[ragingclue]

Wow the Italians are a bunch of diving vaginas...

[Robin_NL]

Kaká got red, dammit that French arbiter is as blind as Ray Charles.

Anyway Brazil won, obrigado Brasil.

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

Kaká got red, dammit that French arbiter is as blind as Ray Charles.

Yeah he was also blind twice on Brazil's second goal.

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

Yeah he was also blind twice on Brazil's second goal.

If you call that 'hands' you don't understand football my friend.

[ghosthi32]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

If you call that 'hands' you don't understand football my friend.

his first touch was a hand ball.

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

If you call that 'hands' you don't understand football my friend.

Originally Posted by ghosthi32

his first touch was a hand ball.

LOL I've played competitively my entire life, and I very much do understand it. The second one was questionable depending on what angle you were viewing from (especially the ref's angle), but the first one was hard to miss from any angle.

[leJUNd]

that red was ridiculous.
They have to do something about acting in soccer...

[TwoSaints]

Regarding the missed "Hands" call. I'm a Brazilian so take it for what it's worth... That call was definitely missed. Shouldn't have been a goal but i have a feeling it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Now about the red card, that was bull, but we've already qualified so it doesn't matter if he misses the next game. It does however keep him off the field, and with such a young player that can do a lot of harm.

[woosh]

Give him an Oscar!

[NYCGarbagePrince]

Originally Posted by woosh

Give him an Oscar!

overacting or not... What the hell is KAKA doing right there? Why is he taking a cheap shot at a player when they are winning 3-1. Especially after he just got a yellow card a few minutes earlier. The last 15 minutes of the game Brazil showed no class at all.

[Zephyr15]

Originally Posted by NYCGarbagePrince

overacting or not... What the hell is KAKA doing right there? Why is he taking a cheap shot at a player when they are winning 3-1. Especially after he just got a yellow card a few minutes earlier. The last 15 minutes of the game Brazil showed no class at all.

Cheap shot? What cheap shot? He's minding his own business when the doofus runs into him.

[NYCGarbagePrince]

Originally Posted by Zephyr15

Cheap shot? What cheap shot? He's minding his own business when the doofus runs into him.

you can't be that blindly ignorant. (yes i know redundant) But there is no way you can say the idiot just ran into him. Kaka lifted his elbow and dropped his shoulder. Call a spade a spade. The guy wasn't even looking and Kaka made no effort to move out of the way of him, instead he used it as an opportunity to take a quick nudge.

Do you know how you can tell when someone does something wrong? They act like nothing happened... look at Kaka after he made contact with the Ivory Coast player.

[GAM3OVR85]

Wow what a game by Portugal!! Now that's a game worth waking up for

Cote d'Ivoire has to score 9+ goals against Korea DPR to advance lol!!

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by NYCGarbagePrince

The last 15 minutes of the game Brazil showed no class at all.

I know it's not saying much, but they showed more class than Italy; I couldn't believe the Italians tried so hard to take advantage of an injured Kiwi down on the field. Sure, it's embarrassing to be tied to the 78th ranked team in the world, but it really showed their true colors when they did that... not to mention the continuous diving....

[DarkRider23]

Originally Posted by MTL Bimmer

Wow what a game by Portugal!! Now that's a game worth waking up for

Cote d'Ivoire has to score 9+ goals against Korea DPR to advance lol!!

Don't forget that we could get crushed by Brazil too. I'm remaining hopeful though.

Originally Posted by ragingclue

I know it's not saying much, but they showed more class than Italy; I couldn't believe the Italians tried so hard to take advantage of an injured Kiwi down on the field. Sure, it's embarrassing to be tied to the 78th ranked team in the world, but it really showed their true colors when they did that... not to mention the continuous diving....

Maybe it's because I hate Italy, but in my opinion, they never show any class at all on the field. I mean no offense to anyone, but Italy is just a bunch of diving and acting pussies out on the field when their placement in the world cup is threatened. I didn't really mind Italy much up until 4 years ago when they played France. They showed absolutely no class at all back then and this game against NZ just made me hate them more.

[graider]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

I know it's not saying much, but they showed more class than Italy; I couldn't believe the Italians tried so hard to take advantage of an injured Kiwi down on the field. Sure, it's embarrassing to be tied to the 78th ranked team in the world, but it really showed their true colors when they did that... not to mention the continuous diving....

i have always hate italy for their diving and defensive style. boring as fawk football team.

[graider]

Originally Posted by DarkRider23

Don't forget that we could get crushed by Brazil too. I'm remaining hopeful though.



Maybe it's because I hate Italy, but in my opinion, they never show any class at all on the field. I mean no offense to anyone, but Italy is just a bunch of diving and acting pussies out on the field when their placement in the world cup is threatened. I didn't really mind Italy much up until 4 years ago when they played France. They showed absolutely no class at all back then and this game against NZ just made me hate them more.

absolutely. i'm sure they intentially provoked zidane as a tatic to beat france in the final. without zidane, the french team loss confident in the shootout and who know he could have score a goal in the last 15 mins to beat italy. i'm not saying zidane was right, but it just show how much of pussy italy is in using their tatic instead of man up and playing with your real skills.

[Zephyr15]

Originally Posted by NYCGarbagePrince

you can't be that blindly ignorant. (yes i know redundant) But there is no way you can say the idiot just ran into him. Kaka lifted his elbow and dropped his shoulder. Call a spade a spade. The guy wasn't even looking and Kaka made no effort to move out of the way of him, instead he used it as an opportunity to take a quick nudge.

1. Yes, I can say the idiot just ran into him. It's exactly what he did. Are you suggesting that someone other than the guy who ended up on the ground was running? If so, who?

2. Kaka noticed he was coming and slightly raised his arm to brace for the impact, but kept it close to his body. Big deal. He didn't drop his shoulder into the guy at all.

3. Exactly why does Kaka have to get out of the guy's way? Kaka is in a better position and the idiot is running without looking. Under what rule of the game (or any game for that matter) is a player obligated to get out of the way of an opponent running out of control away from the ball and not looking where they are going?

It simply wasn't a cheap shot. Kaka didn't take a malicious swing of the arm at the guy. Nor did he, as you suggest, lower his shoulder. At worst, Kaka didn't get out of the way. So what? The video clearly shows the guy faked getting hit in the face so there's no reason to believe that any aspect of this entire incident was anything other than a charade meant to draw a penalty. For all we know, the guy planned the whole thing and tried to run into Kaka from the beginning. Should Kaka have taken extra care to get out of the way to avoid any chance of a card? Maybe, but that doesn't mean it was a cheap shot.

[NYCGarbagePrince]

There is video evidence... and then there is your biased speculation. Take a second, forget how much you want to have Kaka's babies and watch the video again. The play was over. This was after the whistle was already blown. Kaka walks away like nothing happened, not because nothing happened, but because he was guilty. You're honestly going to tell me that it isn't natural to look down at a player, at least once, after he runs into? Or at least be a little pissed off that he did run into you? His actions were completely unnatural. I played sports all my life, and I pulled shit like that every once and a while. Sometimes you get caught, sometimes you don't. He did it, got caught and paid the price for it. Get over it.

And whomever doesn't think Fabiano shouldn't have been called for at least one handball, you're crazy too. I was rooting for brazil and I still thought it was a handball. The ref even walked up to him a minute or two after the goal and laughed with him about it. First one was his wrist, second one his bicep. It was only one goal and wouldn't have affected the game.

[dirtyylicous]

Finally Portugal does something!!

The 2nd half was just too fun to watch, we were going crazy. Props to ronaldo for finally scoring a goal. We need to focus and play like this for the rest of the cup. IDK why but I have a good feeling now even tho they always choke in important games.

[ghosthi32]

kaka didnt hit him hard. the guy ran in to him. silence nyc.

[Zephyr15]

Originally Posted by NYCGarbagePrince

There is video evidence... and then there is your biased speculation. Take a second, forget how much you want to have Kaka's babies and watch the video again. The play was over. This was after the whistle was already blown. Kaka walks away like nothing happened, not because nothing happened, but because he was guilty. You're honestly going to tell me that it isn't natural to look down at a player, at least once, after he runs into? Or at least be a little pissed off that he did run into you? His actions were completely unnatural. I played sports all my life, and I pulled shit like that every once and a while. Sometimes you get caught, sometimes you don't. He did it, got caught and paid the price for it. Get over it.

Speculation on my part? News flash: I don't like soccer. I didn't watch the game or any highlights. I couldn't care less about Brazil. The only reason I know the guy in the video is Kaka is because people told me so in this thread. The only video anyone needs to watch is the one in this thread. It shows the doofus in green running into your arch-nemisis Kaka and Kaka minding his own business. If, as you say, doofus was actually running like that after the play was over then he's an even bigger idiot then I originally thought (or smarter because he planned the whole thing).

Your entire argument is based on your assumptions about how a guy from another culture should be acting after some dude runs into him and bites the dust. I'm sorry that I view your layman's attempt at psychoanalyzing what normal Brazilian soccer players should do as worthless when compared to the objective information provided by the video, but that's just the way it is and we'll have to agree to disagree.