Do we overreact when our team's knocked out?

I think it is ok for Governments to be involved in Sport especially World Cup Games. The reasons; Governments spend money for these teams to enjoy a luxurious live of which not everybody experience so they should be concerned about their investments. The independency of National Football Associations should be well defined and it does not mean they are parallel to the Governments they are under the Gpvernment and have to report from time to time.

The issue of Nageria is way way out. The Government should try to build up the team through the National Football Association not to punish the players. This is the game and there are loosers and winners so those who lost tough luck we will meet next time and those who win keep the spirit.

Teams around the globe are preparing themselves for this event and they have shown that so if you use to be a winner and now you are a looser sorry go back to the drawing board do not be uncivilized and critisize yor team encouage them and build them up.

What sports are for? I fail to understand

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indeed nigeria is a disgrace to african football.all the same our hopes are on the black stars of Ghana.we hope they do as proud.GO GHANA GO AFRICA

yes, if they are a committed side. But if lackadaisical like the Nigerian team .

I no longer have respect for football referring, not that I had much to begin with.
The referring of the game is ridiculous.
For many years in football games I've seen major incorrect decisions upheld which shouldn't happen.
In tonights quarter final Ghana were denied a goal because of handball on the goal line.
Clearly if the Uruguay defender had not handled the ball it would have gone in the goal.
Instead of awarding a penalty the referee should do the same as in Rugby Union and award a penalty goal.
This means the match result is wrong and Ghana have been denied a chance to have gone through.
Uruguay have successfully cheated their way into the semi finals because the referring of the game allows it to happen.
Ergo the blame lies with FIFA, not with Uruguay.
Unless the wall of ridiculous conservatism is taken down to allow for sensible referring I will not bother to take an interest in future football matches.
Rugby Union is far superior to football which in part is due to its excellent referring and the use of the video referee.
I look forward to the world cup next year to see if England can be the only team to make 3 consecutive world cup finals.

Football is just a game so there will be always a winner and a looser and so there will be always a knocking out teams so overreacting is not ok as a looser in football is a must.

Ben:

In my humble opinion, many people start to over-react when "your" sport team is knocked out of qualifications.

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it is very sad when grown up people cannot accept the fact that their national football team has been knocked out of the world cup It has nothing to do with the government or the team manager, it is down to the players them selves, some players get very complacent about the opposition, only to find themselves out played, however it is the media to blame for all the hysteria, they paint a picture of the national side as the hero's and when the side is beaten the team are painted as the villains, after all it is only a game not some life threating situation

Ben:

Should "big countries" accept that not everyone can get to the final?

Of course, "big countries" should accept that fact in reality, but, those players (teams) are able to give the team enough resources to put together a good team in theory...With all due respect to countries that have limited resources.

~Dennis Junior~

I shall remember this world cup, not for a display of the best soccer in the world but I shall remember the injustice, and those teams who do not deserve to be in the last four. All off them are there not because they are better than anyone else but because the referee or linesman has made a mistake that has benefitted them along the way. With good refereeing (and a video referee) I think it highly likely that there would be four different teams playing in the semi-finals.

I could never be more disenchanted with our game.
It seems that every world cup has mistakes but never has there been so many. When are FIFA going to wake up?