That penalty was totally fake... And now they've invalidated a Croatian goal (well it was a fault but still)

Yes, flopping is awful, but I don't blame the players. They see something that gets them a lot of reward with little risk and they go for it. The problem is having 2 referees and no replays. The system encourages error, and the players exploit it.

Well it's over... Poor Croatians.

It doesn't help that FIFA has a bad history kissing the host country's ass.

Spain is playing Netherlands tomorrow, the same teams that played the final in the last World Cup. This will be good.

Miko @ 12/6/2014 16:47

Why isn't Nobert here. I miss his presence while talking about soccer! So how are you liking the game Natalie? It's been a pretty crazy ride so far, huh?

I missed this day as I was out all day. I saw the replay, dat ref....

Kru @ 12/6/2014 20:20

Spain is playing Netherlands tomorrow, the same teams that played the final in the last World Cup. This will be good.

Not the same teams, both have been dramatically changed and they're rather what's been left behind, specially for the dutch who only have 3 experienced players (van persie, sneijder and robben). Spain has lost through much though without Navas, Negredo and a few others but with Costa on attack (if he's fully recovered at least) they should do a nice game.

Mexico and Cameroon could prove to be a great game. Eto'o is probably much older now and Cameroon will probably still need him to play his best if they are to beat Hernandez and Dos Santos

Did the captains just exchange commemorative tote bags? I'm confused.

lol at all these offsides.

Omg, you have to be f-ing kidding me. That was so false from the referee! That should have been a goal. Like the re-run proved it. I hope that that referee literally gets fired, cause that is just very annoying to alter the end result like that. Whats up with this biased fest now-a-days with these referees?

Yeah that one from the corner was after I made that comment! These refs are atrocious.

The thing with the first disallowed goal is that it kinda looked offside to me. I don't know how far past the second defender you have to be for it to be offside, but the line on TV showed like half a head.

Holy shit, the camera crew on the sidelines look like they're standing in a reflecting pool. The rain doesn't show up on camera much does it?

Cash Money @ 13/6/2014 11:45

The thing with the first disallowed goal is that it kinda looked offside to me. I don't know how far past the second defender you have to be for it to be offside, but the line on TV showed like half a head.

Well except for the fact that there's a whole half of a Cameroon player also on the line they drew. Ugh.