I did not see that match, but the bottom line always is: it is not real, proves nothing, and the question is always going to be 'what would have happened if the teams remained 11-11 ?' About as enjoyable as a woman with two obvious huge lumps of silicon in her chest.
It is often the player, the referee and Organized Crime's fault, that is the problem. The rules must limit the ability of these corrupt forces to Decide the outcome of the match. That is accomplished by requiring the referee in non Intent To Injure offences to give a Red Card With Substitution, so the single individual player and single referee really have to engage in dangerous play to accomplish the Sent Off condition.
This should make it easier for prosecutors to zero in on the corruption when these Sent Offs continue to occur.
As I have mentioned, Intent To Injure play would always be handled with a Red Card Without Substitution.
Ultimately, they are trying to reach the Penalty Kick tournament, since their ability to attack is eliminated, with only 10 men.
Those are the ones I have seen. Before the 1998 cycle, not much of the full World Cup tournament was shown in the US.
John
