It's incredible how some people have the eyes to tl;dr argue with me but not to spot my gender under my name, despite how it's pretty much in plain sight.
I stand corrected and guilty for this case. I've got no excuses for the mess up: I simply didn't see it.
The thing is, in the end a dive is a dive. He chose not to go down for when he got hack n slashed, and was really lucky to get the call for the dive. In the end, the dive itself shouldn't have been called, and now people are all making fun of him for it.
Now people see why people dive or fall every time they get a tiny foul. Not saying that Roben is bad, I like NL and all, but people really need to understand why players fall in the first place. Unless they're Messi that can reliably keep possession even after getting hit all the time :V
Robben is known to be a diver and he usually does it along the 16m line, just like most
smart players do. The thing with people like Robben is they will seek out an opportunity to get a nice free kick at a nice distance if they cannot get passed. Notice how Robben during those exceptional dives always sudden turns and starts moving horizontally. He could easily pass the ball during that pinch but he hopes that a inexperienced and hothead defender kicks/pushes/tackles and then *whistle blow* > Robben wins. Pretty much how most football players act. Now Messi isn't such a player by default in my eyes. He will try to outmanoeuvre his way most of the time resulting in those beautiful escapes or duels.
The penalty was questionable which made the 2-1 for us. I've said this before and the goal by Sneijder was more luck based as well. Though before that, those were somewhat more plausible penalties or fauls. It almost feels as if the referee was under pressure for not giving the first two and eventually decided to give one. And that happens to be the diving one which people, logically and acceptable, call bad sportmanship because Robben has been shining in the WC so far.
I hope NL will play a fair match (if logically Costa does the same) and Refs keeps their eyes open. Though something tells me tomorrow's match will be extremely troublesome. orz
Edit:Just reading on Dutch news, middle of the early morning 4:12am that Neymar's WC play is over. One of his spinal discs is cracked. It was that knee-assault from the Colombian player.
What the fuck. It doesn't matter whether you hate/dislike a team/player, nobody deserves this.
