kelzag
08-03-2008, 09:27 PM
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In no particular order....
1. Today's game provided plenty of ammunition for the "officials hate TFC" camp, and in the minutes after Amado Guevara's (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t280&player=guevara_a&playerId=gue671765&statType=current) red card I was tempted to sympathize, if not agree.
Watching the game live the red card seemed to come from nowhere. Nobody in the press box could see the alleged punch -- TV replays we saw didn't even make it clear -- so nobody could figure out what Guevara had done to deserve an ejection.
The way TFC unravelled after that is another issue, but Marco Velez's ejection seemed to offer yet more evidence that officials just don't want TFC to win.
But then the game ended, the locker rooms opened and Guevara talked to the media, admitting that he had indeed smacked Pablo Richetti (http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t104&player=ricchetti_p&playerId=ric105319&statType=current) in the face, but only after Richetti had followed him down the field throwing little punches and elbows.
Then it made sense."
Read more:
http://thestar.blogs.com/torontofc/
In no particular order....
1. Today's game provided plenty of ammunition for the "officials hate TFC" camp, and in the minutes after Amado Guevara's (http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t280&player=guevara_a&playerId=gue671765&statType=current) red card I was tempted to sympathize, if not agree.
Watching the game live the red card seemed to come from nowhere. Nobody in the press box could see the alleged punch -- TV replays we saw didn't even make it clear -- so nobody could figure out what Guevara had done to deserve an ejection.
The way TFC unravelled after that is another issue, but Marco Velez's ejection seemed to offer yet more evidence that officials just don't want TFC to win.
But then the game ended, the locker rooms opened and Guevara talked to the media, admitting that he had indeed smacked Pablo Richetti (http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t104&player=ricchetti_p&playerId=ric105319&statType=current) in the face, but only after Richetti had followed him down the field throwing little punches and elbows.
Then it made sense."
Read more:
http://thestar.blogs.com/torontofc/