"Certainly Spain were the better team of course, however the referee was against us from the start. He has ruined the game."
"Well, you see we wanted to make history, no no, not that ordinary type of history, winning the title for the first time and all that. No, we wanted to be really, really unique."
"We were going for the forfeit you see. What do I mean? Well it should be obvious from watching right? A team can't play with less than seven players, it's in the rules. Once we had our fifth player sent off we would have been the first team to ever forfeit a World Cup final. No country has ever, ever managed that in the history of the tournament."
"It all started so brilliantly too, we were hacking them left and right. Webb seemed a little slow with the cards, but he started to pull them out after about 15 minutes so we felt things were right on track. Van Bommel could have been sent off early but we weren't worried, he's always good for some dirty cheap fouls we figured it would happen before the half."
"Then, the coup de grace, Nigel plants his studs in Alonso's chest Karate Kid style. It was a work of art, guaranteed red card and the first step into history. But, no, the Englishman grabs a yellow card. I mean for crying out loud he really clocked him, how could Webb have not sent him off?!?!?"
"From there it was just downhill, he seemed bound and determined to keep things at 11 a side no matter how cheap and dirty we managed to play. At that point the game plan was really messed up, we even got psyched out and had a few chances to score in the second half almost out of habit."
"Alas, Webb finally managed to locate the red card in his pocket for Johnny in the second period of extra time, but it was too little too late. No forfeit, no history, just another loss in final for Holland. We've managed it twice before, so really we've accomplished nothing. What a waste. Stupid Howard Webb."
Before you freak out...Yes, Spain was fortunate on many calls, especially late in the game. The missed corner, Iniesta getting off scot free, no cards for the flopping.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the Dutch got away with much, much, much more. And lest we forget Holland was involved in the nastiest game of the 2006 World Cup too, the infamous "Battle of Nuremburg" featuring 16 yellow cards and four red cards. Portugal was equally guilty, but the Dutch were a disgrace in that game too.
Love it. Especially: "At that point the game plan was really messed up, we even got psyched out and had a few chances to score in the second half almost out of habit."
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