FIFA World Cup - Qatar 2022

[mZuzek]

SecondWar said:

mZuzek said:

I never understood this controversy. He did what he could to give his country a chance, a very slim chance at that, he was punished with a red card and penalty as he should, and the penalty was missed. If anything it's Asamoah Gyan who should have to apologize for blasting it onto the bar.

Also, I was rooting for Ghana that day.

Either way it should be an exciting match tomorrow. I don't mind either team going through, Ghana has played much better football for sure, but I feel like Uruguay has a better chance of putting up a match against Brazil.

That’s silly. Gyan didn’t cheat. Suarez did, and did so knowing his team stood to benefit. Situations like this are why I think the rules should be updated to introduce penalty goals, remive the potential reward of cheating in such instances.

I wouldn't even call that cheating. Cheating is breaking the rules to your team's benefit, meaning your doing something the rules have no answer for - such as diving to try to win free kicks or penalties. There are rules for a player handballing to avoid a goal, thus it's not cheating. No rules were broken.

Also, hard disagree on the "penalty goals" thing. A goal is when a ball crosses the line. It doesn't matter if it was going in or not, it didn't go in, it's not a goal. The day they start giving goals without the ball going in is the day football dies.