Elite 8 - Zips host Saint Louis

[TennZip]

 

[MDZip]

3 minutes ago, TennZip said:

 

Jack was so far ahead there. You would have sworn he was offsides but it wasn't even close. 

[MDZip]

I will be shocked if this is not a PK. 

[malonepioneer12]

Not an ideal penalty kick….

 

why not just kick it hard and in the corner….

Edited 2 hours ago by malonepioneer12

[GoZips88]

9 minutes ago, malonepioneer12 said:

Not an ideal penalty kick….

 

why not just kick it hard and in the corner….

EXACTLY <smh>. Velocity is the shooter's friend on those. Seems to me far more saves have been made on PKs in the playoffs on those I'm-going-to-overthink-this-and-try-to-fool-you soft attempts.

[MDZip]

Beautiful header by Matt Dreas. 2-0 Zips! I will try not to dwell on the fact it should be 3-0. 😊

[TennZip]

 

[1981 grad]

5 minutes ago, TennZip said:

 

Great header but terrible defense.  Nobody was marking him when he scored the goal.  Go Zips!!!!

[UAZipster0305]

8 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:

Great header but terrible defense.  Nobody was marking him when he scored the goal.  Go Zips!!!!

Great teams make good teams pay for their mistakes.

[UAZipster0305]

There goes the shutout streak. I knew that couldn't last forever. At least it ended when we were up by more than one.

[MDZip]

Ugh - But still no team has put the ball in the net against the Zips even though that one counts. 

[MDZip]

crap  - now down to 10 players. I could see that certainly being a yellow but I didn't see how it met the level of red. And that also means if we win this game he misses the next game. That sucks so much. 

[MDZip]

We can't just sit in the final third and expect to clear the ball out for 20 more minutes can we?

[MDZip]

Man we've gotten no luck in this at all. Missed PK, own goal, red card. F'd every way possible. 

[Zippy87]

Why it it a hand ball when it didn't hit his hand? 

[UAZipster0305]

2 minutes ago, MDZip said:

Man we've gotten no luck in this at all. Missed PK, own goal, red card. F'd every way possible. 

Rat farts!

[MDZip]

2 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

Why it it a hand ball when it didn't hit his hand? 

Referee apparently ruled that he extended his elbow to hit it. Any part of the arm that is extended can be a handball. Could hit the bicep if the arm is extended and still be a handball. 

Edited 1 hour ago by MDZip

[UAZipster0305]

2 minutes ago, MDZip said:

Referee apparently ruled that he extended his elbow to hit it. Any part of the arm that is extended can be a handball. Could hit the bicep if the arm is extended and still be a handball. 

Such a subjective and bull$hit interpretation. Of all the things I love about soccer, I absolutely hate how games change on such inconsistent interpretation and poor judgement. That together with the yellow versus red has likely cost us the match.

[MDZip]

I also didn't love how we elected to park the bus after we got the red and were up by 1.

[Zippy87]

31 minutes ago, MDZip said:

crap  - now down to 10 players. I could see that certainly being a yellow but I didn't see how it met the level of red. And that also means if we win this game he misses the next game. That sucks so much. 

 

Wow, that's insane. Just can't call that in a game like this IMO. 

[GoZips88]

INCREDIBLY bad 2nd half. 

[AkronAlumnus]

Left in time to catch the basketball game.  PKs the difference.  Completely wasted our attempt.  Shame.

[UAZipster0305]

2 minutes ago, MDZip said:

I also didn't love how we elected to park the bus after we got the red and were up by 1.

Yep! Like prevent in football. It only prevents the team with the lead from winning.

 

Snapping defeat from the jaws of victory.

[MDZip]

I wanna puke. Plus Maryland is about to go down as well And Georgetown is down 2-0 to NC State.  Unbelievable. It could have all been set up so nicely. The highest seeded team left is number 16 Furman. 

Edited 1 hour ago by MDZip

[AkronAlumnus]

They'll lose some sleep from this one.