Olympics: Russian Fans Protest US Embassy

[Insomniac99]

Apparently Russian fans are threatening the Ref who made the no-goal call in the US-Russia Game.

"Turn the referee into soap!"

After a heated U.S.-Russia hockey match at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, many Russian spectators have decided the cold war is back -- and not just on the ice.

Demonstrators gathered in Moscow on Monday to protest a official's call disallowing a goal by Russia late in regulation of a game ultimately won by the U.S. in a penalty shootout.

Russian fans are angry a goal was disallowed late in Saturday's preliminary round game after U.S. goalie Jonathan Quick knocked the net off its mooring.
The protesters, organized by a Kremlin party youth group, donned Russian hockey jerseys and shouted, "Make soap out of the ref!" -- a common expression among Russian soccer fans.

"Turn to soap" is in reference to killing someone and turning their body into soap.


http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/...ey-fans-protest-disallowed-goal-united-states

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[CanadienShark]

Well that escalated quickly...

Seriously, I was upset at the call. That said, it is technically part of the rules, so it was the correct call.

 

[SoundAndFury]

What a jokesters Making such fuss about the call which was correct in the Olympics organized by their own country

 

[Xokkeu]

Well don't they look stupid.

 

[Insomniac99]

Well that escalated quickly...

Seriously, I was upset at the call. That said, it is technically part of the rules, so it was the correct call.

I agree. You could certainly argue that it was on purpose. If anything, the rule needs to be changed to account for that.

But what they don't seem to realize, is that loss gave them a much easier road to gold.
They get to skip out on playing Switzerland, the US, and Canada until the gold medal game.

 

[Noisespektrum]

Bad call, Bad rule, but it was the prelims pretty much. Might want to look ahead rather than dwell on this.

 

[member 151739]

I'm going to close this before it gets ugly.