Yellow seemed fair.
Day 4: Costa Rica vs Serbia, Germany vs Mexico , Brazil vs Switzerland
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Thank god that's over
Ian Darke again ... lol
Said it is a red card
hahahahah
Said it is a red card
hahahahah
Well done ref. Who is he?
Have to agree, that ref was really impressive given how back and forth (pace of the game) and physical the match was. Definition of composure.
finally ffs... get in!!!
Dele Alli is fecked with this red card review thing.
No. Had two long, pointless delays in injury time of a close game thanks to VAR, painful.
Refereeing at this tournament has been great. So much better than the clueless English refs we are used to.
The ref has a likeable face
great ref
Ref is great, calm and composed making all the right decisions. Imagine Mike Dean with VAR he'll be using it at every opportunity to get the camera on himself.
Seems like others loving him too, shows how starved we are of good referees in the EPL!
Seems like others loving him too, shows how starved we are of good referees in the EPL!
I mean if he did throw an elbow it would have been a red. Ref checked for that, because he didn't see the incident. So yeah, it was.
Thought Serbia deserved that, had a bit more about them in final third.
Another excellent refereeing performance.
Do they really need to go the NFL way with the Var why not have them show it on the big screens where they are available like rugby
They really need a better striker, dominant and created chances but mitrovic looked pub level out there
Decent game that, liked it a lot.
Agreed. Excellent all game.
Matic taking on Costa Ricas entire bench for no reason at all
So far, the European teams have been on top (at least score-wise) against their non-European rivals (Iceland drew, but that obviously was a good result for them). Brazil may be the first to break that trend.
Considering nobody saw what happened, I think it's quite fair to use it there and deal with it with the game still going on, otherwise we'll be getting situations where retrospective yellows are being handed out left, right and centre, and I don't think anybody wants that.
However, the downside is that it might set a dangerous precedent where a player can force a VAR decision and a card every time he feels a hand on his face by going down theatrically, considering that the Serb was trying to break free from a player holding him back.
What's Costa Rica complaining about?
Serbia did not look very convincing against a poor Costa Rica side. They're a shadow of the 2014 side.
if people didn't know already we signed Milnkovic-Savic younger brother (a goalkeeper) but released him after he couldnt secure a work permit
Both teams lack a quality striker. But still early in the tournament, no team wants to peak too soon.
Makes me wish we could hire foreign refs in the Premier League.
It was more like of you using word "we", tho you are Swedish.
Don't know why people are moaning about VAR being used. Would you rather have an extra commercial break before the next game?
Step 1 down boys. Just gotta wait for the other 2 now.
They're even moaning about it when there's a genuine incident/foul to be reviewed (ending in a yellow/red card).
Milinkovic didn't have a great game but was visibly a couple levels above everyone else on the pitch
Serbia deserved it. Not a good game tbh.
He officiated very well. Let the game flow and got every call right. Need more like him.
Why are people wondering why was VAR used for that incident? Ref didn't see it so he used VAR to check it out. It's great, nothing goes unnoticed.
That Rukavina sub sums us up in essence, instead of going for it, we pussy out, go into safe mode to run as less as possible.
VAR fecked up there. That scuffle with Matic, the #9 for Costa Rica shouldve been sent off. Slapped Milovojevic clearly. Tsn analyzing it now with Howard Webb, pretty obvious when they highlight it.
If you don't talk about big teams, but two middle tier teams playing against each other, I think Serbia is solid all around. Plus they have one of the best Fullback in the tournament and 2 of the best midfielders around. That is not enough of course to hack it against the likes of Brazil, but I think they compare favorably against other mid-tier teams like Switzerland or Sweden.
So when the VAR told the referee to check that incident, it was because they deemed it a red card. Ref checked and decided to give yellow. Fantastic from the ref, poor from VAR that was never a red card.
Fingers crossed for you fella.