Amazing lack of penalties

[joeSoap]

20 games....30 hours...1,800 minutes....not one penalty...any one else find this strange??

[$Leon$]

..not one penalty...any one else find this strange??

Was there not one. in the Spain-Ukraine game? Villa's second goal 48th min?

[stojkovic]

Its simple ;

1. Players have told they will be punished severely over foul play

2. and more importantly diving cheating cants like robben and pires have been told that they will get booked for their antics

Hence less penos and more goals, except the group of sleep (englands group)

[ollie]

yeah the refs aren't falling for the dives this time round which i'm delighted about.at last something is being done about it.theres less of it in this tournament than previous ones...long may it continue.

[joeSoap]

Was there not one. in the Spain-Ukraine game? Villa's second goal 48th min?

Spot on...(pardon the pun) . My mistake.Still, one pen in 20 games is pretty amazing.

[gustavo]

Its simple ;

1. Players have told they will be punished severely over foul play

2. and more importantly diving cheating cants like robben and pires have been told that they will get booked for their antics

Hence less penos and more goals, except the group of sleep (englands group)

Pires would find it hard to get a penalty what with not being at the World Cup and all.

[Snoop Drog]

And is there an usually high number of goals scored in the last 5 minutes? Loads of games settled with last minute goals!

[superfrank]

And is there an usually high number of goals scored in the last 5 minutes? Loads of games settled with last minute goals!

Adds to the excitement!

[stojkovic]

Pires would find it hard to get a penalty what with not being at the World Cup and all.

Where in my post did I say Pires was in the World Cup ?

I was merely using the little cheat as a shining example.

But I do take your point, well spotted.