World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 10 (23 June)

[yankspurs]

booooo

 

[Marty]

Huge goal for the group. Mexico surely favourites to finish top now.

Good penalty too.

 

[markiespurs]

Staggering amount of penalties awarded in this World Cup so far

 

[Phomesy]

But but but it was ball to hand...

 

[yankspurs]

This is the world cup of penalties. Awful

 

[Marty]

But but but it was ball to hand...

Those who argued against the Poulsen penalty or this penalty can't be listened to. Essentially the same situation where the arm is so clearly out from the body that even when unintentional it blocks the path of the ball so clearly it has to be penalised.

 

[Marty]

This is the world cup of penalties. Awful

It's not awful though, it's the officials doing their job. How many of them shouldn't have been given? Maybe one at most.

 

[Annabel]

VAR is going to change football. So many games affected by penalties, defenders are going to have to become the most skilful players on the pitch!

 

[Sandros Shiny Head]

This is the world cup of penalties. Awful

Why is it awful?

 

[Spurrific]

Those who argued against the Poulsen penalty or this penalty can't be listened to. Essentially the same situation where the arm is so clearly out from the body that even when unintentional it blocks the path of the ball so clearly it has to be penalised.

The situations were nothing alike. The Denmark one there was less than a foot between the ball and his arm (that he was in the process of lowering after using his arms to jump as all people would)

 

[Spurrific]

England are the only team that won’t get a penalty this World Cup imo.

 

[cwy21]

VAR is going to change football. So many games affected by penalties, defenders are going to have to become the most skilful players on the pitch!

The World Cup is an outlier. After a full season of VAR in Italy and almost a full season in MLS, penalties have increased by only 4 or 5%. I imagine after defenders get used to it they start making smarter decisions.

 

[Shadydan]

England are the only team that won’t get a penalty this World Cup imo.

They'll get one tomorrow.

 

[Shadydan]

Good game this.

 

[markiespurs]

The World Cup is an outlier. After a full season of VAR in Italy and almost a full season in MLS, penalties have increased by only 4 or 5%. I imagine after defenders get used to it they start making smarter decisions.

Hopefully it will be similar to when they introduced the back pass rule, where we saw quite a few free kicks given before players adapted.

 

[teok]

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Son's trying a little too hard so far. Saying that, he's trying to single handedly carry his team. Not easy.

 

[markiespurs]

We’ve had a couple of decent games so far today

 

[fridgemagnet]

What i have found amusing after all these years is that all it took to stop encroaching on free kicks was a can of shaving foam.

Low tech solutions generally are the smartest.

 

[Marty]

I know Korea don't have the tallest and strongest players but FFS, how does a corner move end in a lucky free kick inside your own half?