I'm in Wisconsin and am not near FS2, what did they do now?
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The match was a complete mess from start to finish. Vela threw an intentional elbow to the stomach of a Panamanian player very early in the match. Got a yellow.
In the 22nd minute a Panamanian player hit a Mexican player in the face with his arm and hand on a 50/50 ball, there is no possible way to judge intent on the play but Geiger gave a straight red. Dr. Joe is the only person on the broadcast, in the blogsphere, and twitter who thought this was the right call.
Panama playing a man down scores a goal to go up 1-0 in the 57th minute. Mexican fans pelt the Panamanians with all kinds of food and drinks while they celebrate the goal.
Panama parks the bus and Mexico spends the rest of the 90 completely confused and doesn't generate any good chances.
8th minute Torres from Mexico is attacking in the box against Torres from Panama. Torres from Mexico fouls Torres from Panama. Torres from Panama falls on the ball where his arm glances the ball, Geiger calls a hand ball in the box and awards Mexico a penalty. No one, including Dr. Joe thinks this is the proper call, it's actually pretty brutal, worse than the penalty Mexico was awarded in the quarters. Panama is pissed, Mexican fans once again starts throwing crap. Match is delayed for 11 minutes, after the delay Guarado scores to tie the match. Extra time.
During the extra time Mexico continues to look like crap despite being up a man. They generate a scoring chance and is awarded another penalty. The foul in the box is legit, problem is it seemed to me that the play was offsides, missed by the crew. Guardado scores, Mexico goes up 2-1.
Now down 2-1 Panama now tries to score, looks better than Mexico does all night, creates chances but no goals. 2 minutes of stoppage time is awarded. Ochoa wastes half of the 2 minutes faking an injury. Panama wins a throw in deep in the Mexican end before the stoppage time expires, Panama doesn't immediately get a ball. The two minutes expires while Panama waits for a ball, instead of allowing them the throw Geiger blows full time. The Panamanians charge Geiger at the whistle, of course the players are much faster than the 300+ lb security guards employed by the Georgia Dome. Geiger and the officiating crew escape without further incident because the Panamanian captain is a hero.
Geiger awarded 10 yellows and a straight red.
Geiger should be suspended and both associations should be fined. How long will CONCACAF put up with the Mexican fans behaving the way they have been? Their behavior seems to be getting worse as they seemingly have no reprocussions.
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