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

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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.
 

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

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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.
 

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

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

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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.
 
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