The Portugal v N Korea game was quite even in the first half. Not so much in the second
Chile got a hard earned win today. Only the one goal, lets hope that is enough. Chile might still have to hold Spain to a draw after Spain won 2-0; if the Swiss beat Honduras in the last game, and Spain win, it would be a three way tie on 6 points. Spain need to win, unless the Swiss draw or lose.

Although tonights ref was good, I agree the refs have been poor at times. The Chile game should not have been a 9 yellow cards and a straight red game, and some of the free kicks were just wrong (nothing happened). Poor communication from the refs and inconsistency between games. You are right about the pen for Italy, too soft, and NZ's goal was offside too. If the ref in the Swiss/Chile game had been in charge of the last Germany game, there would have been about 5 players on the pitch, and that was an average game in terms of challenges. KaKa's red card? Not for me. The USA non goal says a lot. Cant imagine anyone would have been on the pitch at the end of that game if refed by those officials; the ref's whistle was competing with the vuvuzela. On that one single note, I will quote Xabi Alonso, who called for them to be banned before the WC,
"The horns make it hard for players to communicate and concentrate while adding nothing to the atmosphere".

The opinion of one member doesn´t bother me at all ,

Was a great game and was a goal and not offside !! , he must be talking abt the first goal jajajaja not the second one good that I saw the game in hughe screen in the TV Channel offices


Thanks folks., Santiago is right now pack out full with Tourists, is our Ski season so they come from different Countries and Continents , so looks great with the Andes in front of me

Chile deserved to win, even if the goal was offside by 10mm or not I hope Chile do not have any big players suspended for the Spain game. Spain must win, Chile must not let them, just in case the Swiss win by a few goals - a game good enough to be a Quarter-Final.

Today is the day of the two tellies.

Watch this video closely , the one with the head Chile-Switzerland 1-0 looks offside for you ?? , , c´mon

It was offside!!! But it was not Gonzalez, it was Esteban Paredes, who stood offside, when the long pass to him was kicked. So the ref should have stopped the game in the second, he received that pass, before he moved the ball on to Gonzalez.

And it was not 10mm, it was clearly more than 1m...!!!