2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup thread

Solid Snake · 07-03-2010, 11:10 PM

I certainly think FIFA would consider it advantageous to have Spain in the semis over the likes of Paraguay.

I'm not saying FIFA refs can singlehandedly alter the course of every match. Clearly, if a play is absolutely incontestable or if one team is playing far better than the other, it'd look too suspicious for FIFA to intervene. That's why France and Italy were eliminated in the first round -- they were so poor this year that even favorable refereeing could not have saved them.

But there's been enough shoddy calls throughout this tournament, generally favoring certain teams over others, that's raised some flags with me. Just look at the sheer lack of yellow and red cards Spain's been "awarded" all tournament. Spain's had a tortured history with football and this is one of Spain's best teams yet...maybe FIFA feels it's finally time to reward them or something.

With that in mind, I predict a Spain-Holland final, with Spain winning. Germany should beat Spain, but I'm just sayin' I won't be surprised if some terrible no-call costs their chances to advance.

(I wonder how many NPF folks are from Espana...I guess I'll soon be finding out.)

07-03-2010, 11:10 PM	#39
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	I certainly think FIFA would consider it advantageous to have Spain in the semis over the likes of Paraguay. I'm not saying FIFA refs can singlehandedly alter the course of every match. Clearly, if a play is absolutely incontestable or if one team is playing far better than the other, it'd look too suspicious for FIFA to intervene. That's why France and Italy were eliminated in the first round -- they were so poor this year that even favorable refereeing could not have saved them. But there's been enough shoddy calls throughout this tournament, generally favoring certain teams over others, that's raised some flags with me. Just look at the sheer lack of yellow and red cards Spain's been "awarded" all tournament. Spain's had a tortured history with football and this is one of Spain's best teams yet...maybe FIFA feels it's finally time to reward them or something. With that in mind, I predict a Spain-Holland final, with Spain winning. Germany should beat Spain, but I'm just sayin' I won't be surprised if some terrible no-call costs their chances to advance. (I wonder how many NPF folks are from Espana...I guess I'll soon be finding out.) __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.