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Related: About this forumCosta Rica wants replay of World Cup qualifier against the USA
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/costa-rica-wants-replay-world-123500534--sow.html"We (have) already handed a formal report and complaint within 24 hours post-match, according to the regulations," Eduardo Li, president of the federation, told the Zona Tecnica football show on Channel 7. "We attached videos and claimed this match must be played again.
"It was terrible. While the match was being played, at the same time, machines and people came onto the field to clean the lines. We fought - we talked to the (match) commissioner, who totally rejected our complaint. These are embarrassing situations we should not accept."
The USA won the match thanks to a Clint Dempsey goal early on, but chances dried up as the snow made the conditions harder to deal with.
Oh boo hoo hoo. ?Como se dice en espanol <<Waaaambulance>>?
Meanwhile, the Miami Dolphins are considering appealing their 1982 loss to the Patriots in Foxboro:
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Just a bunch of large soft snowflakes. Even the predicted blizzard for Saturday fizzled out (except on the eastern plains). Costa Rica needs to learn how to play in adverse cold weather.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)FIFA has dismissed Costa Rica's protest against losing 1-0 to the United States in a World Cup qualifying match played in a snowstorm because team captain Bryan Ruiz did not complain to the referee during the match.
FIFA says the Costa Rican football association failed to meet the requirements of filing a valid protest of Friday's match in Commerce City, Colo.
In a statement published Tuesday, FIFA refers to a clause in its 2014 World Cup regulations.
It states that when a field becomes unplayable during a match, the protesting team's captain "shall immediately lodge a protest with the referee in the presence of the captain of the opposing team."
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