Reply to World Cup talk

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "World Cup talk"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m trying to understand where the hate for Japan comes from. What did Senegal do or what stats did they have to support this bs going around that they deserved it more than Japan. It’s pure conjecture.[/quote]

Their stats were equivalent to Senegal, and they only made it through to this round because of the fair play rule – they had fewer red/ yellow cards than Senegal. This is the first time that rule has been used at this stage to knock out a team.

Many people don't like that rule in general, and think that the stereotype of people of color being more aggressive/ physical might have come into play with the number of yellow cards that Senegal received. I think I missed this game, but in Japan's last game they thought they were going to make it through because of the fair play rule, and apparently they really just passed the ball around and did not play their hardest and a lot of people thought that was a bad attitude to have and not sportsmanlike.[/quote]

Before Colombia scored, Senegal were also just passing the ball around for spells, because they knew if it remained like that they would go through. People talk about sportsmanlike, but Niang’s goal to beat Poland wasn’t very sportsmanlike. The ref waved him on when he shouldn’t have, and Niang exploited this to give Senegal the win. Seeing as Senegal and Japan were tied in all tiebreakers up until the disciplinary points, which was the 6th tiebreaker, I don’t see how it’s unfair that Japan went through. If you want to say Senegal got handed more yellows because they’re African, then how do you know Japan couldn’t also have been susceptible to receive cards for being Asian? They are minorities just as well. The disciplinary points tiebreaker IS fair, because it is a tangible stat that can be measured. Drawing lots, the next tiebreaker, is what would truly have been unfair.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics