Comments on: Lehmann Saves the Day for Germany as Michel Manages 120 Minutes Without Controversy

By: Nikiya

Nikiya — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 02:29:46 +0000

Michel was obviously working for Germany –whether he was paid or not we might never know. Argentina got two undeserved yellow cards and lost a penalty thanks to him. The obvious bias irked the players and perhaps the coach too. Everybody says Pekerman made the wrong substitutions. Maybe he saw it was more about sustaining blows than playing football. Yes, Michel did a good job -he kept Germany in the tournament.

By: disagree

disagree — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:55:28 +0000

Abbodanzieri couldnt have and wont want to faked it… for an important match like this one… it was klose who brought him down… and he wasnt yellow carded… what a “fair” game!

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:23:01 +0000

Oh and to add: __ATLEAST__ a free kick should have been called for the knee attack on Abbodanzieri.

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:19:46 +0000

It was unbelieveable how the linesman didn’t see the dive in the situation that resulted in Sorin being carded. Also germans miss on the ball resulted in a free kick. It was clear that not only the southerns dive these days.

Rodriguez didn’t deserve a yellow…It was a tackle but not quite enough for a penalty I think.

I sincerely hope that Lubos Michel won’t be nowhere around Berlin during the final. Although it didn’t directly lead to Argentinas los, it is always dreadful to see such horrible and audience-reaction-driven judging from a ‘world-class’ referee.

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By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:15:09 +0000

Oh, and to all those whinning about home refereeing, it’s fixed, conspiracy theorists blabla. Germany won because they had the better cold blooded penalty mentality and Jens Lehmann. Argentina lost because Pekerman made questionable substitions. The referee didn’t influence the outcome of the match. The referee in the Australia – Italy match did.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:08:59 +0000

Yup, the ref did a solid job. Could have given Ballack a yellow card for his dive (though would have been a little harsh) but at least didn’t give a penalty to Germany. Though he didn’t see another similar situation where an Argentinian defender clearly pulled Ballacks shirt. He also missed a dive by Odonkor, which resulted in a free kick which again resulted in nothing. Also the decision that Rodriguez dived was correct. Instand replays showed that he had already decided to take off before Lahms intervention.

By: Mymoon

Mymoon — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:08:16 +0000

i think the referee was disgusting…yes he should be in the final if germany is there then definitely they will win….and i hope all the referees learn a lesson from him….wasn’t that a penalty when maxi was carded????

By: osama

osama — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:04:25 +0000

you call that flawless… i mean c’mon, the world watched it on screen…. rodriguez was supposed to be given a penalty… instead he himslef gets a yellow card… “fair play”?