Day 8: Japan vs Costa Rica | Belgium vs Morocco | Croatia vs Canada | Spain vs Germany

[Nick7]

Offside surely

 

[Ainu]

Not a foul for me and clearly offside, whether he touched or not. Meh.

 

[Deery]

Offside surely

 

[SilentWitness]

Nooooooo

 

[Pintu]

This will be ruled out for offside.

 

[Drifter]

Could this be WC for the underdog

 

[Dudu]

I reckon this will be overturned.

 

[RobinLFC]

Clear offside

 

[Tony247]

Offside most likely

 

[bosnian_red]

I would say it's pretty clear that an offside player is interfering with play

 

[Canagel]

Nobody touched it. They cant disallow this.

 

[duffer]

Why is the ref checking for offside? I thought VAR did that.

 

[CloneMC16]

That should be allowed. That's bullshit.

 

[RobinLFC]

Not a foul for me and clearly offside, whether he touched or not. Meh.

Yeah both of those indeed

 

[Bole Top]

nooooooooooooo

 

[King Eric 7]

Courtois lucky.

 

[Dudu]

Confirmed.

No goal..

 

[chris123]

Er, what?

 

[The Firestarter]

so lucky again Belgium

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Yeah offside. What a shame.

 

[saivet]

Even if he doesn't touch it, clear interference. Not sure why VAR didn't just make the call.

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Feck off, ref!

You are Stan at the end of Shawn Michaels' sweet chin music.

 

[Smacky The Frog]

has to be offside

 

[RobinLFC]

Nobody touched it. They cant disallow this.

Bet you didn’t see Everton goal vs De Gea disallowed or the Ecuador goal on Friday.

 

[hellhunter]

Correct call

 

[duffer]

Nobody touched it. They cant disallow this.

The Moroccan player was right in front of the goalie. Doesn't need to touch.

 

[Nick7]

Right call. Why did the ref have to go to the monitor?

 

[TheNewEra]

Belgium are always the same, immense talent but only every play in first gear.

 

[arnie_ni]

Jenas is an idiot. The ref was called over for him to determine if he felt the player was interfering after var determined he was offside but didn't touch the ball

 

[Canagel]

Rubbish.

 

[Ahmer Baig]

Did the player touch it?

 

[justboy68]

As much as I would have liked it to stand you have to disallow that. Clear inteference all day.

 

[The Firestarter]

Why is the ref checking for offside? I thought VAR did that.

He is checking if he impacted play. The offside was already determined.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Isn't Witsel the furthest Belgian back?

 

[Fully Fledged]

Why is the ref checking for offside? I thought VAR did that.

There becomes a grey area in whether a player is interfering with play. That should still be refs call.

 

[Ainu]

Yeah both of those indeed

Phew, didn't think they'd overturn this. But it's the correct decision.

 

[arnie_ni]

Right call. Why did the ref have to go to the monitor?

To get his opinion on whether the player was interfering

 

[Samid]

Why is the ref checking for offside? I thought VAR did that.

He wasn't checking the offside.

 

[RobinLFC]

Belgium are always the same, immense talent but only every play in first gear.

We always need to play with 10 or 9 though with Martinez’ persistance to keep Witsel and Hazard involved. Damn shame.

 

[kouroux]

Without the interference, Courtois probably saves it tbh