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Originally Posted by Alf
Mexico's failing is mostly due to bad coaching I think. They removed an offensive player 'Dos Santos' (who actually was the scorer) and replaced him by 'Aquino' who did nothing after coming in. This killed the team momentum and heart as you call it.
On the other hand Nederlands didn't steal the win. They totally earned it on the field but they can thank the Mexican coach.
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Don\'t worry, I'm sure the coach will be humble and admit the decision didn't work out even if he would do it again.
"It seems to me that the reason was the referee, he left us outside the next stage," Herrera said. "If the referee starts marking faults that don't exist and in the end if he invents a penalty of that size you leave the World Cup because of circumstances that are not in your control.
"I repeat, in four matches that we played, in three, I repeat three, we had referees against Mexico," Herrera said. "Two goals against Cameroon, two penalties in one same play against Croatia and today a penalty against us. That at least we expect that the referee will take a look at that and that this gentleman goes home just like us."
Marquez will also take it well;
"It was not a penalty and I didn't touch him," Marquez said of Robben. "He hit me. The referee believed that it was my touch and whistled the penalty. Of the 10 fouls that Robben commits, five are not called and that is not 'fair play.'"
OK, you did not touch him, but he hit you. Ummmm, that means you touched him I think.
No team can be as psychotic as Uruguay, but Mexico looks like they are on their way to a second place slot for the bitching, whining World Cup.