Where Are They Getting These Guys, The Favelas?

Two matches played at the World Cup, two atrocious refereeing teams officiating them already.

What a disappointing world cup this could be for the teams who are going to get the short end of their sticks!...

Three goals were cancelled in this match, Mexico - Cameroon (1-0), and only one has been cancelled correctly. (The one rightly called off was, of course, the Cameroonian goal in minute 16.)

But the Mexicans scored twice in the first half, once in minute 13 and then again in minute 30, both of which should have stood.

I guess, however, that we could not have a win by more goals than the brazil win, in the first match... That would have meant that Brazil would not have topped the group at that point, and what a blow that would have been to the Brazilian expectations!...
(Yeah, the whole world should bow to Brazilian needs and expectations! Particularly when they have spent more than 11 billion dollars on this World Cup!...)

And the thanks go to: Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan, Colombian assistants Humberto Clavijo and Eduardo Diaz, and fourth official Norbert Hauata, from Tahiti.

Getting back to the actual played match, Mexico was the superior team, and they did end up winning in the end, thanks to a 61st-minute Oribe Peralta goal.
So, it didn't end in a tie, which would have been best for Brazil, but at least the Mexican win was only by one goal.


Oh, right!... -- ...And is nobody wondering why at this damn World Cup all the matches are scheduled to start between 13:00 and 19:00 Brasilia official time (with one 22:00 exception), with most matches starting between 13:00 and 17:00, including and up to the final?

They did install light fixtures at these stadia, did they not?
Or maybe they just have nocturnal illumination at the Arena Pernambuco, in Recife??!?...

Why such start times? Well, if I had to guess:
It ain't to help Europeans watch the matches, which would, if scheduled later, take place in the middle of the night, by European times!...
It's probably, the way I see it, because most high-level matches in Europe are being played in way cooler conditions, and generally at night, and the Brazilian organizing committee, with FIFA's approval, must be dying to make conditions as hard as possible for European teams at this World Cup.
(Good thing, for them, that Sweden, Norway, and play-off hopefuls Iceland, did not make it to play in these barbaric conditions! - Just making light of the situation, here, but, really, the whole thing is not too funny at all for the good of football, in general, and for European teams in particular, at this WC.)


Yup, it's looking to be a very good World Cup... if you're a Brazilian supporter.



Highlights from Mexico - Cameroon: