you probably know better than me but I thought he was going for the ball and if he was it's not deserving of a red~soap~ said:A two legged tackle from behind with stretched legs while the ball has already been played is a RED card.
nick1 said:thats not deserving of a red card straight up, I'm new to soccer as you all know but most refs would have given a yellow card but that ref bypassed yellow straight to red. thats bogus
nick1 said:you probably know better than me but I thought he was going for the ball and if he was it's not deserving of a red
Boomer said:You should have stopped at 'I'm new to soccer'. FIFA want to eradicate the tackle from behind totally. Any tackle from behind, even well timed, will usually merit a free kick and possibly a yellow.
Any tackle from behind, late, high, studs up......you're gone. Mastroeni's was that and he deserved to go.
so I'm right :D I have seen a ton of matches this year and it's clear that game was the worst officiated, one of the only right calls was the red Italy got. an elbow in the face is an automatic redSection126 said:Don't be a football snob.
You are supposed to encourage new fans to understand the sport without starting your statement with a comment like that.
When people want to learn the game..I explain it to them...no matter how stupid their question may be.
having seen the play again this morning...I must say that it was a clear foul deserving of a stern Yellow and a short leash for a red.....
But there is no way you go straight to a red there...it is the damn world cup for christ's sake.
Boomer said:You should have stopped at 'I'm new to soccer'. FIFA want to eradicate the tackle from behind totally. Any tackle from behind, even well timed, will usually merit a free kick and possibly a yellow.
Any tackle from behind, late, high, studs up......you're gone. Mastroeni's was that and he deserved to go.
Section126 said:having seen the play again this morning...I must say that it was a clear foul deserving of a stern Yellow and a short leash for a red.....
But there is no way you go straight to a red there...it is the damn world cup for christ's sake.
Prime Time said::roflmao: Yeah, and maybe If your FWs could grow a pair and stop pulling our jerseys we wouldn't have had to make tackles like that.
Onyewu = Toni's Daddy
Tone_E said:Pathetic. Simply pathetic. Raising Onyweu on a pedastol after he faced the worst Italy showing possible. Italy didn't test him, and oh, but wait, I believe the Czechs did, what happened there, please refresh my memory.
In essence, it doesen't matter, I'll argue till I'm blue in the face, and I dont expect anything less from American fans. You did have a lot to cheer about, and I give you props for that game, just dont blow it out of proportion.
Tone_E said:Pathetic. Simply pathetic. Raising Onyweu on a pedastol after he faced the worst Italy showing possible. Italy didn't test him, and oh, but wait, I believe the Czechs did, what happened there, please refresh my memory.
In essence, it doesen't matter, I'll argue till I'm blue in the face, and I dont expect anything less from American fans. You did have a lot to cheer about, and I give you props for that game, just dont blow it out of proportion.
MARINO1384 said:Didn't test him? Not our fault the italian coach is stupid and takes out thier like 2 best goal scorers in Totti and Luca.