Referee Howard Webb should be sent home. English refs are incompetent. First it was Graham Poll and 3 yellow cards, then Mr Webb awarded a harsh injury time penalty against Poland at EURO 2008 now he has done same to Egypt. This guy should remain in the premiership!

~hrt broken~

khanye:

It was Marco Amelia that played that match against NZ
not Buffon
Match Report: Italy vs. NZ

a mistake on my part but as usual you missed the message. Not surprised though.
Factoid: NZ put 3 past Italy. That was the message. geddit?

mukina2:

you sef
he didnt know na

Mukina3, iwo!. . .le nu e? wait till I get back at you. . You will need more than 3 pink cows to appease me.

ow11:

Referee Howard Webb should be sent home. English refs are incompetent. First it was Graham Poll and 3 yellow cards, then Mr Webb awarded a harsh injury time penalty against Poland at EURO 2008 now he has done same to Egypt. This guy should remain in the premiership!

some people sef? how on earth was that harsh? It was a clear handball for goodness sake.
In fact, I initially thought he pointed for a corner kick and after some seconds (I assume some spoke into his earpiece) he awarded a penalty.
Can someone shed more light on this?

Cristalz:

@Khanye
Who is a kid, FBS? I will e-punch you o.

@Crizzle,
obviously he wasn't referring to me. He wasn't even a sperm yet when I don start to watch football. So just forget his side.
Thanks for standing up for me though.

ow11:

Referee Howard Webb should be sent home. English refs are incompetent. First it was Graham Poll and 3 yellow cards, then Mr Webb awarded a harsh injury time penalty against Poland at EURO 2008 now he has done same to Egypt. This guy should remain in the premiership!

Webb's final decision was spot on and that is not the bone of contention. The bone of contention is how the final decision was reached.

Initially, he awarded a corner kick to Brazil but he changed his mind after the fourth official (who had the luxury of video replay by the way) informed the lines man who then informed Webb about the handball. That was when he changed he changed his call.

Is it legal to use video replays to influence calls made in a match? Thats the bone of contention and actually the Egyptians have filed a complaint with respect to that.

Uche2nna:

Webb's final decision was spot on and that is not the bone of contention. The bone of contention is how the final decision was reached.

Initially, he awarded a corner kick to Brazil but he changed his mind after the fourth official (who had the luxury of video replay by the way) informed the lines man who then informed Webb about the handball. That was when he changed he changed his call.

Is it legal to use video replays to influence calls made in a match? Thats the bone of contention and actually the Egyptians have filed a complaint with respect to that.

Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

FBS:

some people sef? how on earth was that harsh? It was a clear handball for goodness sake.
In fact, I initially thought he pointed for a corner kick and after some seconds (I assume some spoke into his earpiece) he awarded a penalty.
Can someone shed more light on this?

Now thinking about it. . .I thought Howard W initially pointed to a corner kick, NO?

so today is rest day . . .

Luca Toni was benched for Gilardino . .

allboyz:

so today is rest day . . .

Luca Toni was benched for Gilardino . .

you can enjoy the uefa U-21

a mistake on my part but as usual you missed the message. Not surprised though.
Factoid: NZ put 3 past Italy. That was the message. geddit?

It's better to keep shut when u dont know the exact fact!!

FBS:

World champ my foot. I'm sure you can remember how they got to the final. Ojoro.
USA had 2 clean chances but somehow forgot their striking boots at the airport.
If NZ could put 3 past Buffon, why can't the USA do same?

khanye:

It's better to keep shut when u dont know the exact fact!!

listen, you talk when you are talked to. understood?
you Arrow.

FBS:

listen, you talk when you are talked to. understood?
you Arrow.

No insult mr. fbs, try and get your facts right
before coming here to post shit
ok?

Bro - so wch connection are you using?

khanye:

No insult mr. fbs, try and get your facts right
before coming here to post shit
ok?

now I see your problem. Do we have doctors in the house?
Or are you blind? didn't you see me accept that a mistake was made?
More importantly you missed the message altogether.
Once again, talk when you are spoken to. geddit?

allboyz:

Bro - so wch connection are you using?

kai my guy
watching on sky sport 2

Oh. .i tot i could watch with my laptop . . .

i dont have DSTV . . i have HiTV only

allboyz:

Oh. .i tot i could watch with my laptop . . .

i dont have DSTV . . i have HiTV only

yes you can watch on your laptop if you've got internet connection which I presume you do have. Though I have no idea how good naija internet connection is.
here you can watch
http://www.justin.tv/vip_euro_1

How good is DSTV/HiTv?

FBS:

yes you can watch on your laptop if you've got internet connection which I presume you do have. Though I have no idea how good naija internet connection is.
here you can watch
http://www.justin.tv/vip_euro_1

How good is DSTV/HiTv?

where are located now?

I think im in Trans now . . .

allboyz:

where are located now?

I think im in Trans now . . .

you are not in trans my broda. you probably thought na naija I dey abi?
sha, lets stop spamming this thread.
Is there any other way we can do the catch up game? chat etc. . .

yup . . . add me if you can . . .i have a YIM ID . . on my profile . ,

Tomorrow Con fed's tourney should be interesting cos I pity Iraq.
Spain vs Iraq
http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/index.html

FBS:

Tomorrow Con fed's tourney should be interesting cos I pity Iraq.
Spain vs Iraq
http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/index.html

to watch on Internet?


it will be live on Local TV

allboyz:

to watch on Internet?
it will be live on Local TV 

well I can't say about local TV's in naija( do they ever show anything? ) but I know that fifa website will be streaming it LIVE.

Brazil-Egypt Statement


FIFA have this afternoon written to the Egyptian Football Association regarding yesterday's FIFA Confederations Cup match between Brazil and Egypt.

FIFA had received a letter of complaint from the Egyptian FA following the match at the Free State Stadium in Mangaung/Bloemfontein. Whilst not disputing the correctness of the referee's decision to award a penalty in favour of Brazil, and show the Egyptian player Ahmed El-Mohamadi the red card, the Egyptian FA questionned the manner in which the referee Howard Webb came to his decision.

FIFA analysed the decision by going through all the evidence at its disposal, including the referee's match report, as well as the additional statement that Howard Webb provided at FIFA's request.

A thorough analysis of the aforementioned documents revealed that the decision in question was achieved through teamwork between the match referee and his Assistant Referee Number 1, Mike Mullarkey, who confirmed the offence to the referee from his clear viewing angle.
http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1072496.html#brazil+egypt+statement

Look,
The point is, Howard webb awarded a corner kick because thats wat he tot it was.
The linesman however (After Watching a Video Replay) indicated handball for a p.k
Thats where d controversy lies.
FIFA are not in favor of video replays in making decisions. Remember thats wat Wenger has been clamouring for.
No one would know it was handball without aid.
Thats by the way tho.

Spain will trash Iraq today
NZ will beat SA
Spain & NZ will qualify from group A for the semis.

[size=14pt]Spain[/size]

- Spain will set a new world record for consecutive victories if they beat Iraq, breaking the all-time record of 14 games that they currently share with Australia (1996/97), Brazil (1997) and France (2003/04).

- Sunday's 11-minute hat-trick scored by Fernando Torres is the fastest in Confederations Cup history.

- Torres also set a new Spanish national record for the fastest international hat-trick. His strike partner David Villa had only set a new 12-minute record five days earlier, in Spain's 6-0 win over Azerbaijan.

- David Villa's goal on Sunday saw him move level with Fernando Hierro on the list of all-time Spanish top goalscorers. They are now equal second with 29 goals, still 15 goals short of Raul.

When is this match starting?
Oju mi wa lona o.
I pity iraq.
Please, when, when, when will the match start?

match has started 3.00pm local time

It,s 5:00 pm in East Africa. Can you help me with 5-minute interval coverage for this first half only?
I will watch the second half when its 6 pm here.

10 mins played scorless but Iraq is putting up a good fight
d game aint as drab as south afrc v iraq