But cleverly cheated ...
Actually I think the handball was a deliberate tactic, because having been booked, Koscielny found himself unable to hard-tackle Eder moments later which might have prevented him from scoring. A risky tactic, but it paid off for him - but it's still cheating - a 21st Century Maradonna momentI am not sure that Portugal cheated, there was definite gamemanship such as the play acting to try and get Mutuidi sent off but I am not sure that Eder's handling of the ball was a conscious decision though it was clear and blatant.
Agreed 100% - the man is obviously not fit to referee games at this levelHowever Mark Clattenberg really shamed himself tonight, it was not just one atrociously bad decision (triple decision) but also the way in which his poor choice of positioning meant he was effectively Portugal's fifth defender for fifteen minutes of the first half. Seriously a ref get's out of the way of the action that is what all the fitness training is for and if Clattenberg claims it was a lack of fitness then he should not be on any more high level pitches.
Google Translat find maybe not the right word, what i mean.I am not sure that Portugal cheated, there was definite gamemanship such as the play acting to try and get Mutuidi sent off but I am not sure that Eder's handling of the ball was a conscious decision though it was clear and blatant.
However Mark Clattenberg really shamed himself tonight, it was not just one atrociously bad decision (triple decision) but also the way in which his poor choice of positioning meant he was effectively Portugal's fifth defender for fifteen minutes of the first half. Seriously a ref gets out of the way of the action that is what all the fitness training is for and if Clattenberg claims it was a lack of fitness then he should not be on any more high level pitches.
Perhaps Portugal didn't 'deserve' to win, but uuh they qualified for Euro 2016 so they certainly deserved to be there...you didn't really deserve to be there
1976 : Czechoslowakia
1992 : Denmark
2004 : Greece
2016 : Portugal
All unexpected winners of the European Championship
Google Translat find maybe not the right word, what i mean.
Hmm, get through clever by snake?
And, I'm not a football/Soccer expert!
Dark Princess:
Well, I'm no expert, but I don't think the bad call (and it was a bad call) was the determining factor. France couldn't put the ball in the net. End of story.
As for the BBC, I can't comment, but the ESPN coverage was uniformly excellent. I would love it if they got the US rights for the Olympics, rather than NBC, which sucks.
Well since it clearly hit Eder's forearm then any decision against anyone but Eder would by definition be a bad call but worse he then carded Koscielny.
If ESPN did not replay the incident for you then clearly their coverage sucked
But it was not the reason of the France'defeat !!! The Potugal'goal, later, was entirely valuable !!!
I avoid that I see football to admire the good play , but when it's not the case, I become bored :
And this evening , excuse me but France'team was boring me !!!
They replayed it and said it was a bad call. And it was. So what? Referees make mistakes. You want to avoid that, put in video reviews like the NFL does (and baseball to some extent). Tennis too.If ESPN did not replay the incident for you then clearly their coverage sucked
how many times have they won in the normal time?Well, this will be a consolation to Wales.
Portugal just arent't that bad at all - with or without Ronaldo...
They replayed it and said it was a bad call. And it was. So what? Referees make mistakes. You want to avoid that, put in video reviews like the NFL does (and baseball to some extent). Tennis too.
My point is France should have put the game away in regular time. It was France's game to lose and they achieved that brilliantly.
Mark Clattenberg is paid by English FA somewhere north of £70,000 a year.
Your "football" is too hidebound to do that. they also refuse to stop the clock for injuries, etc. and have this bullshit "stoppage time" and blow the whistle when the referee feels like it. Time to put the game in the 21st century.