Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
Robbed? hogwash! If you can´t put a goal in from the penalty line you have no place at this stage of the tournament anyway.

and besides....why not look at this from the "glass half full" perspective? The Uruguay player took a bullet for his team! He sacrificed himself possibly for the rest of the tournament just so that his team had a small chance of surviving....that's the stuff movies are made of right there! imagine it with the rocky soundtrack behind it...he gambled and it payed off, it's not his fault the Ghana players aparently can´t score penalty kicks.
It should be like goaltending in basketball. The mindless "that's the rule that's the rule that's the rule" droning is dogmatic.

Soccer desperately needs instant replay.