Finally, a familiar sight...
Amidst the topsy turvy in this year's World Cup meet, with highly touted teams (mostly from Europe) falling short of early expectations, we finally see one development that all of us are familiar with -- Brazil making waves in the games... Or, should I make it BRAZIL STAMPING ITS CLASS OVER ITS COMPETITION?!
In its earlier match, the five time champions beat out Ivory Coast 3-1 to advance to the round of 16.
The match was a highly physical and of course, controversial one, with hand balls by Luis Fabiano, and an ejecton to Brazilian star Kaka for getting 2 yellow cards.
With the 2 yellow cards, Kaka is expected to be suspended for Brazil's next match, against the Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal team.
In a report by Tales Azzoni of the Associated Press, both coaches showed disappointment in the officiating, with the Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson expressing dismay at the hand balls:
“It shouldn’t have been allowed,” Eriksson said. “They got a goal free. That’s a 2-nil goal—that changed everything.
“It’s even more difficult if he’s allowed to use his hands. Of course it’s a hand ball. It’s not once, it’s twice.”
Brazilian coach Dunga on his part, had this to say regarding the ejection of his star player:
“The red card was completely unfair,” Brazil coach Dunga said.
Source: http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/brazil-beats-ivory-coast-3-1-to-reach-2nd-round--fbintl_ap-wcup-brazil-icoast.html
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