Mexico Robbed By Robben

[joeluke]

Blatant dive

Fantastic player but also a cheat

[Sqad]

Penalty........definitely, BUT yes, he made the most of it.

[SlackAlice]

Sorry, I disagree.

Must admit I would have liked Mexico to win.

[joeluke]

He made sure his foot came into contact with the defenders boot then went down as if he'd been taken out by a sniper

I know it goes on in the game but Mexico played really well and didn't deserve that

[jeffa]

The eleventh hour turnaround seems to be the theme of this competition.

[ChillDoubt]

Mexico robbed. Mind you, the amount of times he dived, he was bound to get one to stick eventaully.
Granted he should have have one in the first half, but so should Mexico for the high kick to the head, so they were evened out IMHO.

[Sqad]

don't forget......Holland scored two goals.

[toalisi]

For such an important event shouldn't there be a video ref ( as in Rugby)
to reduce the chance of a wrong decision?

[grumpy01]

Just heard Hoddle condoning cheating.Hope he stays away from Football, can do with out that atitude.

[jim360]

Proble is, people at the top are too concerned with the "flow" of the game than about right decisions. IN this case I think Robben was lucky, but he'd been unlucky earlier. These things have a tendency to balance out, usually anyway. Very bad luck for Mexico -- my flatmate from the country won't be best pleased, sadly.

[grumpy01]

You may be right Jim as Howard Webb was wrong to disallow that goal for Brazil last night.

[ChillDoubt]

I hate hearing TV pundits say "He's entitled to go down there". Why so?
Can't they be men and ride the challenge? Fend off the attacker as they have to elsewhere on the pitch?
All they do is justify cheating to an audience of millions, so often impressionable kids.

[grumpy01]

Thats rubbish Divebuddy.If your team is beaten by a goal, tap in or great skill ,then that's fine but if a player,like Robben,clearly dives then it leaves a lot of ill feeling.

[joeluke]

divebuddy you're contradicting yourself

You say he didn't dive then you say he did

[VHG]

>>>don't forget......Holland scored two goals.

Yes but one was from the penalty spot.

[joeluke]

Yes we've established that fact thanks, issue here is the manner in which the winning penalty was 'earned'

Apparently Robben scored 4 perfect 10's from the judges