No, it's still 3:00 on FIFA website. Colombia is 2 hours ahead of Pacific time so you had already posted the updated schedule.
Round of 16 MEXICO 2 - 3 (aet.) USA (highlights) Vargas 25', Saldivar 39' --- Tordin 10', Sentnor 27', Dudley 97' GERMANY 5 - 1 ARGENTINA (highlights) Janzen 6', Nachtigall 24' 37', Bender 26', Zicai 69' --- Lombardi 43' BRAZIL 3 - 1 (aet.) CAMEROON (highlights) Priscila 35'(p.), Dudinha 91' 120'+4 --- Eto 22' KOREA DPR 5 - 2 AUSTRIA (highlights) H Sin 3' 37', K.M Kim 53', U.Y Chae 74', M.R Pak 90'+2 --- Maedl 11', H.R Han 63'(og.) RC: Ojukwu 29' (Austria) JAPAN 2 - 1 NIGERIA (highlights) Matsunaga 33', Hijikata 65' --- Shobowale 90'+1 SPAIN 2 - 1 CANADA (highlights) Amezaga 65', Lloris 81' --- Jourde 63' FRANCE 1 - 2 (aet.) NETHERLANDS (highlights) Mossard 33' --- van Beijeren 59', Stoit 103' COLOMBIA 1 - 0 KOREA REPUBLIC (highlights) Caicedo 64' Top Scorers 5 Vendito (BRA) 5 Maya Hijikata (JPN) 4 Naomi Eto (CMR)* 4 Annabelle Chukwu (CAN)* 4 Liana Joseph (FRA)* 4 Donna Scannapieco (FRA)* 4 Il Son Choe (DPK) 4 Pietra Tordin (USA) 3 Kishi Nunez (ARG)* 3 Priscilla (BRA) 3 Linda Caicedo (COL) 3 Loreen Bender (GER) 3 Sophie Nachtigall (GER) 3 Chinari Sasai (JPN) 3 Mi-ryong Pak (DPK) 3 Hyang Sin (DPK) 3 Jone Amezaga (ESP) *(players from teams already eliminated)
Referee assignments from the Law5 Referee Blog: BRAZIL - NORTH KOREA Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza ESP Assistant Referee 1: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso ESP Assistant Referee 2: Eliana Fernandez Gonzalez ESP Fourth Official: Natalie Simon USA Reserve Assistant Referee: Meghan Mullen USA NETHERLANDS - COLOMBIA Referee: Dong Fangyu CHN Assistant Referee 1: Xie Lijun CHN Assistant Referee 2: Bao Mengxiao CHN Fourth Official: Casey Reibelt AUS Reserve Assistant Referee: Ramina Tsoi KGZ JAPAN - SPAIN Referee: Anahi Fernandez URU Assistant Referee 1: Daiana Fernandez URU Assistant Referee 2: Belen Clavijo URU Fourth Offcial: Astrid Gramajo GUA Reserve Assistant Referee: Sherly Socop GUA USA - GERMANY Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong KOR Assistant Referee 1: Kim Kyoung-min KOR Assistant Referee 2: Supawan Hinthong THA Fourth Offcial:Vincentia Amedome TOG Reserve Assistant Referee: Linda Schmid SUI I figured two of the referees from the Round of 16 would also referee a quarterfinal on short turnaround and I figured Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain) would be one of them because of the very high chance her assignments would be limited by her country's team advancing. Oh Hyeon-jeong (the Good Korea) is the other one. Two of the others from the Round of 16 are probably penciled in for the semi-finals (cross-posted with the USA forum)
Lots of chess so far in BRA-DPK... 20' DPK starts probing,,, 32' DPK hits the crossbar... fans chant Korea! Koreaa! 33' N. Korea keeps pushing and pressing, Brazil's too slow and have problems to string more than 4-5 passes
0-0 at HT More than couple of good actions from N. Korea plus pair of dangerous set pieces from them... versus maybe two good actions from Brazil, one dangerous set piece and one individual effort from Dudinha. Shots: DPK 10 - 2 BRA Temp 32 C / 89 F doesn't help... 2nd half started 49' 0-1 N.Korea scores... and it was coming 56' Brazil's trying to push back but their passing is off and it's midfielders basically refuse to run.
67' Both teams miss on good chance to score... 79' Canarinhas still trying to make something happen but much too often they find themselves in situation where after two good passes the third player has a heavy touch. N. Koreans strike from counters and hunt for 2nd goal. 85' PK for N. Korea, VR request - ref changed her mind after challenge - no PK, no card.
And now it is 1-0 soon to be 2-0 as PRK has a PK. Brazil seems to have run out of ideas how to handle the skill and speed and simple guts PPK is showing. Their diving skills just do not work against a team this skilled. PRK dose not get the PK but they still lead 1-0. This is another match where the refereeing is HORRIBLE.
It is over. 1-0 for PRK. The referee clearly said she was keeping wasted time and would add it to the extra time already allocated but she blew her whistle almost exactly at the 9:00 minute mark. It seems that this ref can't count or lies to the players. I know she may be in training but the time handling only requires counting and simple adding. I guess she does not come from anywhere near the top of the refs in training.
North Korea wins and will wait for either USA or Germany to join them in semifinal. I didn't find the refereeing to be as bad in this match as in few others. This last call about PK not given was perhaps bit 50/50... but for the rest of the match the ref was ok (including much earlier 1st PK shout from NK not given - for me it was a blatant dive by NK player)
Uh... It was technical ref who pointed to her watch for the sake of Brazilian coach signaling time wasting, not center referee. ESP ref probably didn't even knew about that whole situation as she was busy with urging NK goalie to start the play and when goalie was stalling gave her YC for time wasting.
Colombia goes up 1-0 early. It looked like it was coming for the whole first 13 minutes. I wish the Netherlands played in any other color as I detest bright orange. I want to like them but my old eyes just do not handle the orange very well. Besides there is not natural rhyme for "orange" in the English language. Colombia looks quite likely to score more while the Dutch seem to be intent on doing something wrong on every attack. But this is soccer and things can change quickly and often.
But she added NOTHING for that and the rest of the time PRK wasted throughout extra time. The refs have radio communication but I guess that using technology is beyond their abilities. In the Colombian match the ref seems to be calling every touch foul and Colombia is much better at diving than Brazil was. So far the Dutch have not really tried diving on being touched. If they do this match could become nothing but an endless series of free kicks.
I'm going to take the nap before Japan match. I cheer for Netherlands against the hosts but in this match Oranje have little chance to win. Playing extra time in their previous game, then need to travel to another city all while having 28h of rest less than Colombia (50h less in total since tourney started).. nah I don't think they can pull it off...
While Colombia do not appear to be greatly skilled they do seem to be well drilled on recovery runs. They seem almost always to take the best route to get into a defensive position. That either requires great training or good intelligence or, most probably, both. The Dutch scored off some bad positional defense that allowed a wide open header. Columbia are best when playing in open field while the Dutch seem more comfortable with traffic. That could make this VERY interesting in the 2nd half.
Colombia just scored one of the best in play goals of the tournament. 2-1 for Colombia. I hope I do not misspell Columbia the next time I need to use the university's name. It is becoming natural to type the country's name every time I think Colombia. My old brain is not very good at that kind of filtering.
I hope Colombia can maintain this lead and advance. If only Linda C. could have finished 1 of her 2 good looks on goal in the first half, this would be over. I'm switching to Japan v Spain. Netherlands tie it up 2-2 and I missed that goal, figures.
The Dutch have scored, pretty much exactly like they did in their last match to beat France. I want to watch both matches so I will have to use my computer for one of them. I think I will keep the Colombia match on my TV at least until extra time.
This Colombia v Netherlands match is getting spicey. Dutch coach gets a yellow for taking ball from Colombian player. 11 minutes of added time played. We go to 30 min. of Extra Time.
Spain just got their first shot on goal at about 40:00 minutes. It seems Spain's over emphasis on possession is hurting them more than helping. In the other match Colombia seems to be slowing just a littler. Instead of being lightening fast they are simply very fast. Colombia looks more likely to score but they are having "finishing" problems so it is anybody's match at this point
5 min. of added time at the end of the 2nd ET period. PK's to decide the Colombia v Netherlands match.
Colombia outplayed The Dutch but could not manage another goal. There is a fair chance that The Dutch will advance again after being out played.