World Cup Third place playoff: Brazil vs Netherlands (13th July 6:00AM AEST)

[estibador]

Geez I've seen that given as a penalty many, many times.

He certainly didn't get any ball and just planted his leg in front of the attacker.

 

[Kipz]

Ref sends a massive "come at me bro" to Brazil

 

[lewdogs]

Haha first card for diving in the whole tournament and it's a clear penalty. Lol.

 

[Hatchy1992]

If that's not a penalty, then I don't know what is.

 

[estibador]

Bloody Brazil always getting favoured by home town umpiring...

 

[hench]

ROBBEN DOES AN ACTUAL DIVE EVERYTIME!!!!!!!

And we love him for it.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

This ref is literally guessing every time.

 

[Kaan]

Looked like a dive to me.

 

[estibador]

Would have taken a decent effort to jump over his leg without contact even if he wanted to.

 

[PieBeast]

Certainly a lot more of a dive than it was a foul.

 

[Ry009]

He should have paid that last one for the lulz.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

The defender cuts right across him without getting the ball.

 

[estibador]

Makes me appreciate what a tough job refs have when even with the benefit of replays and slow mo's no one on these threads can ever agree whether something is a penalty or not.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Lol at Brasil. Is Rio going to be blown up tonight?

 

[PieBeast]

The humiliation is now complete.

 

[Kaan]

The humiliation is now complete.

One last troll by Van Gaal with the keeper sub.

 

[hench]

Hope Luiz gets murdered by some Brazilian gangster.

* him.

 

[bisazc887]

Geez I wish Australia had drawn brazilsvgroup, cahill would have put 5 past that defense when you look what he did to the dutchs

 

[hench]

Geez I wish Australia had drawn brazilsvgroup, cahill would have put 5 past that defense when you look what he did to the dutchs

Tommy Oar might have played well.

 

[Papa Juggs]

They were borderline good even with Neymar. They weren't all that and it was a joke they were installed as the favourite.

 

[Ry009]

How do you spell 'defending' in Portuguese?

 

[hench]

How do you spell 'defending' in Portuguese?

Babaca.

 

[bisazc887]

Really should have lost to chile imho even with neymar at that stage.

 

[whythelongface]

Good win and shows the potential of this team for the future. Disappointed Holland didn't make the final but overall exceeded expectations.

 

[Araluenian]

Not disgraced but beaten soundly as one would expect after Wednesday morning.

And should've been a penalty. Diving has been paid by the Refs as much as, say, holding the ball. And it's actually happened as many times as holding the ball as well without ever being paid. And yet, in classic universal Referee/Umpire logic, they waited until it wasn't one before paying it.