No penalty.
VAR has made referees worse.
VAR has made referees worse.
Day 6: Wales vs Iran | Qatar vs Senegal | Netherlands vs Ecuador | England vs USA
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Well we got proof there is no bribing going on atleast. Could have given a penalty easily there.
So what? He's well within his rights to put the body between the ball and the defender, the defender has to pull out of the challenge or let him have a shot. Or obviously barge through him if you have a shit ref out there.
In what world can you just barge through the back of someone because he deliberately put himself between the ball and defender?
Surely that deserved a review. Looked like a pen even if it were soft.
I think that was a penalty.
Not for me, he's totally played for it. Steps across him to basically force contact
Exactly. Baffling. I don't even know what is or isn't 'contact' any more.
How are you guys saying that's a pen? He just putting his ass and leg out in front of the defender?
Nah not for me. He moved away from the ball to step in front of the Senegal player for no reason
How hard is it for someone from VAR to tell the referee that he should review it?
Should have been a pen
Contact is contact... But that does not mean it's a penalty.
That def looked a penalty to me. Just SO clumsy looking.
Those worries of Qatar buying the refs feel a long time ago now thankfully! He was definitely looking for it but it would have been easy to give.
And the Senegal player knocked him over. Which is a foul
Sorry but this Senegal team without Mane is absolutely not the best team in Africa. They were fortunate to even qualify for the World Cup with Mane.
@TheReligion also I’ve got an England Senegal double on so maybe I’ll manage a little smile if they win later
Incredibly smart attacking, either he gets barged through or the defender steps away and lets him have the shot unopposed. That is what every striker should do in that situation, put your body between ball and defender and force him to make a decision. Defender made the wrong decision but was bailed out by an awful ref.
Looked extremely clumsy, but I'm not completely sure that was a pen. The attacker steps across him without actually trying to play the ball while the defender runs in a straight line.
Senegal could lose this.
Senegal could lose this.
If we're doing whataboutisms with the Portugal game yesterday, then how was that contact valid but the Ronaldo goal disallowed? One rule for defenders in the box, one for the attackers?
Maybe that's the issue: they're the pot 2 team. Although Wales was pot 4 but would have been 3 if the draw was done before the play-offs.
This is why you feel like there's one big team and 3 others that are all very close to each other but none comparable to say a Denmark or a Croatia.
And even worse VAR
Aye, never a penalty. The attacker can't just decide to cut across to engineer contact unless he's either taking the ball with him or moving towards the ball.
Qatar keeper seems high.
Never get the argument of 'he's moving his body across the opponent so it cannot be a pen' thing
Never a pen - good Lahoz hasn't failed for that move from the Qatari.
i remember discussions here about taking time keeping away from officials on the pitch - its making a huge difference.
So much so it appears refs have been getting it horrendously wrong for years
He steps away from the ball to initiate the contact. If he takes the ball with him the fair enough but he doesn’t. I wouldn’t complain if it was given, but I’m not a fan of ‘playing’ for a pen no matter how clever it is.
Yup. And this was more of a penalty than the Ronaldo one, where he clearly dived for it. Deserved a review at the very least.
You're arguing as if he ran away ten yards from the ball to put himself in front of the defender. If he hadn't been tackled he would've had a clean left-footed shot still. He put his body between the ball and defender to force the defender to make a decision (ie cutting across him).
Goal Senegal
Qatar mistake
Qatar mistake
1-0 Senegal
Senegal take the lead.
That defending
Meh after viewing it a few more times it could go either way really. He does move into him awkwardly.
Qatar
He doesn't step away from the ball. If he isn't tackled there he still has an opportunity to shoot with his left foot (especially since the defender has backed off)
Jeez worse on the replay
Qatar players seem to lack basic motor functions.
Well feck me that was rubbish