Oscar, the man of the match, also scored the goal of the night and placed sufficient distance between these teams to ensure credibility, of sorts. Will it be enough to save this World Cup from the wave of cynicism that overwhelms any event touched by FIFA these days? We shall see.
A tournament that needed a Brazilian win, got one. It also got an outrageously poor penalty award, to the hosts, an equally soft disallowed goal, for their opponents and a dubious decision that kept the poster boy of the tournament and scorer of two Brazilian goals, Neymar, on the field when he could easily have been sent off. The score at the time was 1-0 to Croatia.
So, not a good night for referee Yuichi Nishimura of Japan who will feature in many conspiracy theorists most fevered speculations from here. He was almost certainly useless, not corrupt.
Fans would love to see matches devoid of such calamitious decisions that sway games.
The referee should be probed for such a horror officiating by FIFA.
A tournament that needed a Brazilian win, got one. It also got an outrageously poor penalty award, to the hosts, an equally soft disallowed goal, for their opponents and a dubious decision that kept the poster boy of the tournament and scorer of two Brazilian goals, Neymar, on the field when he could easily have been sent off. The score at the time was 1-0 to Croatia.
So, not a good night for referee Yuichi Nishimura of Japan who will feature in many conspiracy theorists most fevered speculations from here. He was almost certainly useless, not corrupt.
Fans would love to see matches devoid of such calamitious decisions that sway games.
The referee should be probed for such a horror officiating by FIFA.
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