World cup

[mastercabman]

This is kind of weird,but watching Uruguay play,i was amazed by Diego Floran.Fantastic player.And i was thinking that he should get some kind of award for the way he has been scoring for his team.I just learn that he did get the golden ball award.        [thumbs up] [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

 

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It's tough as an American to get into a sport when taking a dive is not only expected, but rewarded.  The one dutch forward actually wanted to keep playing and made a go at splitting two defenders.  He didn't take a dive late in the game, and actually hurt his team because he didn't fall and make an arse of himself.  I can't stand it.

To be honest I've never liked Football either for all those reasons + the yellow card being a slap on the wrist and the red being overboard and then the refs... My point is I prefer rugby (yay for Tri nations) so give that a watch, however when a world cup comes to your country it is really, really tough to not watch or be interested at all.

This last world cup has left a bad taste in my mouth. It seems the refs make calls based on their political views as much as actual penalties, at least this tournament. And it had nothing to do with the US, many other teams got screwed over from very strange calls. I only wish Netherlands (or is Dutch more appropriate) won. 

As much as I would have liked the Netherlands to win I am glad Spain won. See from what I know Spain has been divided by a rebel group who is being supported by France because they want to secede and they are now causing all kinds of **** in their country. I know how much a sports game can unite a country and how good it can do.  I know this country is better off because of hosting the world cup as I can tell it did unite the people, even if it means we are now going to go bankrupt.

*Edit

Here is the flying kick I was talking about:

Foul Nigel de Jong at Xabi Alonso [Final Netherlands-Spain]
Don't ask me how that wasn't a red card. I love one of the comments that says: This is Sparta!!!