Who gives them a Red Card? by Kaartijer
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This World Cup was a joke, a parody of soccer. It would be better said that it was a mockery of the sport. Many have profited greatly at the expense of incorrect judgement calls. If it was incidents that happened once or twice it would be quickly forgotten from the pages of our minds, but they were from beginning of the championship and continued until it concluded, even in the final act for the World Cup. I am at a loss of words, how can I express the events. The bias of the referees was undeniable. When will FIFA realize the importance of using replay review to make an objective call? Clearly one of the most frustrated teams this world cup was Team USA, but the same can said of Italy who should have won its last game by 4 - 3, instead of losing by 2 - 3. The Italians scored a perfectly valid goal, plus a crystal clear penalty that was not granted to them by the referee in question. Maybe Italy deserved to be eliminated due to their unconvincing performance. They were too weak for a reigning world champion, but a theft remains theft. They were robbed of a victory if not more. Another memorable situation was when the referee had invented a free kick for African team vs Uruguay in the last minute of play (my guess is that African team was supposed to qualify), then a penalty was easily awarded for the African team. Eventually the team’s worth became apparent. The Africans were left where they belong. Spain was visibly frustrated as the match against Paraguay, but like the game that I mentioned earlier, it was Spain's turn to be helped by the referees in the last act of the competition. Maybe the Dutch did not deserve a victory, but football is no longer a sport for fun, but a business, and those guys with the big bucks give a damn about fans and spectators.
Congratulations to the Netherlands, congratulations Germany, congratulations U.S.!
Comments (43)
sandra46
great talk about this very boring Cup. But don't cry over Italy, i can tell it as an Italian. They're super paid pampered people...and i don't like soccer!!!
Faemike55
Excellent image and great commentary. While I don't watch much sports, I do believe that the instant replay should have been in use from start to finish. It would have probably provided a different outcome, but then ALL the teams would have known that they gave it their best and that they would have won or lost farly and honest.
Madbat
It was very clear FIFA does not believe in using technology, and proper calls seem to belong to other sports.
tennesseecowgirl
This was my first experience watching the World Cups and I have to agree with some of this, so many of the calls made were so unfair and ridiculous, they could not pay me enough to be a referee, on the other hand I did enjoy watching the commonality between the players and counties involved.. and hopefully they will in the future find a better way to judge the calls made on the field. Nice work on this Eddie..
drifterlee
Nice poster. I did not follw the cup, but I heard the same things about it.
jeroni
se nota que no entiendes de futbol o as visto otro campeonato a españa en todos los partidos le an pejudicado los arbitros y sobre todo el de la final el equipo que mejor futbol ha hecho ha sido el español. aupaaaaaaa españaaaaaaaaaa
OrphanedSoul
Modern madcap football for money...
blondeblurr
Don't get me and Jeff started on the outcome of such World Cup-hype, we used to love Soccer - not as much anymore ! Definite corruption from most Countries, thanks to the Referees - they are the ones, who should have received the 'yellow & red cards' for wrong calls and should have been ousted... technology doesn't get any better, than that...OUCH !!! BTW nice addition to the Cup - that will always be remembered - for the wrong reasons. BB
Lenord
I didn't watch a second of any of it, for me it's like watching Golf or Bowling, just boreing but I can under stand your passion against the Referees, it's that way in most Sports. Peace
Revelation-23
Soccer (or football for those who insist) isn't really my thing, but it's been hard to ignore this time around - and I've had limited internet access and time to spend online. From the sounds of it, this World Cup have proven to be one that's going to be looked at as an example of what not to do. Quesionable calls, issues with noise (for some), issues with the ball, performance issues and FIFA having a problem with people outside of the organization making decisions regarding the poor performing teams. Granted, it wasn't all lows, but I believe there were enough of said moments to, as blondeblurr said, make this a memorable Cup for the wrong reasons.
Richardphotos
outstanding illustration.I did not follow the games but heard bits and pieces on the TV.seems as all professional sports is in the hands with the deepest pockets and probably even high school college levels
CarolSassy
I enjoyed the games. USA 'n' Germany didn't make it, but Spain did A-OK! Each to their own I guess. (:
magnus073
Eddie this is an amazing work of art and dedication. I agree totally with your thoughts on what happened. Richard also made a good point that sadly it seems almost all pro sports fall victim to this.
zil2008
Well, Pretty much everything is a business and has nothing to do with the sport or fans, it is about filling those seats and making money. Hockey, Basketball, baseball etc.Most athletes get paid pretty good, win , loose or draw in order to help fill those seats. Athletes are expendable as here today and gone tomorrow when better ones get hired. Just business.
jocko500
did not watch it at all. very good expane of what going on and wonderful image
Minda
Did not watch this game but i heard it little bit ...But This is Great poster eddie...
LBAMagic
Excellent art work. I agree with all you've said, especially about them not using video playback. It's unbelievable in this day and age of technological wonder gadgets. And I also second sandra46 comment (I'm Italian too) about the Italian players super paid and pampered. They don't deserve tears for their very ordinary performance.
clbsmiley
MONEY!
flora-crassella
a very cool work!!!! thus soccer games look, if they are played only by repeated millionaires. And the arbitrators are the scapegoat......
A_Sunbeam
Can't say much; home team is England, who managed to prove themselves overpaid, over-hyped and nothing for us to be proud of. All that money could have gone to improve the lot of the population.
RodolfoCiminelli
An wonderful and very creative poster my friend, congratulations.....!!!!
flavia49
great composition!! I don't like soccer, I liked F1 but there big bucks rule too much!
thekingtut
Never watch it myself, but I think that a red card should have been thrown at the South African fans who insisted on ruining the World Cup for everyone.
MagikUnicorn
In 4 years Canada will be in the Mondial :) Wonderful Tribute!
Dreamingbee
this is cool work !! great tribute !
farmerC
Shining work.
jmb007
l'espagne etait la meilleure equipe!!l'arbitrage plutot bizzarre,et l'argent de plus en plus present,et la france ridicule;aussi,voila resume une coupe du monde qui ne resteras pas dans les memoires!!superbe image!!
lyron
I can only say that the referee was very bad!!!
Miska7
Really nice image and thoughts on the sport. I can't say i watched more than a few minutes, but i did hear about some of the bad calls.
alessimarco
Money rules even in sport. Great image!