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    Top 10 World Cup shameful moments

    According to the Daily Telegraph:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...l-moments.html

    Henry comes in 2nd behind the Hand of God.

    Wasn't there a game though where the teams played for a draw (not us and Holland) from the first minute?

    I can't really find it in my heart to blame the Uruguayan defender who handled the ball on the line. At least the referee spotted this, sent him off and awarded a penalty to Ghana. Somehow or other I can distinguish between something that is seen and punished (even though Ghana missed the penalty) and a sneaky handball which is not seen. Perhaps there is no logic in that distinction but I would not call the Uruguayian player a "cheat".
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    Quote Originally Posted by OwlsFan View Post
    can't really find it in my heart to blame the Uruguayan defender who handled the ball on the line. At least the referee spotted this, sent him off and awarded a penalty to Ghana. Somehow or other I can distinguish between something that is seen and punished (even though Ghana missed the penalty) and a sneaky handball which is not seen. Perhaps there is no logic in that distinction but I would not call the Uruguayian player a "cheat".
    he is a cheat and his lack of remorse after was a poor showing, in fact he spoke about himself as being a hero. in rugby it would have been a penalty goal (try) as thats the only fair decision when cheating denys the other team a score. the fair play is slowly but surely seeping out of football i am afraid

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    I think the game you're thinking of is West Germany and Austria in 1982. It's actually number nine on that list.

    I would consider three, four, six, seven and ten a lot more shameful than the other things listed. The others seem to be taking opportunities as they came to them. Maradona doing drugs and scoring the own goal (unless the shameful reference is at the guy who shot Escobar) are hardly shameful.
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    Number 9 is, in my opinion, by far the most shameful thing on the list.

    9. Best result for both teams: West Germany v Austria, group game - 1982

    Both sides knew before the match that if West Germany won by a goal it would see both sides go through to the next round at the expense of Algeria. Lo and behold after Horst Hrubesch scored an early goal to give West Germany the lead the sides tamely passed the ball around to the anger of the African side.

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    No 1 for me would be Slaven Bilic's disgraceful antics to get Laurent Blanc sent off in the semi-final in 1998, thus depriving Blanc of his one chance f playing in the final. I lost all respect for Bilic after that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbyrne View Post
    he is a cheat and his lack of remorse after was a poor showing, in fact he spoke about himself as being a hero. in rugby it would have been a penalty goal (try) as thats the only fair decision when cheating denys the other team a score. the fair play is slowly but surely seeping out of football i am afraid

    Maradonna was a cheat, Henry is a cheat,(gaining a unfair advantage for his team in an incident that went unpunished by the officials) but to say Suarez (gaining a advantage for his team while the incident was punished and he was also punished in accordance with the rules of the game that is a straight red card and a penalty) is a cheat is imo total rubbish.

    He will serve his punishment by missing the Semi Final of the World Cup.
    Gyan had a chance to score the penalty.
    The fact he bottled it has nothing to do with Suarez.
    If he scores the penalty then Uruguay are going home.
    The fact he missed it is his problem and not Suarez.

    Regarding your rugby analogy.
    The simple fact that the difference is a potential 7 points as opposed the normal three for a penalty means they need that rule while in football we only need one goal (hoping the penalty taker doesn't bottle ala Gyan) and the offending team down to ten men.
    I think those rules are fair enough for their respective sports.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gaiscíoch View Post
    Maradonna was a cheat, Henry is a cheat,(gaining a unfair advantage for his team in an incident that went unpunished by the officials) but to say Suarez (gaining a advantage for his team while the incident was punished and he was also punished in accordance with the rules of the game that is a straight red card and a penalty) is a cheat is imo total rubbish.

    He will serve his punishment by missing the Semi Final of the World Cup.
    Gyan had a chance to score the penalty.
    The fact he bottled it has nothing to do with Suarez.
    If he scores the penalty then Uruguay are going home.
    The fact he missed it is his problem and not Suarez.
    so you are only a cheat if you dont get caught? laughable

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    Quote Originally Posted by jbyrne View Post
    so you are only a cheat if you dont get caught? laughable
    The way I see it is it's no different to being the last man back and pulling down the attacking player.
    Or a goalkeeper hauling down an attacker who is clean through on goal.
    Do you call those players cheats?

    As Johnny Giles often says-"It was a good foul."
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    Quote Originally Posted by gaiscíoch View Post
    The way I see it is it's no different to being the last man back and pulling down the attacking player.
    Or a goalkeeper hauling down an attacker who is clean through on goal.
    Do you call those players cheats?

    As Johnny Giles often says-"It was a good foul."
    yes. cheats

    never heard giles say that even once and if he did who cares

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    Quote Originally Posted by osarusan View Post
    Number 9 is, in my opinion, by far the most shameful thing on the list.
    I don't agree. If a team is a goal up, that's enough for them to qualify and they play defensively to keep the game scoreless, I don't see anything wrong with that. If a team's 1-0 down and that's enough for them, the same applies IMO. It's bad planning from FIFA to not have the games kicking off together but I don't blame either team for not jeopardising their qualification.
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    Frank & Voller's spitting fight would make my top 10!

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    Crazy cobbled together piece of rubbish. I shouldn't take any notice, but I'm going to.

    No Klinsmann dive in the 1990 final?!!! No Voller spit? If we're including qualifiers (Henry) and off the field stuff (Escobar) then what about the Soccer War? And indeed what about Jack Warner etc etc? What about Musollini's interference in 38!

    Regarding number 9, didn't Ireland do something similar v Holland in 1990? I'm just amazed that Uruguay and Mexico played it for real this year when a draw would do for both.

    10 is only there because the English made an absolute meal of it. Rattin spent the time trying to get a translator to explain his side of the story!

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    Quote Originally Posted by seand View Post
    Regarding number 9, didn't Ireland do something similar v Holland in 1990?
    They definitely played the last 15 minutes that way (as did Spain v Chile in this year's tourament). I think the difference with Number 9 is that both teams knew going into the game what they needed, as opposed to knowing as the game progressed.

    Agree with your overall sentiment though
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    Quote Originally Posted by shakermaker1982 View Post
    Frank & Voller's spitting fight would make my top 10!
    Quote Originally Posted by seand View Post
    No Voller spit?
    I was going to post this incident - Did Voller actually do any spitting though? I thought it was all Rijkaard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gaiscíoch View Post
    Maradonna was a cheat, Henry is a cheat,(gaining a unfair advantage for his team in an incident that went unpunished by the officials) but to say Suarez (gaining a advantage for his team while the incident was punished and he was also punished in accordance with the rules of the game that is a straight red card and a penalty) is a cheat is imo total rubbish.

    He will serve his punishment by missing the Semi Final of the World Cup.
    Gyan had a chance to score the penalty.
    The fact he bottled it has nothing to do with Suarez.
    If he scores the penalty then Uruguay are going home.
    The fact he missed it is his problem and not Suarez.

    Regarding your rugby analogy.
    The simple fact that the difference is a potential 7 points as opposed the normal three for a penalty means they need that rule while in football we only need one goal (hoping the penalty taker doesn't bottle ala Gyan) and the offending team down to ten men.
    I think those rules are fair enough for their respective sports.
    I agree.If that had been me on the line I'd have handled it. So is Tevez a cheat for being offside for the Argies first goal against Mexico? Or David Villa for slapping the Honduran player in the face and not telling the ref he did this? Same with Henry(though in the heat of the moment I called him a cheat!!). What upset me most about Henry was the way he acted afterwards. Anyway I hate the arrogant clown

    However, If I was a team mate of Suarez and he didn't handle that ball I'd have been very upset with him. People are going too far with this issue of "fair play " now. Ghana had their chance and bottled it.In fact I'm glad they are out. Don't see what the great love-in is with the African teams. Totally biased crowds when their playing, scandalous tackles and play-acting to rival anybody. Suarez was punished accordingly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Den Perry View Post
    Totally biased crowds when their playing
    Crowds should be biased. Nothing wrong with that.


    And no, Voeller didn't do any spitting
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dodge View Post
    Crowds should be biased. Nothing wrong with that.


    And no, Voeller didn't do any spitting
    Nothing wrong with the crowd being biased if its their team that's playing.However, South Africa were gone from the first round. Never heard the crowd at a European World Cup as biased when the home country wasn't playing.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dodge View Post
    They definitely played the last 15 minutes that way (as did Spain v Chile in this year's tourament). I think the difference with Number 9 is that both teams knew going into the game what they needed, as opposed to knowing as the game progressed.
    Just as an extension, the result put Algeria out, whereas Egypt were going home anyway I think (two points wouldn't have qualified them as a best third-placed team), so there wasn't the element of screwing a third party over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Den Perry View Post
    Nothing wrong with the crowd being biased if its their team that's playing.However, South Africa were gone from the first round. Never heard the crowd at a European World Cup as biased when the home country wasn't playing.....
    So what? You think if it was in Ireland, people would be nuetral at England games or in Holland for Germany games?

    Can't see why you'd be annoyed about this
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