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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 11:08:22 GMT
Manuel Neuer (244) completed more passes at the World Cup than Lionel Messi (242). If that's true... AMAZING. It was on Twatter, secret footballer I think, not checked it out myself yet. But yeah, pretty amazing! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 14:34:26 GMT
Exactly why I dislike the little shit. He had an average tournament at best yet is getting so much praise you'd have thought it was him that scored the winner. FIFA are as bad as uefa for being corrupt wasters unfit to rule the game. David Luiz was in the team of the tournament for fuck sakes, that in itself is embarrassing.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 14:36:47 GMT
the only upside of the WC being over is that we dont have to listen to that fucking jingle for the various shows ... you know the one? "Brazil, Brazillllllll" ... tripe Haha I said exactly the same last night. Fucking irritating. |
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Post by ratbag on Jul 14, 2014 15:12:44 GMT
Blatter has apparently said he was a little surprised when he saw Messi coming up to collect the prize...wouldn't he have known in advance?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 15:14:48 GMT
Blatter has apparently said he was a little surprised when he saw Messi coming up to collect the prize...wouldn't he have known in advance? The way he bums Barcelona I'd be surprised if he wasn't in on it. Corrupt bunch of cunts |
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Post by Ole's Red Whiteknight03 Army on Jul 14, 2014 15:21:00 GMT
Manuel Neuer (244) completed more passes at the World Cup than Lionel Messi (242). Not half bad for the second best keeper on the planet. EDIT: And how is the player of the tournament a striker who didn't score in the knockout stages and whose side only managed 2 goals in 420 min of football against the likes of Switzerland and Belgium? This is Rooneyesque "puts in a shift" delusion! |
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Post by ZlattackRed on Jul 15, 2014 6:03:10 GMT
Even Maradona was surprised and expressed his unhappiness with Messi being awarded the Golden Ball. He termed it as a marketing plan.
When asked, Maradona quipped, “Messi? I would give him heaven if possible, But it’s not right when someone wins something that he shouldn't have won just because of some marketing plan.”
The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, admitted he had not expected Messi to receive the award. “I was myself a little bit surprised when I saw Messi coming up to collect the best player of competition,” he said.
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Post by Ole's Red Whiteknight03 Army on Jul 15, 2014 7:04:52 GMT
The only thing that surprised Blatter was the absence of a brown envelope stuffed with cash.
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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Jul 15, 2014 7:24:07 GMT
Russia are going to look like mugs following that World Cup, it had everything.
I still don't think the South Africa World Cup was that bad, it was unique, the first on the African continent and probably the best anyone could have hoped for considering the latter fact.
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Post by king nothing on Jul 15, 2014 9:19:50 GMT
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Post by redcase on Jul 15, 2014 12:14:35 GMT
LOL mystery jersey? Anybody who has half a clue about football would know who that jersey belonged to. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 19:24:45 GMT
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Post by CaajScot on Sept 16, 2015 19:52:54 GMT
RIP C A Fernandes, as quoted in that link.
One of the most famous fans in world football has sadly passed away today.
Clovis Acosta Fernandes was a Brazilian superfan, who made sure his face was on camera at every World Cup since 1990.  |
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Post by CaajScot on Mar 29, 2018 18:28:03 GMT
World Cup 2018: No British referee chosen for tournament
By Mandeep Sanghera BBC Sport
4 hours ago|World Cup There will be no British referee at the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1938.
Fifa has chosen 36 officials for the tournament in Russia but none from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Mark Clattenburg was the only Briton on Fifa's long list of officials, collated in summer 2016, from which it would choose the final selection for Russia. But he left his job with the Premier League and forfeited his place. Clattenburg, who took charge of the Euro 2016 final when Portugal overcame hosts France, quit his job as a top-flight official in February 2017 to become Saudi Arabia's new head of referees. The Football Association did ask world governing body Fifa to replace him with another official but it rejected the request. There are also no British officials among the 63 assistant referees selected, while video assistant referees (VAR) will be chosen from the pool of officials at the tournament. VAR is being used at the World Cup for the first time. The World Cup did not take place for 12 years after 1938 because of World War Two, and since it resumed in 1950 there has been at least one English referee at each tournament. England's Howard Webb was Britain's sole representative at the last two World Cups in 2010 and 2014. He took charge of the 2010 final when Spain beat the Netherlands in South Africa. In terms of Fifa's international list, the Football Association and referees' association PGMOL work together to put forward their choices. The final decision is taken by the FA Referees' Committee and they nominated Martin Atkinson, Stuart Attwell, Robert Madley, Michael Oliver, Craig Pawson, Anthony Taylor and Paul Tierney for 2018. Criticism of Premier League referees
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been a vociferous critic of Premier League referees this season and said they "don't work enough". He also said some referees are living in the "dark ages" with the way they treat players and described disputed refereeing decisions against his side as "concerning coincidences". The Frenchman was also given a three-game touchline ban and fined £40,000 for his behaviour in referee Mike Dean's changing room after a 1-1 draw at West Brom in which the Baggies were awarded a controversial late penalty. Atkinson was accused of making a "fundamental error" by former Stoke manager Mark Hughes, while Manchester City recently asked to meet the body responsible for Premier League referees - the PGMOL - to discuss their concern at tackles being made against them. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43110905
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Post by king nothing on Mar 29, 2018 19:16:43 GMT
It's a shame we have to suffer with them week in and week out...
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