tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443869153124114483.post6070821101430779523..comments2023-09-17T04:30:51.329-05:00Comments on Perfectly Weighted Through Blog: Saves of the TournamentRyanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17787105492553577235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443869153124114483.post-65319681483725778042010-07-05T19:08:50.603-05:002010-07-05T19:08:50.603-05:00It was a pure instinctual split-second decision (r...It was a pure instinctual split-second decision (reaction?)...Gyan makes the penalty kick and none of this is an injustice.noffke3000http://www.southernsoccer.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443869153124114483.post-36822212512148118252010-07-04T17:53:24.487-05:002010-07-04T17:53:24.487-05:00maybe so....
but until those rules are changed, h...maybe so....<br /><br />but until those rules are changed, his play was smart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443869153124114483.post-35322019909530478292010-07-03T18:04:16.860-05:002010-07-03T18:04:16.860-05:00As the rules stand everything played out correctly...As the rules stand everything played out correctly after Suarez set up a penalty kick that should never have been, and a shoot out that should never have come. But Luis Suarez's "The Hand of Satan/La Mano de Diablo" goal tending play is absolutely not Godly or Heroic. I am writing to fair minded soccer fans who do not want such a fate that befell Ghana to fall on their own teams. I hope to inspire you to lobby FIFA to get the Goal tending rules changed for the good of every nation. It is too late for Ghana. Uruguayans calling Suarez a hero for goal tending and setting up a penalty kick which was missed and a shoot out which should never have happened is a cancer that can spread to every tournament unless fair minded fans speak out! If someone, other than a goalie, deliberately stops a goal with their hand on the line inorder to advance their team in the knock out stages, the denied goal should be awarded. Not a penalty kick which can be missed. FIFA must stop this cycle of people faking injuries, diving in the box, scoring with their hands, stopping goals with hand balls. It's rediculous!!! Now... as the rules stand... imagine the roles were reversed. Imagine Gyan was on his goal line and he volleyball handled a Uruguay shot out of the goal and was eventually red carded. Now imagine Suarez missed the ensuing penalty kick leading to a shoot out. And once again imagine Ghana won the penalty shoot out to move on to the semis. And further imagine the whole African continent hailed Gyan as a Hero for goal tending. It would all be correct as the rules stand... but it would be a complete embarassment for African soccer and for FIFA. Goal tending needs severe consequences so it never happens again. Goal tending should result in the other team being awarded a point with no penalty kick. The ball was in, and a striker volleyball handled it off the line intentionally. Ghana did not fail. They were cheated by FIFAs inadequate goal tending rules. A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It's too late for Ghana. But as long as Suarez is considered a hero, more heros like him will emerge and "The Hand of Satan/La Mano de Diablo" will prevail in future World Cups. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qpTNnFFbr0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443869153124114483.post-71907639774998123062010-07-03T12:41:55.706-05:002010-07-03T12:41:55.706-05:00This is the smartest play (the intentional handbal...This is the smartest play (the intentional handball) considering the circumstances that I have ever seen in a soccer game, period. Brilliant.Chris Shaffernoreply@blogger.com