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- Aug 11, 2003
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[Football] WC: Group H Deciders
- Thread starter pasty
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No.
They spent the last 15 minutes playing for a 1-0 loss. They had their destiny in their own hands but decided to accept defeat and hope a result goes their way in another game. They took off an attacking player for a defensive one. It's tactical, sporting and moral cowardice. If that's your idea of good, sporting tactics then...
Of course it's not what the fans pay to see, it's not what the sport needs, but it got them through, so it's pretty understandable.
It's not that they have more confidence in another team - they'd have tried to get a positive result against Poland, but they failed to. And they wouldn't have relied on Colombia winning until Colombia were winning. With 10-15 minutes to go, they had a decision to make, and for getting through, they made the right one.
Of course it stinks, but
clippedgull
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Whilst it's extremely unlikely that the game referee could not see an 'instance of fact' and therefore change his mind, he still has the ultimate final decision.
On the mean streets of Hove?!
On holiday in Columbia
Pele's 1990 prediction of an African nation winning the WC will wait another 4 years.