![]() There was certainly no need to punish them for it! Never mind that the referee was surrounded by a dysfunctional kindergarten of cheats who spent the entire match diving, head-butting, shirt-pulling, elbowing, complaining, time-wasting and generally kicking lumps out of one another. In the hunt for an excuse for the shameful 16 yellow cards and four reds racked up by Portugal and Holland, everyone opted for the easy option it had to be the fault of the man in the middle. Suddenly these misunderstood souls were 'victims' who had been preyed upon by a ruthless authority figure. The sport seems more preoccupied with protecting criminals' rights than punishing the lawbreakers.Īfter two national teams behaved so disgracefully at the World Cup they set a record low for indiscipline, there were people clambering over one another to shift the blame away from the players. Powell: Release Rooney and let him rip Portugal apartįootball's justice system seems to be modelling itself on the British courts.Scouting report: the state of Portugal's squad.Scolari v Eriksson: the tale of the tape. ![]()
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