[washingtonismoney]

I don\'t know if Torres going down at the end was purposeful. For one, they didn\'t stop play. For two, if he gets at the end of that ball, maybe he gets off of the schneid and clinches the World Cup right there for Spain.

I\'m pretty mystified by the somewhat-widespread belief that somehow Spain were flopping relentlessly. From my vantage point, looked to me as if the Dutch were playing the thuggish, dirty game that van Bommel and de Jong have specialized in for quite a while now.

[washingtonismoney]

I don\'t know if Torres going down at the end was purposeful. For one, they didn\'t stop play. For two, if he gets at the end of that ball, maybe he gets off of the schneid and clinches the World Cup right there for Spain.

I\'m pretty mystified by the somewhat-widespread belief that somehow Spain were flopping relentlessly. From my vantage point, looked to me as if the Dutch were playing the thuggish, dirty game that van Bommel and de Jong have specialized in for quite a while now.