Nigeria vs. Argentina (World Youth Championship Final)

hey guys,
Let's just admit it, the ref shoulda overlooked the 2nd Pena

for goodness sake, that was a final match and a world class game, the ref was unfair... plain and simple...

I'm sure he'll be summoned by Fifa for such act.
Even a look at the cross-section of the crowd @ the final whistle shows that the match was unfairly officiated

WE WERE ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT in front of millions of people worldwide....

why should he overlook it? was it not a penalty?
I tire for you people!

Nigeria was the better team in terms of play but we were let down by two foolish tackles from our defenders, case closed.

If no one is ready to admit this, then these defenders will do it again and cost naija again. Our naivete always costs us in these big games.

i understand your point viera which is very true, however, how do u explain the penalty we should have been awarded but denied because "almighty" FIFA has given refrees absolute power to decide who gets what. that was a very painful match for me and having watched the wimbledon tenis championship earlier in the day between venus williams and davenport i couldnt help concludingg that its all the same racism. if not, why would messi be given the golden boot, i thought it was usually given as a compensation to the team that looses. perhaphs someone can correct me if am wrong.

mamba the fact that you had to explain this to bootysue how can I even start to have a football discussion with bootysue???

Greatpeter, this is a game of opinions and in my honest opinion I think Nigerias penalty claim was a very weak one.

But I actually do not want that to be the focus of debate, the focus should be on the two we gave away and let me tell you there was no dive for those two penalties! They were as clear as daylight! Foolosh tackles! and what worries me is that unless they are correted which no one seems to be doing, they will repeat the same mistake and we will be having this discussion again.

Argentina was playing the best football to deserve the title. However, I thought they were lackluster and played on their heels in the final. If anything, Argentina only seemed to get up off of their fat asses until after they had the 2-1 lead, which was completely nonsensical up until that point.

Nigeria had a terrible lateral game: bad finishing and they couldn't make a good cross to hit the side of a barn. But in the forward direction, their passing was precise and they sliced deep holes in the Argentina defensive line like it was butter. If Nigeria could actually finish and cross, this match should have ended 3-1 in their favor.

What I expected to be Nigeria's demise turned out precisely to be their demise: themselves. They have no one else to blame but themselves for the final loss. The penalties they surrendered were inexcusable and handed over the game.

Argentina were lucky, yes, lucky, to come away with a win in the final match. If I were them, I wouldn't be boasting about their great prowess on the pitch after such a lackluster performance in yet another final.

its football guys it could bo either way.