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The Neymar injury is sad....if he is really injured and not acting. Because of his reknown acting, the person who gave him the dead leg in the Chile match was not appropriately punished.
Between the acting, which has gone unpunished in this world cup, unlike in other recent world cups, and the poor refereeing, including unbalanced game calling and the allowance of horrible tackles with little or no punishment, what is obviously the best world cup ever is being horribly tarnished and being brought under suspicion.
I go back to the Onazi tackle and I compare it to the Neymar incident. Days before the France-Nigeria match, a Canadian member of the crew which was to officiate the game, had a formal meeting, at the Nigerian camp, with the Nigerian coaching staff and squad. They reviewed video and rules. The Nigerians were warned of severe punishment if they committed those offenses because, according to FIFA, Nigeria is reputed to be very physical in their style of play.
So on match day, all of those things were done repeatedly to Nigerian players without any of the associated punishment which the match official had promised, days earlier, could be expected if the Nigerians committed them. FIFA had also expressed that sanctions, beyond those administered or not administered by match officials, could be increased by FIFA after a match was completed. None of that happened.
Deschamps and Big Phil, both, in the lead of to their matches, against Nigeria and Colombia respectively, publicly promised physical play, without being specific. As to Deschamps, his players, especially Pogba and Matuidi, committed horrible fouls repeatedly. As those went without appropriate punishment, they got worse until Onazi's foot was broken. At least, though, Matuidi apologized on the spot and in the dressing room. The vaunted US referee has offered no public statement and has not even reached out to the Nigerians privately. The US media has said almost nothing about it but continues to extol the greatness of referee Geiger.
One crazy person on this site, in response to my posting, made a very shallow ignorant statement that is was black on black crime and I should move on. The sad thing is that its just like life in many places in the country and on this planet. White masters orchestrate atrocities or create chaotic situations and minorities or the poor then carry out savagery against each other. Then ignorant and uncaring people say that it is just minorities or the poor harming each other. Some of these ignorant folks exist among those very minority or poor groups who are aggrieved.
In advance of the game yesterday, Big Phil told the world that Brazil would not be nice guys and would be very physical. His team did exactly as he promised. I am pleased that the Nigerians did not, seek their own justice for what was poor refereeing in their game. While I am saddened that Neymar was injured yesterday and I am saddened that the Colombians sought their own justice, I could see it coming due to the frustration with the poor officiating. I also noticed that the French did not do such things against the Germans. Of course the Germans are one of the two most powerful federations. So the same savagery would not be tolerated against them.
But the most significant thing I have noticed is the outrage over the Neymar injury is huge while the western media have said almost nothing about the Onazi injury. Funny enough though, I believe that if there had been outrage about the Onazi injury, and had there been follow up punishment, and if the referee had made a public statement or reached out to the injured after the Nigerian game, it would have been less likely that yesterday's poor officiating , horrible fouling and severe injury would have occurred.
So the rank hypocrisy of treating Nigerians as though they were lesser people, in my mind, resulted in sad conditions which marred a good match up and may hamper the career of one of the world's greats. If appropriate punishment had been meted during and after the Nigerian game and if FIFA had pointed at the occurrences as horrible, the conditions during yesterday's game may have been different.
Between the acting, which has gone unpunished in this world cup, unlike in other recent world cups, and the poor refereeing, including unbalanced game calling and the allowance of horrible tackles with little or no punishment, what is obviously the best world cup ever is being horribly tarnished and being brought under suspicion.
I go back to the Onazi tackle and I compare it to the Neymar incident. Days before the France-Nigeria match, a Canadian member of the crew which was to officiate the game, had a formal meeting, at the Nigerian camp, with the Nigerian coaching staff and squad. They reviewed video and rules. The Nigerians were warned of severe punishment if they committed those offenses because, according to FIFA, Nigeria is reputed to be very physical in their style of play.
So on match day, all of those things were done repeatedly to Nigerian players without any of the associated punishment which the match official had promised, days earlier, could be expected if the Nigerians committed them. FIFA had also expressed that sanctions, beyond those administered or not administered by match officials, could be increased by FIFA after a match was completed. None of that happened.
Deschamps and Big Phil, both, in the lead of to their matches, against Nigeria and Colombia respectively, publicly promised physical play, without being specific. As to Deschamps, his players, especially Pogba and Matuidi, committed horrible fouls repeatedly. As those went without appropriate punishment, they got worse until Onazi's foot was broken. At least, though, Matuidi apologized on the spot and in the dressing room. The vaunted US referee has offered no public statement and has not even reached out to the Nigerians privately. The US media has said almost nothing about it but continues to extol the greatness of referee Geiger.
One crazy person on this site, in response to my posting, made a very shallow ignorant statement that is was black on black crime and I should move on. The sad thing is that its just like life in many places in the country and on this planet. White masters orchestrate atrocities or create chaotic situations and minorities or the poor then carry out savagery against each other. Then ignorant and uncaring people say that it is just minorities or the poor harming each other. Some of these ignorant folks exist among those very minority or poor groups who are aggrieved.
In advance of the game yesterday, Big Phil told the world that Brazil would not be nice guys and would be very physical. His team did exactly as he promised. I am pleased that the Nigerians did not, seek their own justice for what was poor refereeing in their game. While I am saddened that Neymar was injured yesterday and I am saddened that the Colombians sought their own justice, I could see it coming due to the frustration with the poor officiating. I also noticed that the French did not do such things against the Germans. Of course the Germans are one of the two most powerful federations. So the same savagery would not be tolerated against them.
But the most significant thing I have noticed is the outrage over the Neymar injury is huge while the western media have said almost nothing about the Onazi injury. Funny enough though, I believe that if there had been outrage about the Onazi injury, and had there been follow up punishment, and if the referee had made a public statement or reached out to the injured after the Nigerian game, it would have been less likely that yesterday's poor officiating , horrible fouling and severe injury would have occurred.
So the rank hypocrisy of treating Nigerians as though they were lesser people, in my mind, resulted in sad conditions which marred a good match up and may hamper the career of one of the world's greats. If appropriate punishment had been meted during and after the Nigerian game and if FIFA had pointed at the occurrences as horrible, the conditions during yesterday's game may have been different.
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