Neymar's Injury And Brazil's Brutality Against Colombia At World Cup — forbes.com

Back in 1997, David Elleray a former top referee in England was asked to review the 1970 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Leeds United. That final now enjoys iconic status while at the same time being infamous for violence and brutality. In the view of Elleray six red cards and twenty yellow cards would have been handed out if the game had been officiated at a “modern” day level. Now I am no David Elleray and only 24 hours had past since the Brazil and Colombia quarter –final match at the World Cup. But I could not resist watching the game one more time. The reason? It seemed to me that the game I had watched on Friday was somehow out of step with the prevailing view of most pundits, bloggers and tweeters.

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