Comments on: Spain 0 Italy 0 http://www.sinnacle.com/2008/06/23/spain-0-italy-0 Football Without Pretension Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: OldRightBack http://www.sinnacle.com/2008/06/23/spain-0-italy-0/comment-page-1#comment-260 OldRightBack Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:54:34 +0000 http://www.sinnacle.com/2008/06/23/spain-0-italy-0#comment-260 I was more than disappointed with the referee... He failed to call what looked like obvious fouls, then was showing cards left and right for niggling challenges. That said, I wouldn't trade anything to be a football ref - you really have to be on your toes and be unbelievably observant to catch everything. Makes me wonder about instant replay in certain instances. Would hate to see something like that interrupt the flow of the game though... but jeez, it was plenty interrupted already. Getting frustrated with the theatrics of some of the players - apparently going down & rolling about for 'nothing', bringing play to a halt & allowing their team to regroup. Strategy? BS - that's plain dishonest play. If you can't take a bit of a knock & keep going, you don't deserve to be on the pitch IMHO. Spain clearly outplayed Italy - although you have to admire how Italy can defend. The 'defense only' strategy does make for a boring game for spectators though. Imagine a defense like Italy with the attacking prowess of the Netherlands? I was more than disappointed with the referee… He failed to call what looked like obvious fouls, then was showing cards left and right for niggling challenges. That said, I wouldn’t trade anything to be a football ref – you really have to be on your toes and be unbelievably observant to catch everything. Makes me wonder about instant replay in certain instances. Would hate to see something like that interrupt the flow of the game though… but jeez, it was plenty interrupted already.

Getting frustrated with the theatrics of some of the players – apparently going down & rolling about for ‘nothing’, bringing play to a halt & allowing their team to regroup. Strategy? BS – that’s plain dishonest play. If you can’t take a bit of a knock & keep going, you don’t deserve to be on the pitch IMHO.

Spain clearly outplayed Italy – although you have to admire how Italy can defend. The ‘defense only’ strategy does make for a boring game for spectators though. Imagine a defense like Italy with the attacking prowess of the Netherlands?

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