watch this clip and decide yourself. in this clip Frings is caught punching Cruz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwMpaKiRyD0&search=frings
so? Frings got punched before and he barerly touched Cruz (Cruz himself said he didnt even notice anything). Is this a way to distract from the fact who is really responsible for all of this? I would like to see how you react if u get punched multiple times.
BIG BIG LOL! Frings was punched before...and who started it? YEP - the Argies who hit Mertesacker there where it really hurts. Next try.
Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunde. With 'Die Welt' they're not counting in the Dutch though, seeing that they've been singing that they're going to Berlin without Holland since day one, even at games that neither Germany or Holland were involved in. Such a friendly bunch.
c'mon this is hardly a punch.. Very poor boxe showing. Frings really hasn't any strength in his arms, not a Max Schmeling kind of guy. I say a couple of ass spankin for him and let him play tomorrow.
now that was a boomerang you threw but couldnt catch. Boing! Both were wussi touches and he didnt even slap first!
Agree. That was just a kiss by Frings. Lets get it on. Enough of this crap. Who cares, let him play it won't matter anyway.
ihihihihihih. Nice one. Now being serious: that really doesn't deserve a disqualify, but really goes out to prove there are no different leagues as someone in this board pretend. There are no fair-playing team ( germany, with falling Ballack, australia with diving Bresciano, usa with falling beardsley, england with diving and stomping players, netherland , sweden ) and cheating or violent team ( italy, portugal, argentina, ocasionally france if Henry dives and then France scores on the free-kick ). If it was an argentinians player caught in this video everyone would be screaming at the dirty argentinians. Being a German trying to punch, he was just reacting... Maybe some poster here will learn to use a more fair standard. In the end I really hope he plays tomorrow, he's just been childish and he didn't hurt Cruz who was being childish too. I give both the attenuating of the game being very nervous and too important.
If the italians are afraid of little gay slaps like that then no wonder they are saying they arent diving. Cause touches like that realy seem to hurt them!!
no, we have to give you the opportunity to be able to blame certain unfair "circumstances" for your loss against us. ( ) Frings (x) FIFA & Germany conspiracy (x) the ref (x) the ball (x) the grass okay.. you are right, you would still have 4 other excuses left!
hmm, frings is suspended for the germany - italy game I really hope our mannschaft does not really suffer from this loss. well this BS is made by the media and the fans are just jumping on the bandwagon. not only german fans, holland fans wearing shirts with "Germany, I'm sorry to say holland is present" or fans singing in frankfurt "sorry germany, frankfurt belongs to us" are just asking for a response like that I dont mind the english singing their bomber songs about germany or dutch fans insulting the germans, i dont take this too seriously. I had a lot of fun with some dutch fans in frankfurt dispite those things.
OK so you're left with: (X) Frings not playing (X) Italian Divers (X) Bribed ref (X) the ball was too soft (X) the gras was too dry You see... we wanted to give you one more poor excuse. Seriously: this is an unwise decision.
Ok, I'll spell it out: yes that was an unwise decision as it heats up the atmosphere before tomorrow's match. I am sure many Germans will be (unfairly) blaming the Italian team for this, so we are on for a lot of booing and whistling for a start. But hey, FIFA are not exactly famous for wise decisions now are they. The best achievement sofar must be telling the refs to hand out more cards and then reprimanding them for handing out too many cards. Class.
the good thing in the german team is...we do not have stars...we can have good substitutes. iam relaxed. the bad thing in this is behavoir of the italian press. they make the italian team look like small boys afraid of germany. there is no reason for them to be afraid. BUT now the hunger to beat italy is twice..germany is angry...you never want to play against angy germans....italy should know that...who ever is happy that frings is booked.......dont be surprised if this will be a own goal. some words to the scene after the game. as long there is no sequence of the complete thing what happened with sound we do not know what really happenend. either team could have started something. so whats the point to pick out 1% of the scene ??? again..very poor behavoir from the italian press.....nothing else
I blame it on Gattuso. Putting someone like Gattuso into the line up should already be a booking. Let's hope the match is fair!
Compared to Totti Frings realy seems to be dangerous! He is right, dont use double standards. Germans are also very dangerous! http://youtube.com/watch?v=w__l_hWRG3k&search=Totti 2004 While Totti was banned for this in the EC 2004.... .... Frings action wasnt even half as ill mannered! Maybe you people should learn not to apply double standards yourselves!