heywoodu 13,880 Posted October 28, 2019 #131 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, dcro said: Well, at least that time Ireland didn't get robbed... Oh, wait... Although the Netherlands knows it too, Spain bribing Malta to beat them with the exactly needed margin to qualify for the World Cup (kicking the Netherlands out) and suddenly Malta's players were all living in big mansions I feel sorry for Ireland, although I think we must be careful not to pretend like Canada was only lucky. Ireland shouldn't even have gotten themselves in this situation in the first place. Edited October 28, 2019 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,466 Posted October 28, 2019 #132 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, LDOG said: Oof don't know what to say then, I don't have enough knowledge to know what should be called if that was what happened. Most rules in this sport are very against the defenders (basically they have to be extremely clean in every situation), but I don't know about this. As for Canada at the games... clearly their aspiration would be to beat the weakest teams (Japan/SA) and that's it. This was their gold medal. Wouldn't have been any different for Ireland, both teams have almost exactly the same level (I predicted 51/49 for Canada in fact). from the official rules of field hockey, as on the FIH website... A penalty stroke is awarded: a) for an offence by a defender in the circle which prevents the probable scoring of a goalIf the ball hits a piece of equipment lying in the circle and a probable goal is prevented, a penalty stroke may be awarded. I don't think this was the case, though... I still think they took a wrong decision.. Edited October 28, 2019 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,209 Posted October 28, 2019 #133 Share Posted October 28, 2019 4 hours ago, heywoodu said: I feel sorry for Ireland, although I think we must be careful not to pretend like Canada was only lucky. Ireland shouldn't even have gotten themselves in this situation in the first place. But then again, can you blame a boxer for not preventing a robbery with a knockout? #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,880 Posted October 28, 2019 #134 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Just now, dcro said: But then again, can you blame a boxer for not preventing a robbery with a knockout? Yes. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shravan Kumar 109 Posted October 29, 2019 #135 Share Posted October 29, 2019 One interesting.thing All home teams have qualified in both men's and women's side. Home advantage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted October 29, 2019 #136 Share Posted October 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Shravan Kumar said: One interesting.thing All home teams have qualified in both men's and women's side. Home advantage? Except Chinese women and maybe Canadian men all of them were the ones who could have been easily predicted as the winners, while these two battles were expected (at least by me) to be very tight (and they both finished with shootout). I'd rather say it was a good choice of hosts to celebrate the quota at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,267 Posted October 29, 2019 #137 Share Posted October 29, 2019 hace 11 minutos, Shravan Kumar dijo: One interesting.thing All home teams have qualified in both men's and women's side. Home advantage? Think all 14 home teams will qualify now. Next weekend the only even series IMO are NZL-KOR men and IRL-CAN women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 1,038 Posted November 1, 2019 #138 Share Posted November 1, 2019 (edited) face in 8 hours time. Anything less than a good crushing defeat by India will be a huge suprise considering the quality of hockey USA is playing. Edited November 1, 2019 by Fly_like_a_don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,267 Posted November 1, 2019 #139 Share Posted November 1, 2019 4 - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitinsanker 193 Posted November 1, 2019 #140 Share Posted November 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, LDOG said: 4 - 2 Russia played very well.... They just did not have the finishing skills, but played at a high pace in the midfield with spot in passes.... Indians passing was poor but had a couple of pieces of magic strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will. - Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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