get your ginger ass to belgium bastardo X(

i'll tell you this much

de jong wasn't chosen because of his awesome footballing skill
he doesn't have that.
he was chosen because he's able to disrupt play and get under other people's skin. pretty much every team has a player like that, although i'm not sure i like that.

just some examples, barcelona, generally accepted as the best team in the world, had yaya toure last season. he was there to work, and to take opponents out.
real madrid has lassie diarra
inter milan has 8 of them.
chelsea has a bunch of them.

they are an essential part of the game.

I'm all but convinced it was an intended kick on the player.

If anything that movie Chris posted shows that he is going towards the ball with his foot (especially from the first angle)

SD is right, there's nothing wrong with having a stretched leg, as long as you hit the ball, not the player.

And today I have actually started to doubt if De Jong's charge should have been a red card. If you look at it, it's dangerous play, so yes, a free kick, and yes, possibly a yellow card, but it wasn't intended so no red.
It's not more or less severe than Caceres' overhead kick into De Zeeuw's face in the semi-final, I didn't hear anyone say it should have been a red card then.

You know what is bugging me most about referees these days...

the fact they do not pay attention to the simplest rules anymore.

- Diving - Diving is, when classed as such, always a yellow card. When is the last time you saw a ref give a yellow card for it? I haven't in ages.

- Argueing with the ref, and requesting yellow cards for other players - This is always a yellow card, but it never happens.

- Throw ins - Throw ins are supposed to be done from the neck, and the ball is supposed to be going up, before going down again, in an arch like motion. Over half the throw in in this tournament were wrongfully executed.

Goalkeepers - Look at the amount of goalkeepers that take one or two steps out of the penalty area before kicking the ball upfield, this is hands! Yellow card, and free kick.

There are so many more of these things referees just do not pay attention to anymore these days, and people abuse it more and more.

Other than that I really really really think players should be able to get banned for diving afterwards, if it can be proven by recorded footage. It's the only way to ban this cancerous form of cheating from the game.

another thing is that the high amount of fouls on the dutch side may have something to do with not being experienced with playing at this level.

a high number of players in the dutch team does not play champions league, that's quite different in the spanish team.

i think the honour guard thing the dutch team did says enough.

also, stekelenburg for goalkeeper of the tournament

what a hero!

that is true, de jong is an absolute moron, that guy has no brain, i don't understand why he's even in the team.

arent the pampas in argentina?

edit: did some research, there are some in uruguay too

mr squid predicted holland will beat spain!

ole ole ole ole!!!!

a well deserved victory for spain.

oh joy, another one of these!

fun!