Day 5: Hungary vs Portugal | France vs Germany

Offside or not …Mbappe goal was so good, it should have stood
 
That was an incredible finish. Proper eye of the needle stuff. Thought he’d wasted the chance them just found a gap. Shame it was offside.
 
I hope the English FA are learning from the use of VAR in this tournament so far. Seems to take only seconds, with no tortuous line drawing.
 
It's time for Löw to make subs at least. New energy while we're well in the game
 
Harry190 said:
Tell you what, Benzema is a problem for France. He comes short too much. More of a second striker who get into Griezman's feet. Giroud would work better.
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He deserves the time to find his place. Giroud is a great second option.
 
Maybe i`m stupid but can anyone explain why the linesmen must wait until the player scores to tell it was offside?
 
Gordon S said:
Maybe i`m stupid but can anyone explain why the linesmen must wait until the player scores to tell it was offside?
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In case they got it wrong so they don't stop a legitimate scoring chance.
 
Gordon S said:
Maybe i`m stupid but can anyone explain why the linesmen must wait until the player scores to tell it was offside?
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They don't have to but the alternative is to blow the whistle, the goal never stands and then replays show that he wasn't actually offside. Isn't this much better, considering we have VAR now?
 
I’ve not liked the balance of the French team for a few years, but found it hard to argue due to their results. Very little pace in the team for a start, just Mbappé, but then they are not s one touch Spanish team either. They are a boring bunch by all accounts.
 
Okey said:
I hope the English FA are learning from the use of VAR in this tournament so far. Seems to take only seconds, with no tortuous line drawing.
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No offside was close enough to need VAR and the one that needed it, they didn't use it and were wrong (Mbappe).
 
hellhunter said:
You're right, I suppose. Just think these kind of challenges are way more dangerous and can do more devastating damage than studs showing sliding tackles.
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Potentially but challenging for aerial balls has an fairly high level of inherent danger. Any one of of heads, feet, legs or arms can smash you up good in the air with no intent at all.
 
Gordon S said:
Maybe i`m stupid but can anyone explain why the linesmen must wait until the player scores to tell it was offside?
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that's the new rule to avoid false positive offiside calls, they can always review on VAR
 
Mbappé scoring an offside goal and Löw is thinking "we can do that" and bringing on Werner.
 
Dwazza Gunnar Solskjær said:
Both players are going for the ball. If Gosens had his leg extended with his studs up it's a different story. Not every bit of physical play is a red card. We'll note that the players on the pitch didn't think it was a red.
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American footballers didn’t worry all that much about those head bangs either, until someone else did the thinking for them. The athletes don’t tend to have the best recognition of what’s the right amount and kind of pain to tolerate in the moment. Too busy being real men.
 
awop said:
No offside was close enough to need VAR and the one that needed it, they didn't use it and were wrong (Mbappe).
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Ronaldo's second goal today would've been a three minute VAR check in England though.
 
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