Lucky Better Than Good
An early own goal by Brazil in Sunday’s quarterfinal match gives the U.S. the lead at halftime. A lucky break for team USA. You can watch it live on ESPN.
Team USA is 19-1 when they lead at half time while team Brazil has never won when trailing at the half. But this is still far from over. Brazil is a very good team and they have the most lethal scorer in Marta.
Yesterday, Japan scored the biggest upset in Women’s World Cup history by beating 2-time defending champion and host Germany 1-0 in overtime.
The referee should be ejected for incompetence. She gave a red card to a US player and a penalty kick to Brazil when the play did not warrant a red card. The US goal keeper, Hope Solo, made a brilliant save only to receive a completely bogus yellow card and a rekick for Brazil. Marta scored on the 2nd penalty kick to tie up the score 1-1.
The score is 1-1 at the end of regulation. They will go into a 30 minute overtime.
Brazil scored another controversial goal. The replay clearly showed that Brazil was offside but the call was not made. Marta scored the go ahead goal. 2-1 Brazil.
Wambach scored for team USA in injury time to tie the score up at 2-2! Now penalty kick to decide which team advances to the semifinal! I still believe that this was one of the worst officiating games in the World Cup this year.
She’s the worst referee in history. She doesn’t belong on the world stage. Either she’s blind of she’s bribe.
She is obviously pro-Brazil, that #$%&!
Americans won despite the stupid referee.