I posted this in the main thread too.
This is an analysis of a few incidents from the United States/Italy match.
The commentary might be shoddy because I didn't edit it. I just typed as I was watching. The caps are small but you can sort of see what's going on. Tell me if i'm an idiot or not. I tried to be unbiased.
Totti clips the ball but gets more ankle on a slide tackle. Foul and a yellow card. Borderline yellow at best. He got the ball first then Dempsey's ankle. It was from the side and mistimed though.
Terribly mistimed tackle and swipe at the right leg by Bocanegra. This is more of a yellow than Totti's.
Donovan leans into the defender and falls. Obviously a good no call. I don't see it as a dive, I think he's just a weak midget to be honest.
De Rossi tackles the ball away. Slides and complains for no reason.
Foul on Onyewu, it wasn't a foul before he tried to put his arms up to say he was just using body and thereby caught him in a cross type position like he was fucking him in the ass.
In the last frames he was probably in an offside position but it's moot because Keller gathers it easily.
Offsides by a shoulder length IMO. British announcer said, "Most certainly will raise a flag here"
Kicked in the leg, no foul called. Wrong call, he clearly got him in the calf.
Zambrotta got his arm up, initiated contact and took a dive. Foul called on United States. Bad call.
US puts together a string of passes Convey has one man to beat and is tackled from behind poorly. No card. How is this not a card but Pope's is in the second half?
Eddie Pope pushes down as the last defender and gets a yellow. Pope's shirt was clearly getting pulled but after Pope had already shoved from the back. An easy yellow.
Mastroeni's gets the ball, no leg and yet the Italian goes down. The "foul" results in Italy's first goal when Pope decides running is too hard and raising his hand is better.
Two guys look offside on the goal as well.
McBride would not have gotten to this if he swung and missed.
Don't tell me this was unintentional. This was a red, no arguments.
Onyewu keeps him onside on an offside call. Bad call but speculation that it would have been a goal is wrong. The whistle blew just before the shot, Keller and others had seen the flag up and Keller didn't even have a go at the ball.
Way offsides.
The British announcer sounds freaked out that it's a red card. He thought it was a free kick. Mastroeni comes in with one foot, he gets the ball, his foot gets stepped on by the Italian then rolls over onto his ankle and then his second leg comes through and his no effect on the play. A yellow but not a red. Just no. I thought it might have been a red before but not anymore.
Toni grabs Onyewu's shirt, pulls him into himself and then catches a knee in the back of the leg and goes flying. Foul on Onyewu. Arena goes bat shit and his man boobs jiggle a little.
British announcer says he got a touch on the ball first to be fair, which he did. Onyewu was behind Pope. However, it WAS from behind the attacker and was a foul. On the flip side, the ref did give him a yellow, looked at his notes, gave a stunned look, then pulled out a red and gave to Pope's back. I'm positive he did this forgetting Pope already had a yellow. In a neutral situation, a borderline yellow with no free pass, no malicious tackle and the touch on the ball. I still don't think it's a 2nd yellow especially when you consider everything.
Offsides, British commentator says correct decision, I have to agree.
Onside. Might have resulted in a shot but the ref blew his whistle.
Offside but not called.
Hits his leg and is practically carried up by his hands. A hand ball obviously and in the box but i'm not sure if that's really a penalty. It was clearly unintentional.
Close. His right shoulder could be ahead but I call him level. Bad offsides call that resulted in pretty much nothing anyway.
McBride undercut by Italian defender. No foul given.
A little offsides.
Clearly not a goal when you think about it. McBride obviously was not passive, it did not hit him but he screen the keeper.
No reason for this cap. Just hilarious.
Italian guy pushes Cherundolo. A foul but he is given a yellow. Terrible ass yellow.
Looks offside by a half body length.
Italian player falls down. Why? I have no idea.
Dive again.
A foul from behind. I'm surprised it wasn't a red. Either way, no foul given. Missed call.
Italian defender gets all ball. Donovan takes a dive. Good no call.
Looks even. Flag stayed down anyway.
Offsides.
Tugged his shirt a lot but a penalty won't be given on that ticky tack shit.
I don't come back to this forum often though. So forgive me if I forget about it again.
