Another controversy in the World Cup match

The cup fever is almost over. Last night, I mean this morning, the first of two semifinals was played between the history men (Uruguay) against the nearly men (Holland). The result favored the Oranje 3 goals to 2 of course and the fairytale journey of the Uruguain ended. Uruguay had been the shock of the tournament throughout. The fact that Luiz Suarez cheated by using his hand to defy Ghana their own history seems to bite them back. And indeed only small controversial details prevented them from going a step further to the final against either the mighty Germans or the classy Spanish. After Diego Forlan had cancelled out Giovani van Bronckhorst's wonder strike, Uruguay had the Oranje wobbling in the second half. Both Forlan and Alvaro Pereira saw their effort nearly on target until Holland scored by a controversial Wesley Sneijder sucker-punch.

The offside rule clearly stated that if any part of your body is offside and you are interfering with play, then it is an infringement. Robin van Persie's foot was offside and as he was standing right in front of Nestor Muslera, the goal should be chalked off.

And if you looked back to the first goal by Holland, slightly earlier than that the official missed a leg-breaking tackle by Van Bommel that should have resulted in a red card. Poor poor Uruguay. Despite their controversial exit, the Uruguaian should not dwell too much on it as Oscar Tabarez and his men have truly put the South Americans back in the map after been hiding in the shadows for 40 years and they should savour and enjoy the hero's welcome back at home. Diego Forlan their captain should be in the 2010 World Cup Dream Team as he almost all of the time carry his team on his shoulder an guide them to victory. The match highlights can be seen here www.fifa.com/worldcup/highlights/video/video=1269571/index/html

Early tomorrow morning the second semifinal will determine who will meet Holland in the final. For this match, I favored the Spanish. No offense to the Germans supporter but i just followed the prediction made by Paul the Octopus. Haha. Anyway, Paul's prediction for the game tonight can be seen in this video.

This should worries the Germans and their supporters. Anyway, good luck for both teams. And guys, enjoy the match tonight.