[Football] World Cup - Day Thirteen

[Simster]

Ghana time wasting to send Uruguay out was magnificent.

Yes, and the ref not adding on much time for it. But it was good to see the Uruguay team taking it in such good spirit at the end there

 

[Gabbiano]

Watching Suarez crying from the dugout. Fantastic scenes.

Just a shame that the poetic justice of Ghana knocking them out didn't happen.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

These last group games are making up for the earlier dull ones. Quality entertainment.

Delighted for Sonny.

Think that penalty shout right at the end was closer than it looked.

 

[allystrat]

What? Cavani very lucky not to get a yellow for the dive. He got it after the game for doubling down on his obvious deception.

Well we saw it differently then. Ghana player clatters into him imo

 

[Simster]

The BBC golfing cabal getting it wrong again. f*** off Cavani, there is no way that was a pen you slippy cheat.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Well we saw it differently then. Ghana player clatters into him imo

If you are referring to the one in the outer corner of the area, it was obvious cheating. He slowed and backed into the side of the defender.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Watching Suarez crying from the dugout. Fantastic scenes.

Just a shame that the poetic justice of Ghana knocking them out didn't happen.

I loved the commitment of you’re not going through even it means we aren’t either!

That snide **** Suarez can f*** right off!

 

[KZNSeagull]

Well we saw it differently then. Ghana player clatters into him imo

Cavani forces the Ghana player to clatter into him. It is called subtle cheating and it was a very good refereeing decision, for a change.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Oddly the Uruguayan in the BBC studio thinks it was a pen

 

[Bodian]

These last group games are making up for the earlier dull ones. Quality entertainment.

Delighted for Sonny.

Think that penalty shout right at the end was closer than it looked.

Always the way though - cagey openers, entertaining at the sharp end. I quite often don't bother watching much until the last round of group games. I do hope FIFA don't go with groups of 3 given how all this has panned out.

 

[Beach Hut]

Finally Karma for the chief nibbler

 

[allystrat]

Oddly the Uruguayan in the BBC studio thinks it was a pen

As did three other ex pros

 

[Justice]

No way is Nunez an £80m player maybe £40m. You would expect something really special for £80m.

 

[hart's shirt]

 

[jcdenton08]

 

[nickbrighton]

If you are referring to the one in the outer corner of the area, it was obvious cheating. He slowed and backed into the side of the defender.

better known as the Harry Kane manouver

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

The strength of East Asian football is great to see, but where the hell are China?
#Super League
#1.4bn population in which to unearth some talent...

 

[Triggaaar]

The BBC golfing cabal getting it wrong again. f*** off Cavani, there is no way that was a pen you slippy cheat.

Agreed. I couldn't believe Shearer and co were saying pen. They were running along side each other and Cavani just stuck his leg across the defender in order to fall. It should have been a free kick to Ghana. If ex pros can't see that, what hope do we have?

 

[Beanstalk]

I'm not sure it was a penalty. Live it looked as if it was a fair shoulder barge and as soon as Cavani felt contact he stopped and allowed the momentum of the challenging player to cause a collision. I'm also not sure that I would have felt it was a bad decision if he'd given a penalty.

Ultimately, it could've gone either way and this is probably a stellar example of VAR working properly. (Very glad it went Ghana's way!)

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Oddly the Uruguayan in the BBC studio thinks it was a pen

Gabby Logan, Alex Scott, Didier Drogba, Pablo Zabaleta, Lineker, Ferdinand, Shearer or Pochetino?

No uruguyans there