SPain win thanks to their 13th man, Howard webb! LOL

[OvertimePlease]

Enough said...

[COOGI]

howard webb sucker england sucker

[cruyff]

dude shut the hell up i just lost huge on the game and am not even considering blaming the ref. he did a good job on an almost impossible game. dutch probably deserved 3 reds

[lakerboy]

Howard is the worst ref in sport. He missed that corner for Holland which led to the goal the other way. Fukk him and his favorite team MAn u.

[Cuse0323]

Yep cause the Dutch didn't get away with a drop kick to the chest early that would have completely changed the game had the red been given.

[COOGI]

dude shut the hell up i just lost huge on the game and am not even considering blaming the ref. he did a good job on an almost impossible game. dutch probably deserved 3 reds

. u lost ? how ..i am winning big to day with Netherlands....

[COOGI]

Howard is the worst ref in sport. He missed that corner for Holland which led to the goal the other way. Fukk him and his favorite team MAn u.

[EaglesPhan36]

Actually if you want to whine about them losing, why don't you put the blame where it lies ... on the Dutch defender who didn't clear that ball. That play was nothing until the defender failed to clear it. Boo hoo.

[blackf1re]

Lol. If anything he helped Holland in the first half

[antifoil]

yeah spain should have been play with a 3 man advantage

[Premierr23]

Fcking ref

[sportfan]

this ref should get shot , the worst ever !!!!

[Stifler]

ref did a good job, those guys who are telling sth different dont know a shit about soccer.

[sportfan]

ref did a good job, those guys who are telling sth different dont know a shit about soccer.

[blackf1re]

Seriously, this thread surprises me. Apart from the corner not given how did the ref help spain?

He should have send off van Bommel and de Jong. But that helped Holland.

[onizuka]

A lot of yellow cards but ref doing fair

[antifoil]

the ref showed great restraint to holland players

[GazGaz]

Howard is the worst ref in sport. He missed that corner for Holland which led to the goal the other way. Fukk him and his favorite team MAn u.

You know very little about football, which is why you call it soccer. The dutch were a disgrace and webb should have sent 3 men off. ↲
Red army,red army,red army!

[Sanka]

In all fairness, we were lucky to still have 11 men on the pitch when the 2nd half started. Sure not giving that corner was a bad call, but I certainly didn't have the feeling Webb was on Spain's side throughout the match.

No need to blame the ref. Best team won, congrats to Spain.

[blackf1re]

And keep in mind that this was a horrible match to officiate. Imagine you have to deal with 22 testosteron-fueled diving c*nts who are constantly trying to con you, yell at you and cheat whenever possible.

[lockwoot]

In all fairness, we were lucky to still have 11 men on the pitch when the 2nd half started. Sure not giving that corner was a bad call, but I certainly didn't have the feeling Webb was on Spain's side throughout the match.

No need to blame the ref. Best team won, congrats to Spain.

true we should have been red carded 2 timesbut still how was iniesta still on the pitch ? he asked constantly for yellow cards ( in regular football a certain yellow card) he kicked somebody while he was on the ground dunno the right term in english but in dutch is called "natrappen" he is a great footballer and all but he annoys the shit out of me

[lockwoot]

And keep in mind that this was a horrible match to officiate. Imagine you have to deal with 22 testosteron-fueled diving c*nts who are constantly trying to con you, yell at you and cheat whenever possible.

the diving was done by 4 or 5 spanish players and robben the other spanish players and dutch players didn't dive

[blackf1re]

Every Spanish player dives. They might even be the worst. No different to Barcelona.

And the Dutch have been really bad as well throughout the tournament. Robben stood out as usual.

[RubberKettle]

Dutch had their chance...well Robben had his chance. Missed it and Spain won. Thats how football goes.

[Sanka]

true we should have been red carded 2 timesbut still how was iniesta still on the pitch ? he asked constantly for yellow cards ( in regular football a certain yellow card) he kicked somebody while he was on the ground dunno the right term in english but in dutch is called "natrappen" he is a great footballer and all but he annoys the shit out of me

Webb didn't have the best game of his life, that's for sure, but I'm still convinced he didn't favour Spain.

Still hurts right now, but in all fairness I never thought we could've gotten this far before the WC started. I'm proud of what the lads accomplished.

[Josu]

Spain won thanks to Robben missing his chances. But Robben should had a freekick on his second breakaway and Puyol redcarded since he was the last defender, Puyol pulling his arm around him like he was his long lost lover causing Robben to lose balance. And I don't know how you could miss that the ball deflected over the wall, it clearly took off in another direction. No Webb, balls just don't stop in mid-flight and take off in another direction on their own.

[nj6]

Will send death threat to Howard Webb shortly.

[orlikowski]

ref was bad but can't blame him completely for lose. Robben missed opportunities

[CallMeGENO]

this is such a dumb thread. how can you blame the referee for the dutch loss when he gave de jong a yellow in the first half. spain should have been playing a man up from that point and believe me, it would have gotten ugly. the ref gave holland every chance to stay in the game

[Sforz]

i don't blame webb, i blame roben.. should have had 2 goals. RVP sucked big ass too

[bhssoccer89]

iniestaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Sandro777]

I would have ended the day up almost 700 dollars if ******* Holland didnt allow that dumbass goal. They had 6 defenders vs 2 spanish guys and allowed him clean on goal. Thanks Netherlands. now I only won 300.

[SilkBC]

Seriously, this thread surprises me. Apart from the corner not given how did the ref help spain?

By not catching the clearly offside goal????

-SilkBC

[Sandro777]

By not catching the clearly offside goal????

-SilkBC

I didn't think the goal was offsides.. did you see the replay? Iniesta was clear by a mile.

[bluefish]

congrats Spain on the win! They were the favs.