Originally posted by Corlindel
The ref was portuguese 😂Take a look:
"BELGIUM 1-0 IRELAND
Going into their firth game of the 82' World Cup qualifying campaign Ireland had picked up seven points and were in with a good chance of one of the two qualifying places. The match with Belgium was a match for the Irish who gave only the second cap to goalkeeper Seamus McDonagh.
Ireland seemed to have got off to the perfect start when a Liam Brady free-kick was met by a Frank Stapleton shot that beat Belgian keeper Michel Preud'homme. Controversially though the Portuguese referee disallowed the goal and instead gave a fee out to Belgium. Worse was to follow for Ireland when the referee, Nazare, gave the home side a free-kick in a dangerous position after Eric Gerets had taken a dive just outside the box. In the resulting free-kick Rene Vandereycken hit the Irish crossbar before the rebound fell to Jan Ceulemans to head the winner for Belgium. The Irish could feel very hard done by after the match with a result that in the end robbed them of a place in the World Cup finals in Spain.Belgium: Preud'homme, Gerets, Millecamps, Meeuws, Renquin, Coeck, Vandereycken, Mommens, Cluytens, Vandenberg, Ceulemans. Subs: Wellens for Coeck (76 mins.), Vercauteren for Mommens (85 mins.)
Ireland: McDonagh, Langan, Hughton, Martin, Moran, Daly, Brady, Grealish, Heighway, Stapleton, Robinson. Sub: Walsh for Stapleton (71 mins.)
Referee: Raul Nazare (Portugal)"
Hey, C...that's a nice bit of research...care to share the source? 😉
Originally posted by The Redeemer
Hey, C...that's a nice bit of research...care to share the source? 😉
I got it here http://www.clubi.ie/fpage/history/games/81belvire.html
Is only one olde page from irish football association. Check pictures link
This site is good and funny with some discussions and articles about Ireland. Just go and check the national team link http://foot.ie/forums/archive/index.php/
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Originally posted by Kes😂😂😂 It is the 258th time you say that since the beginning of the season. Maybe you should become a ref to show them... (no offense here 😮 , but it seems that all the refs of the world have decided to make you angry...)
Man the ref was a joke.
=>the others : about Belgiums and the WC history, please talk about this in the Football thread
Yesterday's game was neither boring nor exciting 😐 . It's sad to see the most defensive team win the competition: Greece has been neutralizing almost all the games it participated in. They did good, oh yes, but that's not funny to watch.
By and large I' very disappointed by this Euro. There were only 2 or 3 great games (including the Cz Rep./Holland), and all the team with a potential to play very well (France, England, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and, to a smaller extent Czech Republic, which played rather well) have done nothing.