FIFA World Cup 2010 Thread

[EricH]

Originally Posted by dodar

He called the foul on Michael Bradley

What was it, though? If the account I'm reading of that play is correct, any foul on Bradley should have been called on the other team first, for holding.

[kgzak]

GO GERMANY!

The refs today (Germany and United States Games) weren't to great.

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by EricH

What was it, though? If the account I'm reading of that play is correct, any foul on Bradley should have been called on the other team first, for holding.

The original call seemed to be on Bradley for offsides, but when they put it into the records, I guess they realized there was no offsides... at all... or close. So they said foul. That's my assumption anyway.

You're quite correct in saying it should have been a penalty if there was a foul; the Slovenian players were far, far more aggressive, and one of their players actually tried to slide tackle Edu from behind as he scored.