Posted by: sherlock September 9, 2013
Afganistan disappoints Nepal.........
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Kiddo, now you're going overboard and downright labeling my point as "childish". That would've been a regulation catch on any amateur league, let alone International football. For crying out loud, that would've been labeled unacceptable in the league that I play in. I've got a feeling that you're unintentionally hung up on the fact that people are blaming him for our loss and hence, carrying that argument over to this.I never stated that I'm blaming him for our loss. I'm merely suggesting that the goal was conceded because of his mistake whilst you're blatantly refusing it. His mistake was a la any wicketkeeper missing a genuine edge. That cross should've been dealt with like any other regulatory cross. We're not talking about a keeper failing to reach out to a swirving cross or being unable to keep out a swirving free kick. A cross came in with no Afghan player closeby him. He caught the ball but failed to grab it properly, fumbled, lost it and we condeded the goal. Whose fault was it then? It was unfortunate on his part. We should've and most probably would've scored a couple goals if not for Afghanistan's keeper who was fantastic throughout the game. 

re: stoppage time. Since about 10 mins were wasted in the second half, I'd have thought he definitely had an idea about how much time was going to be added (I hope you're aware of how stoppage time works). The Afghan player getting knocked out unconscious alone halted the game for 5 mins. That's the only reason why I didn't like him coming out with so much time still left. If he only thought 2-3 mins were going to be added, then fair enough. But you can't blame me for assuming he probably had an idea about how much time was going to get added because I certainly did. 
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