4 year wait... again!
So the World Cup came to a close and Italy deserved their win. They been the most consistent team in the tournament. Although the tournament itself didn't set on fire the way many predicted, most of the big name stars just didn't perform at all and there weren't many young kids that took our breath away.
Most of the games were enjoyable as a spectacle, some sublime skill shown by players who I thought was way past it. i.e. Zidane, Viera, Ayala, Ronaldo, Del Piero etc.
One thing that disappointed me the most more then anything else was the amount of diving and play acting that went on in all the games. Just when will the referee stamp out on the cheating and dish out red cards before it get totally out of hands? It doesn't take a rocket science to determine whether a player was genuinely brought down or just play acting. If they are too scared to get the decision wrong, then why not introduce some retrospective measures into the game? Get a panel of judges to view all incidents in a game and give out cards afterward, that ought to stamp out the cheats. But maybe that's asking too much for FIFA to actually get off their arse and do some real work. Sepp Blatter must be the biggest joke in the game. Before the tournament started, he pinpointed something the referees would need to be extra vigilant on. Before he said anything, everyone was expecting him to say diving/simulation or whatever you want to call it nowadays. But to everyone's surprise, his so called "new evil" in the game was.... elbowing!!! WTF dude, where's he been for the last 100 years? Elbowing has always been in the game and referees have always shown red cards for players elbowing other players in the past. For him to say something so ignorant was beyond joke. I hope he gets the sack and we get a real footballing man in charge so they won't introduce stupid rules before EVERY world cup to confuse both the players and the referee.
the next World Cup will be in South Africa, no one knows if they'll even have the facilities ready to host the tournament, but if they do, and if I can make time, I want to go visit SA and watch the games. I always wanted to go to South africa, and to do it with the world cup would be like killing 2 birds with 1 stone. with my luck, if I can find time to go, england probably won't even qualify for it lol
Most of the games were enjoyable as a spectacle, some sublime skill shown by players who I thought was way past it. i.e. Zidane, Viera, Ayala, Ronaldo, Del Piero etc.
One thing that disappointed me the most more then anything else was the amount of diving and play acting that went on in all the games. Just when will the referee stamp out on the cheating and dish out red cards before it get totally out of hands? It doesn't take a rocket science to determine whether a player was genuinely brought down or just play acting. If they are too scared to get the decision wrong, then why not introduce some retrospective measures into the game? Get a panel of judges to view all incidents in a game and give out cards afterward, that ought to stamp out the cheats. But maybe that's asking too much for FIFA to actually get off their arse and do some real work. Sepp Blatter must be the biggest joke in the game. Before the tournament started, he pinpointed something the referees would need to be extra vigilant on. Before he said anything, everyone was expecting him to say diving/simulation or whatever you want to call it nowadays. But to everyone's surprise, his so called "new evil" in the game was.... elbowing!!! WTF dude, where's he been for the last 100 years? Elbowing has always been in the game and referees have always shown red cards for players elbowing other players in the past. For him to say something so ignorant was beyond joke. I hope he gets the sack and we get a real footballing man in charge so they won't introduce stupid rules before EVERY world cup to confuse both the players and the referee.
the next World Cup will be in South Africa, no one knows if they'll even have the facilities ready to host the tournament, but if they do, and if I can make time, I want to go visit SA and watch the games. I always wanted to go to South africa, and to do it with the world cup would be like killing 2 birds with 1 stone. with my luck, if I can find time to go, england probably won't even qualify for it lol