Sunday, July 11, 2010

Robben doesn't dive... but doesn't score either

83':  Wow.  The one time Robben doesn't take a dive, he gets into the box but the GK takes it off his foot.  If he falls, he could've gotten a close FK but he did the right thing by going for it.  The fact the ref didn't give him the FK just reinforces the reason why players take dives.  It's better to dive than to try and not get the call.  BTW, he got the 9th card of the match for dissent.

Too bad the great Japanese ref (NED-BRA) is only a 4th official, but this ref is doing pretty good (just about every card was deserved).

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