--- Paulo Colaco Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gabe, Wayne Rooney got what he deserved. > > He knew he had done something he should have not > done so he should have just kept quiet about it > (instead of pushing C. Ronaldo). > Mario adds: > I think we should all calm down and enjoy the rest of the World Cup and this beautiful game, our hockey-maniac Carmo notwithstanding:-)) > I don't blame the Brits for being bitterly disappointed and some lashing out in despair. After all they had a very competitive team and lost by a hair. Kevin Rooney is an outstanding striker who plays with a passion that is missing in Beckham. He's a 20-year-old kid, for crying out loud. He must be devastated at what he ended up doing in front of the whole world in the heat of the moment. > Regarding the controversy between Rooney and Ronaldo, I predict that calmer heads will prevail, unless both insist on behaving like cads. This is nothing that a mutual apology and a few pints cannot fix. > Let's not forget that it was not Rooney being red carded that cost England the game - they could have still won if they had been able to convert their PK's. > For anyone who watched this year's World Cup as closely as I did, what I found really distressing were the referees injecting themselves very intrusively into so many major games and handing out yellow cards willy nilly when a simple foul and a friendly warning were all that were necessary. After all soccer is a contact sport. The best games were when we did not notice what the referees were up to. > I hope the referees don't mess up any more games. > _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
