First off what a joke by FIFA to give R.Costa this ban, but considering it's Ricardo "Liability" Costa I really could care less...The guy should have never played a game in the World Cup let alone be part of the squad...And if he thinks his going to be part of Euro 2012 qualification then he has another thing coming...We don't need merda players on the NT anymore

Here is the comment I sent to FIFA as suggested in a post by "whoever":

It was a great world cup bar some bad officiating and some questionable calls. This is constructive criticism and is meant in a spirit of hope for the greatest game.

I have some complaints about the World Cup we your loyal fans who so passionately support and some suggestions for correction, which tweaked could remove the tainted nature of most World Cup's.

Some of the most glaring technical mistakes made during this world cup:

1)The Lampard goal vs Germany.. which was clearly a goal in real time on tv from a long distance.

2)The USA phantom foul and 3) offside goal in the Slovenia game.

4)The double hand ball by Luis Fabiano before he scored against Ivory Coast to add insult the Ref asked him if he handled it, he answered no the Ref laughed and allowed the goal. In his first interview after the match Luis admitted to handling it repeatedly.

5)Also in the same match Kaka gets sent off for a player that clearly runs into him and makes a meal of the contact. Covering his face ala Rivaldo & Henry pretending it was a head blow when he ran into him with his chest.

6)Tevez's clear offside against Mexico which resulted in a goal, or even Argentina's first goal of the tournament where 7)Heinze gets his free header when the Nigerian defender is clearly bear hugged by Samuel to give him the space in plain site.

Then finally there was the Spain v Portugal match where 8)David Villa is sent in on goal offside by the Xavi back heel, and where the game was crowned with the phantom elbow 9)that resulted in a red card to Ricardo Costa. To add insult to injury FIFA has now suspended Mr. Costa for 3 matches when clearly the video evidence shows there was no foul at all.

Clearly this is not an exhaustive list as there were other questionable calls & goals but they showcase some of the areas that clearly need to be re-worked for the good of the game.

So here are my constructive suggestions in hopes that we can improve the World Cup and the game.

In the case of Lampard there needs to be technology that signals a light as Ice Hockey uses to show when the ball has crossed the line. Tennis/Hockey/NFL and many other sports have been using equipment for ages without complaints.

It is not fair to the human eye or linesman running to make that judgement call from bad positions. Even if it is only for the biggest tournaments like the WC & the Confederations championships such as Euro Cup.

Also video replay should be used to review goals, penalty shots, and red cards. Since there is a natural respite in the game already when any of these happen, a 30 sec review by the fourth official wouldn't delay the game for long on such crucial decisions. This way tricky offsides, fouls, would be more readily spotted.

While we are on the subject of offsides, I believe it is too hard for the officials to get it right, as in the quick example with David Villa.. it is too hard for the official to catch. Also some of the long range offsides where the linesman is looking down-field and then has to look up-field quickly to make the call is not fair on the official and is repeatedly targeted by players.

I believe an offside system such as in Ice Hockey with a line makes it much easier for the linesman to make a call on the line as the focus is in the same area.

If you put the offside line 10 feet outside of the box it would prevent cherry picking and it would also result in more goals as silly offsides like the ones where the defence is pushing off from the goal-line would be eliminated, resulting in more offensive pressure and more goals.

Then we get to the most annoying.. the players that bring the game into disrepute.

The Capedevila's, Fabiano's, Keita's, Rivaldo's, Henry's, Maradona's that continually give the sport a black eye.

I personally think the Ref is only one man and it is hard to spot even the most flagrant fouls when 22 men are cheating around you. I think it is incredibly difficult, and we should help the Ref's.

My suggestion is that the fourth official should be on a high quality large screen reviewing the play as it goes on, making calls as they do in the NFL as an officiating team. This will result in more calls being made live during the action through the headphones.

My other suggestion to help stamp out cheaters and gamesmanship is to review the game afterwards. FIFA already does so to evaluate the Ref, while they are at it, they can decide which players were diving, which were simulating, and which brought disrepute to the game with flagrant actions. Their reward would be a yellow card after the fact, which as we know will impact their team with suspensions going forward, and will act as a deterent.

This two pronged attack on cheaters would restore the game to beauty only.

Now I can appreciate not all of these suggestions can be implemented around the globe for every match, but they should all be present for major tournaments as that is when the games are at their most crucial moments and under the most scrutiny as a showcase for the game.

Also 10) Suarez's hand ball off of the line, and constant gamesmanship.

The Ref should have the power to call that an automatic goal, and still reward Suarez with the red card for his actions.

That was clearly an intentional hand ball that prevented Ghana from continuing in the tournament. His celebrating the penalty miss on the sidelines is a black eye to the sport, disgusting.

Once again after suggested video review that should've been a goal and a red card, so that we could see Suarez cry all the way to the locker room, instead he was rewarded for his actions as Uruguay moved forward.

I appreciate FIFA has many great officials/members that help make it the sport that we so love, only a few more tweaks to make it even that much greater.

Thank you for your time.



It is not the first time I have written them, but hopefully with enough push, a few corrections can be made.

another great decision by FIFA. The sooner the world gets rid of blatter the better. All the says is that cheating is worth it,

T henry, Luis Suarez. blantant cheats , not to mention fake diving and simulation.

If you don't play for Brazil, and the top team's that have won the cup over and over and over again, bc Fifa helps them with getting greats Ref's for the games,and it's obvious that Spain has put the money down this time. If the World cup(Fifa) was really only about Soccer alone, other Nations would have won already too! 2006 is a perfect example. Brazil 5, Italy 4, that means nothing to me, but corruption! that's the way the world works! It's about $$$$$$$$$ If you want to hold title, you have to pay for it. It's NOT for free, nothing is. World Cup is basically a show event, to show case your product, However you have to pay for it, just like TV commercials. Spain will win, but they don't devserve it.

think what you think, but thats the really true, and not just in soccer or sports, but how the world works!

That is ridiculous. It really ought to be the Spanish player for a clear dive. What can possibly justify this FIFA?

On the positive side I can't think of anything but injustice like this that can make Portugal fans like him more. No one seems to be a fan, but now has popular support due to this injustice.

He's got a point......it will look bad on him and people will assume he has violent tendencies after an alleged elbow. As much as I don't like him being on the NT I feel bad for the bullshit FIFA has pulled on this guy. They didn't bother suspending Villa after his slap to the face in the Honduras game, that was easily a 3 match ban as this happened after the play. What a F***ing joke FIFA has been this W.C. with reviewing these altercations. TERRIBLE