deacvision7]

I also think that Mexican Chris Farley helped lose the game by taking off Dos Santos way too early. That switch, along with Depay coming on and Holland going 4-3-3, marked the moment that Holland started to take control of the match. Herrera invited Dutch pressure by taking off one of his two attackers way too soon.

 

[SDeacz]

Very different games, football is a violent contact sport

Bad comparison. I was pissed a game was ending on a PK at the time.

Marquez came in aggressively, lightly stepped on robbens foot, and robben acted like Marquez came in with a chain saw and cut off his legs.

 

[raf44]

How is it a flop if he got fouled?

Seriously? There was contact but the fall was still embellished

 

[deacvision7]

It can be a foul. And he can act worse than it was. The acting was trying to draw attention. That deserves to be penalized as much as the foul.

Wait, what?

Drawing attention to being fouled should be illegal?


Tim Duncan is fucked. So are 98% of wide receivers in the NFL.

 

[deacvision7]

Seriously? There was contact but the fall was still embellished

So he made sure the foul against him got noticed by the referee.


I cannot believe I'm having to defend Arjen Robben. Gross.

 

[ONW]

and soccer is for pussies whose crying routinely impact the outcomes of games.

I'd love to see you play a soccer game rj.