Dutch win card game 10-5 (only 40 in all previous cup finals, one red too for the Orange), lose match. I started out pro-Netherlands but tended towards the Spaniards around half-time. Spain looked quite the better team, just couldn’t score:
HOLLAND 0 – 1 SPAIN
AET(HT 0-0) Iniesta (116)ATT: 84,490
Tribute: Andres Iniesta celebrates the winning goal by revealing a shirt paying tribute to Dani Jarque, a Spanish defender, who died from a heart attack last year. Photo: GETTY IMAGES
As for cards…
Referee Howard Webb of England shows the red card to Netherlands’ John Heitinga (3) during extra time in their 2010 World Cup final soccer match against Spain at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010.
By the way, both countries are monarchies. And, strictly as an aside, the Spanish team is all white and no member has a recognizably Muslim name. Take that, Saunders of Eurabia.
Predates:
Mark
Ottawa
Wake me up when Canada makes it to a world cup.
Until then, most Canadians don’t care.
Hell, they probably won’t care when they do make it in next. It will be interesting to see the fist fights, however, when that happens; especially when all the Canadians of convenience start cheering a little too boisterously for whomever Canada is facing.
Remember the World Basketball Championships a few years ago, Canada vs Greece?
What really drove me nuts about the whole World Cup was the HUGE amount of diving and play acting trying to draw a yellow card. You even LOOK at a guy the wrong way and he fops to the turf as if he’s been shot and writhes in faux agony. I’m used to hockey players who take a puck to the mouth, spit their teeth out, and keep playing. It really was distasteful.
As a very ignorant Canadian re soccer, what is a red card and what is a yellow card.
Lots of comments around the blogs that the reffing was awful, is that true.
A yellow card is a foul, and a red card is an ejection from the game. The team has to play 1 man short for the rest of the game.
I thought the Spanish were offside on their goal. Also they looked like real wimps with all the playacting around fouls.
Octopus rules!
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