Club World Cup

[CotchNCo]

Think there is a case to complain if Topor Stanley ' s red card shouldn't have stood. As for Spira he was sent off anyway.

WSW had a player on the field that should've been off. You lose the right to complain at that point. NTS knew that he got the first card (even though it was not his fault) because the ref pointed at him and showed him it. Should not have taken the player down in the challenge that got him the second yellow.

 

[Benno_900]

Wow, what woeful conditions.

 

[Zidane98]

WSW had a player on the field that should've been off. You lose the right to complain at that point. NTS knew that he got the first card (even though it was not his fault) because the ref pointed at him and showed him it. Should not have taken the player down in the challenge that got him the second yellow.

Yeah fair enough. It was appalling refereeing though. Popovic said he wasn't even asked if he wanted to postpone the game which I thought was not good enough.

 

[brucetiki]

All up the game was a farce.

It should never have been played in those conditions. The Wanderers' goal was scored purely from the conditions, so that was good fortune to them.

The refereeing was sub-standard - the Wanderers got some calls that went their way (like Topor-Stanley's first yellow, as it meant they still had 11 players for another 20 minutes) and some calls that didn't go their way (like Topor-Stanley's second yellow - if that first yellow was a case of mistaken identity, then that should've been his first yellow and they still would've had 10 players).

FIFA have alot of egg on their face from this game.

 

[Zidane98]

Because of the tight scheduling it sounds like FIFA made a decision to play the game regardless of conditions. Which isn't good enough. Will be interesting to see how the pitch fares when Real play Cruz Azul on tuesday night/wed morning our time. I can see Real refusing to play if it is a mud bath and rightly so.

 

[CotchNCo]

FIFA have alot of egg on their face from this game.

Like they give a *.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

So, no Aus v NZ final, I'm disappointed.

Terrible refereeing though, terrible.

 

[brucetiki]

Like they give a *.

Point taken

 

[SM]

And they've moved the Real Madrid game, presumably because of the state of that "decent" pitch. What a joke.

 

[Zidane98]

And they've moved the Real Madrid game, presumably because of the state of that "decent" pitch. What a joke.

The wanderers should have refused to play.

 

[SM]

The wanderers should have refused to play.

I can only imagine how the players must have felt, everything seemed set up against them.

 

[SM]

Great goal from Auckland! Unbelievable.

 

[Vapor]

Nearly a second Auckland goal! Should have done better from that one on one

 

[GreekLunatic]

whats the point playing the final real will hammer whoever they meet

 

[Vapor]

whats the point playing the final real will hammer whoever they meet

How great would it be just being one of the amateur footballers playing for Auckland City FC, with a regular job on the side, coming up against Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and the world's elite on the football field!?

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Fair effort from Auckland, wonder if a few will end up with pro contracts like Krishna did after
last years CWC.

 

[Benno_900]

whats the point playing the final real will hammer whoever they meet

Oh dear ...

 

[typeclub]

whats the point playing the final real will hammer whoever they meet

Its not always a foregone conclusion as we saw when Chelsea got owned by Corinthians or when Liverpool and Barca got smashed.

But this Real team is on another level unlike past CL winners so I expect a hammering too.

 

[typeclub]

#worldchamps




Bale has now scored in 3 finals this year. What a guy.

A bit disappointed Ramos played with an injury.

 

[BluesMan]

Very strange, pointless competition.

 

[Zidane98]

Its not always a foregone conclusion as we saw when Chelsea got owned by Corinthians or when Liverpool and Barca got smashed.

But this Real team is on another level unlike past CL winners so I expect a hammering too.

Liverpool had 3 perfectly good goals disallowed against it and dominated when playing in the 2005 CWC final. Hardly "smashed"!!

 

[Magma]

casillas is now the most winningest player ever or something like that.

the only player to win absolutely everything that they possibly can i believe.

 

[Jatz]

Pretty good effort! He's no longer the player he was but you can't deny, he's had one hell of a career.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Who cares about Real?
Auckland City are the third best team in the world!

 

[Zidane98]

Pointless tournament. Just go back to the Toyota Cup format where champion of sth america plays champions of europe.