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From: billones on 23 Jun 2010 13:42
On Jun 23, 12:01 pm, Dave Arnold <darno...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Impossible to not feel for Algeria at the game's end.  I assume their
> red card was mistaken identity - no way in hell did that Algerian did
> anything to justify anything.

Both live and on replay, you can see that as he came up to dissent
with the call he inadvertently spat on the referee. That's usually a
straight red, and the referee was lenient in only giving a yellow.

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Jeremy Billones
jbillones(a)gmail.com
From: Futbolmetrix on 23 Jun 2010 12:06
"Dave Arnold" <darnoldx(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Impossible to not feel for Algeria at the game's end.

No, they were happy to sit on the 0-0 draw most of the match, hoping perhaps
that England would save them with a second goal.

The team to feel sorry for is Slovenia, who showed a lot of spunk and wasn't
relying on help from outside.

Anyway, congrats to USA and England.

Unless Germany finds a way to finish second, there's going to be a surprise
semifinalist (Uruguay, Korea, USA and Serbia/Ghana).

D



From: Jim Goloboy on 23 Jun 2010 16:30
On Jun 23, 12:06 pm, "Futbolmetrix" <futbolmet...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Dave Arnold" <darno...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:07dde2fe-6dd3-4d10-9ce2->
>
> > Impossible to not feel for Algeria at the game's end.
>
> No, they were happy to sit on the 0-0 draw most of the match, hoping perhaps
> that England would save them with a second goal.

Yeah, I thought Algeria's lack of attacking was weird...they needed
goals as badly as us. They had occasional dangerous counters but never
committed that many guys forward.

I do feel for the goalie though, who played very well in both his
games.
From: Starcade on 23 Jun 2010 16:57
On Jun 23, 10:42 am, billones <jbillo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 23, 12:01 pm, Dave Arnold <darno...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Impossible to not feel for Algeria at the game's end.  I assume their
> > red card was mistaken identity - no way in hell did that Algerian did
> > anything to justify anything.
>
> Both live and on replay, you can see that as he came up to dissent
> with the call he inadvertently spat on the referee.  That's usually a
> straight red, and the referee was lenient in only giving a yellow.

.... which was his second, hence the red.

I would think it was for the dissent -- ref could've booked two
players for Algeria for their lip.

Mike
From: Google Beta User on 23 Jun 2010 19:48
On Jun 23, 12:01 pm, Dave Arnold <darno...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 1-0 USA, Donovan in injury time.
>
> Cracking match.  Donovan is a clutch player.

As is Dempsey.

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