The Euro 2012 thread

[Slimebeast]

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:

lestatdark said:

To be honest, these kind of things worry me for the next match. Busquest and some other spanish players have already stated that if they have to go hard on Ronaldo to stop him, they will, and most likely it'll be portuguese players to see yellow or red cards instead. Nothing that we didn't see back at WC 2010.

It worries me too. Obviously the ref will be biased in favor of Spain. It's given as they're No. 1 in the world and champions.

 

I don't think they're exactly biased, but like I said, most referees usually "protect" the higher status teams. I think that's mostly a natural reaction (referees are just human in the end) as it happens everywhere, from small leagues to big international competitions. 

In the end, to beat the best, you have to be much better than them and I hope that's what Portugal do come next wednesday. Though I'll admit it right here, right now: 

If Portugal loses the way Croatia did, I'm gonna be throughly pissed and I will make sure to vent my frustration the proper way, because no matter what any Spaniard say, what was done in that match, was nothing short of a massive robbery.

 

Yes, yes, it's natural. Natural bias if you will. Probably all subconsciously too.