Thursday, July 19, 2007

FIFA U-20 World Cup: Chile lost fighting

It wasn't as we dreamt it. We did everything to be the world champions, but at the end Argentina got the big chance to win the prize. Argentina did a smart match...they scored in the precise moments. Argentina is a fair winner. But Argentinians did not need extra help. They are good enough to win games by themselves and do not need extra help from the referee. It is not that the referee scored himself, but God he truly helped that to happened. Referees are supposed to be neutral, to impart justice in the field. But this referee wasn't fair....it wouldn't matter that much if the referee made mistake on both sides, but it makes you get really mad when he calls fouls in only one side and, on top of that, gives yellows cards only to one team for similar plays. I've been an amateur soccer player since I was 5 and believe me that you feel so impotent and so angry when a refeere charges the field against you that you hardly think of the consequences of what you do. I try to imagine what that feeling is when you are playing a worldcup final. Anyways, it is what it is.

My congratulations to the Argentinian team, they are fair winners. But my most profound congratulations to the Chilean team who, though lost, fought until the end.

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