Group G - Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal

[Son Of Coco]

To be fair to Ronaldo, one of his 'dives' last night was him catching his toe in the turf and tripping over. The ref still gave him a penalty though.

 

[Craig]

Maicon will probably join Real Madrid, but his goal

 

[Jono]

YouTube - Worst dive ever! Morten Gamst Pedersen! Blackburn Vs. Arsenal



Worst of the lot. And by a long way too.

What
The
****?

 

[Furball]

What
The
****?

What's more incredible is the guy defending him by claiming that looking round caused him to overbalance.

In that case, his centre of gravity must be located somewhere around his forehead.

 

[Uppercut]

What's more incredible is the guy defending him by claiming that looking round caused him to overbalance.

In that case, his centre of gravity must be located somewhere around his forehead.

Didn't stop him appealing for the penalty either .

 

[Furball]

Didn't stop him appealing for the penalty either .

No, apparently that was him appealing that he hadn't dived.

 

[The Sean]

FIFA Has No Information On 'Missing' North Korean Players - Goal.com

Wonder if there's anything to this?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yea just been reading about it. Wouldn't want to be in the shoes of a North Korea player, but even more so if you're one of those four and they have tried to defect. Not going to get any reliable answers from their camp. Pretty sad really.

 

[Castrol]

Ivory Coast, Brazil. Hopefully will live up to its potential of possibly being one of the best games of the group stages. Would like to see IVC do well this world cup, and with Drogba, Kalouu, both Toures and Eboue they might be able to.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmm only handled that one at least twice before scoring.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Yeah, at least one handball in there, for sure.

Still a pretty nice finish though, Brazil looking good.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Lovely goal. Just like watching Brazil, tbh.

Ivory Coast gone here; could end up embarrassing now.

 

[Jarquis]

Kaka you silly, silly boy.

 

[chalky]

Shocking dive

Players should be punished retrospectively for **** like that ban the cheating bastards

 

[PhoenixFire]

That's an outrageously bad decision. Cheating ****.

 

[Goughy]

Jesus, I hate this sport sometimes. I know it was my sport of choice but Im not sure I really want my kids playing it. Too much to gain from cheating and too many people willing to take advantage of it. Not a 'mans' game anymore IMO.

 

[BoyBrumby]

****ing shocker.

Ivory Coast have just lost any well wishes from me. Kaka vaguely brushed his chest & Keita (I think) has collapsed holding his face. Hate to see that.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Is there any recourse for FIFA to overturn the match ban for Kaka at least, if they feel a red was unjust? Seems absolutely ridiculous that Brazil have to play their next match, admittedly a dead rubber, without one of their best players because of that.

Disgraceful stuff from Ivory Coast, absolutely shameful.

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah, disagree with him holding his face, was more than brushing his chest IMO. Bit of a dig with the elbow in the sternum.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Is there any recourse for FIFA to overturn the match ban for Kaka at least, if they feel a red was unjust? Seems absolutely ridiculous that Brazil have to play their next match, admittedly a dead rubber, without one of their best players because of that.

Disgraceful stuff from Ivory Coast, absolutely shameful.

Yeah I think the red card offence is viewed by a panel and they decide how much of a ban the player gets. Hopefully Kaka will get his recinded and he'll be able to play the next game.