That red card was BS, wasn’t it?
Letter of the law, no. Spirit of the law, yes. VAR does make shit look way worse than it actually was. #4 for Bosnia finished the game just fine.That red card was BS, wasn’t it?
@larsiu The inconsistency in VAR is hard to understand. And it seems like a known issue. I know FIFA is about as F'd up, and corrupt, as our NCAA is. But man, this isn't a great look for their most important tournament. I'm struggling to come up with potential devil's advocate answers on how the call was missed live, then noticed on VAR, then looked at by the referee... and the pretty simple distinction between live action, and still frame and slow motion... evidently wasn't considered or applied... which is supposed to be a fairly central focus for the VAR folks, and double checked by the referee when they go to the monitor. FIFA being who they are... the Balogun decision, not even looking at Messi's actually worse version of the same actions... leaves open shit smelling conspiracy thoughts.
According to the new rules, intent doesn't matter. Just that the play "endangered" the opponent. But, if that's the case, there've been similar or worse challenges not even called fouls let alone given red cards in this tournament.That red card was BS, wasn’t it?
Should have been a yellow. There was no intent IMO.
Also, the fucking ref had let all of Bosnia's shirt pulling antics and Dzeko's body check on Adams go without cards the whole game. I think the US will appeal but nothing will happen.
@larsiu It does give our fans something that will unite and resonate quite a bit... "Its us against the world"... And now there's some evidence that there might actually be some truth in that, in the soccer world. I'm not usually one for these deeper biases or conspiracies... but the way that game was called, the lack of really much of any VAR attention on similar/worse fouls in other games...
So... phuck them all... go beat their asses anyways!
@larsiu It does give our fans something that will unite and resonate quite a bit... "Its us against the world"... And now there's some evidence that there might actually be some truth in that, in the soccer world. I'm not usually one for these deeper biases or conspiracies... but the way that game was called, the lack of really much of any VAR attention on similar/worse fouls in other games...
So... phuck them all... go beat their asses anyways!
@larsiu yeah but as you know that’s a different animal than cleats up. Cleats up and you risk a red. It was a clumsy stupid challenge and I’d have given a yellow but that’s the kind of tackle that can put guys out, tear shit.
I think the US will appeal but nothing will happen.
Can they even? I thought I saw somewhere they couldn't.
True 50/50. Could defend the ref either way honestly. But the game to that point had been pretty lose from a card perspective. Sucks for Balogun. Dude's on fire.@larsiu yeah but as you know that’s a different animal than cleats up. Cleats up and you risk a red. It was a clumsy stupid challenge and I’d have given a yellow but that’s the kind of tackle that can put guys out, tear shit.
I think the US will appeal but nothing will happen.
Can they even? I thought I saw somewhere they couldn't.
I also heard that the video review is final and there is no appeal
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
@goat almost across the board everyone is about the same. the difference is always those teams who have someone who can finish. it's almost everything at this point. kane is that guy. england mexico in mexico will be fun
And yet I'm watching Spain right now and they look to be in a different class, as a team.
Unless Austria is just that bad.
At 1/2 time, I told my wife I didn’t think Spain was going to let Austria play.
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