2015 AFC Asian Cup Australia -- Iran vs. Iraq QF Discussion

He's not confused, he's just an Arab. You know what the Israelis say about "good Arabs". Look it up.

 

Oh the tears are flowing! Bitter iranians have been outplayed yet again where it matters, LOL.

 

Iran isn't even a top 4 team in Asian. Boohoo! #Persiantears!

 

the only thing DECENT out of the entire arab teams in AFC right now in football is abdul rahman. other than that they suck balls in not just football, but all sports, depending on whether various camel related activities are defined as sports.

 

No, it isn't diferent.
There is no such thing as "embellishment of plays" in football. A dive, is always a dive. Pretending that something happened, when it didn't, is a dive. And a dive should always be sanctioned with a yellow card. Another completely diferent thing is to have referee's not sanctioning it as they should, but that's on them to decide over it. You can't pretend that because it doesn't favour one of the teams (in this case, yours), they should not be taken in account.
A good official, will sanction it always when it happens

A smart player doesn't fall in those foolish things, when he knows that he has been already sanctioned by a previous yellow (maybe if he were clean of them, till that moment, he could take the risk), as by doing so, you are actually risking your whole team to be left one man short. As it seems Pouladi, can be a good player, but a player who instead of a brain, has a pistaccio inside his head.

Oh yes, as another issue over the whole play you probably aren't aware of, in football, when the goalkeeper has already grabbed the ball with his hands, no player can attempt to kick it out from his hands. Simply by doing so, you can get sanctioned with a yellow card, by dangerous or reckless play. And the push you say that Pouladi received afterwards, was a slight touch over the chest, when the ball was no longer on play. Not even Arjen Robben who is a specialist in embellishing situations, attempts to fool someone with something like that. Maybe Williams didn't show him the yellow for diving, but for his dangerous play before, instead, the same way as he sanctioned with a yellow the iraqui player for charging over Iran's goalkeeper at the end of the match, for doing the same thing.


As another poster said before, Williams may be a ********, but he acted accordingly to what is written in the rule book.