Match #57 - 4 July 2014 4:00 EDT - Fortaleza Officials Referee: Carlos VELASCO CARBALLO SpainESP Assistant Referee 1: Roberto ALONSO FERNANDEZ (ESP) Assistant Referee 2: Juan YUSTE (ESP) Fourth official: Svein Oddvar MOEN (NOR) This thread is for all pre-match, play-by-play and post-match discussion and analysis of the refereeing team. Per the forum guidelines (http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/welcome-forum-guidelines.2003380/), this thread will be heavily moderated. For more general or partisan discussions of the match, please go to the general Group thread or the individual team forums.
So a South American does the two European teams and a European does the two South American teams on Friday.
If I were Carlos, I think I might hide some pepper spray in my free kick spray... or just pack some hand grenades in my kit... this is going to be one of the hardest games in the tournament. Good Luck Mr. Vellasco Carballo, you're going to need it.
Ouch, if the evaluators put this fellow in the top six, they must have a vastly differing view of successful refereeing from most of the people I know. With two SA rivals and the host nation playing, this could be the major train wreck of this World Cup.
James Rodriguez fouled. A message foul, one worthy of a card. Nothing shown. Carballo has given Brasil a lot of latitude. Colombia hard done.
It's clear Brasil have targeted Rodriguez yet he has done nothing save blown his whistle for the foul to protect him. Disappointing since he works la Liga.
Anyone know what happened on the restart after the small scrum. He's blowing his whistle then all of a sudden a Brazil player sends the ball upfield and we're playing...looked ugly.
Terrible wall management and failure to enforce the required distance. Carballo needs to ask why are Colombia's players so mad at him. There appears he has a real bias towards Brasil.
Where was the replay of the Freekick incident which Colombia was agitating about on the broadcast too ? SMH.
I thought he called a foul and not playing in a dangerous manner. There was no foul or dangerous play on that challenge. Colombia benefit from a bad decision.
Neymar was about 4-5 meters away when ball was kicked. That had to be a mandatory yellow. So far Carballo has missed at Minimum 3 yellows
35th minute both players go in high with their feet for the ball in the PA arc on the Colombia attacking end. Doesn't look like much, if any, contact. Free kick awarded to Colombia. Did Brazil encroach on the FK or are they just fast?