From: Bob on
davkee wrote:
> On Jul 11, 5:47 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote:
>> Bob wrote:
>>> Chagney Hunt wrote:
>>>> Noterious cheat Robben stayed on his feet. No foul and Puyol
>>>> staying put.
>>>> Less notorious cheat Iniesta went diving, good bye Heitinga, and NL
>>>> went a man down.
>>
>>> There was plenty of contact after Iniesta passed the ball.
>>
>> Different incident I guess.
>>
>>>> Yes, kids. Cheating is rewarding :-)
>>
>> More like Webb decided it was late enough in the match to make
>> someone pay for all these 2nd yellow cards he witheld earlier on in
>> the match.
>
> Completely agree, terrible decision by Webb. I wanted Spain to win but
> am not happy with the diving at every challenge.

There wasn't much diving IMO.


From: Mart van de Wege on
"Bob" <Bob(a)Bob.com> writes:

> davkee wrote:
>> On Jul 11, 5:47 pm, "Bob" <B...(a)Bob.com> wrote:
>>> Bob wrote:
>>>> Chagney Hunt wrote:
>>>>> Noterious cheat Robben stayed on his feet. No foul and Puyol
>>>>> staying put.
>>>>> Less notorious cheat Iniesta went diving, good bye Heitinga, and NL
>>>>> went a man down.
>>>
>>>> There was plenty of contact after Iniesta passed the ball.
>>>
>>> Different incident I guess.
>>>
>>>>> Yes, kids. Cheating is rewarding :-)
>>>
>>> More like Webb decided it was late enough in the match to make
>>> someone pay for all these 2nd yellow cards he witheld earlier on in
>>> the match.
>>
>> Completely agree, terrible decision by Webb. I wanted Spain to win but
>> am not happy with the diving at every challenge.
>
> There wasn't much diving IMO.
>
I concur. I've seen two blatant dives by the Spanish throughout the
entire match. Their fouling wasn't particularly hard either, mostly
a few small trips and pushes.

Overall a very sporting team, and they deservedly won.

Mart

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