Amazing, Greece go through! The penalty was not really there though for mine, he went to kick the ball and the Ivory Coast player got his leg between the Greek boot and ball, foul should have gone the other way.

Actually Sio's leg was kicked by Samaras which brought him down but Sio wasn't exactly going in for the tackle. All balance and momentum there.Very harsh decision.

What a joke!

Greece vs Costa Rice. Potentially Greece going to the quarters. So undeserving.

Best team won

clear penalty

hellas olle

Greece were honestly the only team I didn't think had a chance of making it out of this group. Japan majorly let me down and Ivory Coast just didn't do enough.

Far out, Greece do the absolute bare minimum to win, don't they? Bugger all goals in qualification, bugger all goals in the group stage. Imagine them grinding their way to the final!

you can say all you want about the penalty but Greece were clearly the better team and deserved to win. Hitting the woodwork 3 times. Bravo Hellas, bring on Costa Rica

They had 90min's to be the "better team", yet 1 all before that non-penalty.

wow.

Greece pen looked more like he tripped over...

Probably the biggest call of the Cup imo, especially considering the weight of the decision and its repercussions.

-PB

Looked pretty meh. I doubt there was much contact on Samaras

http://gfycat.com/brokeninconsequentialhairstreak

Looks like a dive!

I honestly don't understand the controversy. Clear penalty for me and well done to the referee for having the balls to give it. Defender is fucking stupid putting his leg in there.

He kicked his bloody foot :lol: :lol: :lol:
The Ivory Coast defender made zero contact

You have a strange definition of zero





Edited by sydneycroatia58: 25/6/2014 08:59:04 AM

+1 Since when can you impede someone from kick the ball by putting your leg in the road while not even being close to the ball. Its exactly the same as beaten defenders running through the back of an attackers legs so they can't get any further up the field.

To me it looked 100% a foul from any angle. The commentator just made it ridiculous by ignoring the obvious and claiming Samaras dived.

Edited by chillbilly: 25/6/2014 09:18:50 AM

Watching all replays etc, I still think it isn't a foul TBH.

Crazy that Greece have made it through to R16 off one goal and one penalty :lol:

-PB

Which part of Sio is touching Samaras?

-PB

His knee/shin to Samaras' foot.

Edited by chillbilly: 25/6/2014 09:55:05 AM

Still don't think its a pen. He tripped without any real touch

Ahh so it is! How did I miss that haha.

-PB

Was a pen, placed his foot in a place where he had no chance of getting the ball and only to impede samaras' shot
Unfortunate cause now we have to listen to the Greeks talk about the euro win AND making the last 16 at a WC till the day we die :lol:

Edited by The Maco: 25/6/2014 10:17:16 AM

the defender's left leg took out samaras's left leg, clear penalty

This picture does well to show just how much the defender is lunging in at the time contact is made

Slow motion replay https://vine.co/v/MtnO7MAx0OQ and other frame by frame pictures reveal it certainly was a penalty.

If you're a big lanky doofus about to kick a football and someone sticks their leg between you and the ball, then they have fouled you.

Nice to have some Aussies going through to last 16.

Costa Rica v Greece both teams will fancy their chances

As clear as penalties get. Just looked suspect because the impact forced Samaras to clip his own leg. Great credit to the ref for awarding it at that stage.

Even clearer from this angle...