The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[lestatdark]

Lafiel said:

lestatdark said:

Almost no one in the international press is saying that Mexico was robbed and instead that the Penalty was clear and cut. It sucks that it happened, but it's all Mexico and Rafa Marquez's fault.

He has the experience to know that any touch on your opponent's foot when he's shifting directions is gonna be sanctioned as a penalty more often than not.

yea it's only internet people overreacting for whatever reason (maybe because they were "invested" in Mexico winning, or they are invested in hating Robben)

Robben does manage to pull some hate towards him when he exaggerates in his dives like he usually does, but he's not the only player that does it. And yeah, it seems that people saying that Mexico were robbed is mostly an internet-rooting-for-the-underdog thing, though some people are invested in seeing Holland go down in any way possible.

I don't hide the fact that I wanted Mexico to go through, I think that they played some of the best football in the group stage, but I know when and where to give credit when it's due. That's what good sportsmanship should be all about, a fact that a lot of people seems to forget.