Yeah there is an infuriating feeling about being told that a VAR decision must be flawless by definition when you're looking at it and you're utterly convinced it's wrong, it adds to the whole feeling of powerlessness that we increasingly feel as...
Even if it's not flawless, couldn't it be better than what we're currently condemned to simply by virtue of being decisive? Referees were always flawed but as spectators we knew their immediate decision was final, and while we'd naturally...
Indonesian Foreign Ministry has denied the reports: https://voi.id/en/news/372724
Not sure if complete bs or a case of no smoke without fire because similar reports were made a month ago, but Indonesian denials of it have been strong both times.
It's felt like an attack vs defence training match, fortunate that it's only one goal and we can still be in it, though I'm not hopeful of a turnaround.
Fully speculation on my part but the very visible public messaging from the US on a strong Iranian response feels a bit like expectation management, God knows how they'll respond but the US could be expecting a limited response that it could sell...
Belgium is an interesting and admirable case, having been one of the most brutal colonial powers in the 20th century to apparently learning the lessons of its crimes and recently becoming perhaps the strongest principled Western voice in support...