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Under 20 World Cup thread (soccer)

That's what I'm talking about.

Man did they look good, they turned it on early, got a few goals and then shut the game down. Exactly what a good team should do.

GO CZECHS GO!!!!!!

Gotta give some love to the nation I was born in.
 
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Toronto Police Chief William Blair released a statement Friday outlining what happened.


"My officers were forced to intervene, initially, to protect the referees. As the teams were leaving the stadium, an argument broke out between a member of the Chilean team and a rival fan," he said. "My officers were forced to intervene, again, to end the dispute. Members of the Chilean team then decided to direct some of their aggressive behaviour towards my officers."


While some have accused police of taking an unnecessarily heavy hand with the players, Blair said the officers did what they had to do to control the situation.


"The job of my officers was to respond in a firm, but fair, manner to end that violence. They are trained to do so, and that is what they did," he said.

"We will look, in detail, into what happened last night to see what changes, if any, we need to make to the policing arrangements for Sunday's matches."

Chile is expected to play Austria Sunday for a third-place finish before the finals between Argentina and Czech Republic.


The under-20 competition is FIFA's largest tournament after the World Cup.

The organization was congratulated for setting record ticket sales for the tournament at BMO Field.
 
I didnt see much of last nights game, but I turned it on after the game and the referees were sprinting into the tunnel to not get hit with things being thrown at them. I did see the first red card that was given to Chile and it was a complete joke. The Argentine player grabbed his face as if he had been kicked, but he wasnt. The ref believed he was kicked and showed the player red. Here is an account of the violence from someone who was there:

"That was the wildest sporting event I have ever been to, and I now I understand clearly how violence and riots happen around the world.

Crowd was 75-25 for Chile. Early goal for Argentina, and then the red card, which was on the opposite side of the field from me and looked like a legit call, until I saw the replay that the Argentina player grabbed at his face and drew it. Argentine fan right in front of me starts taunting the Chile fans in the rows in front, leading to a screaming match, which led to someone using the “n” word to someone else (which I have honestly never heard in Toronto), which of course led to a huge shoving match, pull-apart and security shutdown.

This is 15 minutes in.

Chile plays well with ten men, more fouls (53 in total for the game), more yellow (9 for the game). Lots and lots of Olympic-class diving. At the half the game is still in the balance. Go for a beer at half, security is trying to eject a Chilean fan, which leads 7 or 8 fellow fans to try to pull the 3 security guys off, which led to a big brawl right in front of 100 people at the concession stand. Huge chance for serious injuries. Cops come in and shut it down.

Second half, more fouls, more yellow. Second goal goes in and it looks just about over. Second yellow to a Chilean player that leads to the second Red. German ref surrounded by Chile players. Pitch invasion by an irate fan trying to get at the ref. Players escort him to the sidelines. Crowd is IRATE at this point. Final whistle blows. ENTIRE Chile bench tries to get at the ref, who is protected by police. Second pitch invasion by a fan wearing a Chicken head. Finally, players get off the field. Refs try for the tunnel but are pummeled by bottles thrown by about 1000 Chilean fans crowded around the tunnel. Refs refuse to run the gauntlet, which makes the crowd even angrier. Finally they make it through to a chorus of boos, screams and cups. Officials in the FIFA box to my left (old and very white) look very concerned.

Leaving the stadium, rival fans are singing and taunting each other and there is a real sense of trouble, which I fortunately leave. Find out this morning about the later brawl between the players and police, which actually makes perfect sense."
 
wpgfishfan said:
Why is it whenever soccer gets a decent crowd these kind of incidents can happen.

I did not see the foul.
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Because it is a sport founded on things like nationalism and extreme identification with a club. No other sport has that passion involved. And I like that.

You should read how soccer explains the world. Google books has a couple of chapters of it, mainly what pertains to Celtic vs Rangers:

http://books.google.com/books?id=kQ...ent=firefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPA35,M1
 
Very good game last night. Enjoyed it immensely even though my Czech team didnt win (gotta support the europeans)
 
Vamos Argentina!....6 time sub 20 champs!. Now if we could that with the World Cup that would be great.:D
 
WestPhish said:
Beating Brazil is always tough, no matter what team they bring.
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This is true, however it was ur A team and you guys didn't even make a game of it. All good though, Argentina is still one of the top teams. :)
 
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