[Bookie] WC Round of 16 - Portugal v Holland [R]

[knvb]

Come on you oranje...

 

[The Franchise]

Re: [Bookie] WC Round of 16 - Portugal v Holland

KNVB is a wanker and won't make a personal token bet....

Portugal with the win

 

[knvb]

Re: [Bookie] WC Round of 16 - Portugal v Holland

It's not the bet I don't like... Try not to take it personally, but I just don't like you.

 

[The Franchise]

Re: [Bookie] WC Round of 16 - Portugal v Holland

It's not bet I don't like... Try not to take it personally, but I just like you.

Please translate...I don't under the tongue you talk in

 

[canuckboy]

Re: [Bookie] WC Round of 16 - Portugal v Holland

rot op clotzak.

 

[Regs]

Absolutely a fantastic and fascinating game so far!

Ref is having a bit of a shocker though. How the hell did Portugal end up with the free kick when Robben got the studs in his shoulder?

Costinha should be stoned, what the hell was he thinking?

 

[FCbytca]

aaaw nawwn hell nawn 62nd minute and dutch are still down, well there goes all the money i have left

 

[Regs]

Diabolical.

Figo will get suspended, no?

 

[One Dart]

What a shambles. Can't believe that Figo only got a yellow for the headbutt to begin with. I think my tokens will be going on England next game.

 

[FCbytca]

i'm poor, damn it, everyone i bet on so far has lost haha

 

[The Franchise]

All is quiet from the KNVB front...good game today....refereeing was garbage but Portugal is through...I hope they have enough guys to play next game

 

[Dude]

I'm shocked by this...rated the Duth a lot higher. Oh well, roll on you Pork and Cheese...

 

[Kevin Hector]

KNVB Suicide watch is on.

 

[Kippax]

What did Figo get his yellow card for? The ref had his back to the lovetap and I didn't see him talk to his linesmen. Either way he should be suspended next game.

The Dutch are down a goal, playing against 9 men and RVN is on the bench. Wouldn't be happy if I was Dutch.

 

[Zaurrini]

What did Figo get his yellow card for? The ref had his back to the lovetap and I didn't see him talk to his linesmen.

I thought I saw the ref talk to the assistant...either way, if the assistant said he saw Figo head but him, it should have been a red cardm not Yellow...Unless Walks is reffin'...no blood, no foul.

 

[girth]

This was an awesome game from start to finish. It was end to end with some great saves made. Yes the ref let this thing get out of control but I think that was what made this game so exciting. If you turned your head for a few seconds even in the second half you probably missed something crazy that happened. I've got Portugal to win the whole thing in my pool so who knows?

 

[The Franchise]

KNVB always remember this avatar as the guy who sent Holland packing!

 

[Keeper]

Fifa needs to review the tapes and suspend Figo accordingly. Should be two or three games, shouldn't it?

 

[Dude]

KNVB always remember this avatar as the guy who sent Holland packing!

Too funny.

I doubt he really gives a shite. He's probably pissed for the same reason I am: didn't pay out. Honestly, what I find most comical about WC time is how people all of a sudden become "Dutch", or "Portuguese", or, the best, "English". Almost as comical is listening to those Muppet Southsiders at the Whitecaps games that chant and sing songs in English accents, but most of them are born and raised here and don't have an English accent in regular everyday speech.

 

[Keeper]

This is ridiculous. So FIFA won't step in as long as an incident has been dealt with by the referee -- regardless of how badly he dealt with it? Stupid.

Figo free to face England despite headbutt furore

Luis Figo will be available to face England on Saturday after FIFA ruled out disciplinary action against the Portugal forward for his headbutt on Holland's Mark van Bommel.

The Portugal captain was booked for the incident by referee Valentin Ivanov and as the match official took action at the time, FIFA say they will not intervene.

FIFA communications director Markus Siegler told a media briefing in Berlin: 'He was sanctioned immediately by the referee at the time.

'The referee's report came in last night and is being analysed by the relevant people but it is very unlikely anything will happen as he has been sanctioned already.

'It is only where there is a clear disciplinary issue which has not been acted upon by the referee that the (disciplinary) committee can look at it.'

The match ended 1-0 to Portugal and was a tempestuous affair in which 16 yellow and a World Cup-record four red cards were shown.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter was unhappy with referee Ivanov's performance and said the match official deserved a yellow card himself.

Blatter told Portugal's SIC TV station: 'There could have been a yellow card for the referee. He was not at the same level as the players.

'This was a game of emotion, with high drama but the referee was not consistent and there was a lack of fair play by some players.'

The card tally meant that the overall red-card record for World Cups has already been surpassed before the quarter-final stage has been reached.

There have now been 23 expulsions compared to the previous record of 22 in all 64 matches at France '98.

The number of yellow cards so far is 291 - more than the record total of 272 four years ago.

The 16 yellow cards shown by Ivanov matches the figure in the 2002 game between Germany and Cameroon.