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Saw this on twitter, this should be up there with the best ever. Just have to love the dedication of the defender and attacker.
Best ever tactical fouls
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Saw this on twitter, this should be up there with the best ever. Just have to love the dedication of the defender and attacker.
Ole vs Newcastle (:
Big Joe composes his masterpiece.
And it’s not even close
He said Fergie told him afterwards that "we don't do this". I remember celebrating it at the time, as it was the obvious thing to do. Surprised SAF scolded him for it, but he is a man of principles.
When I saw the title I knew that the Ole foul must've been mentioned quite quickly. Best thing is that he just started walking off the field immediately if I remember correctly
Ramos and Alonso v Ajax
Does Suarez's handball vs Ghana count?
The most iconic I can think of is Ballack in 2002. I even found a cringy video dedicated to it:
Luke Shaw 
That was an absolute beauty by Suarez.
What was the score in this game at the time of the red?
Ramos in the CL final against Atletico at 7.10
Clear red but cunningly gambled on the ref’s naivety to escape with a yellow. It’s a 3 v 1 for Atletico but Ramos manages to chop the forward as he’s emerging out of a pile of bodies to create enough doubt in the ref’s mind to bottle the decision.
Clear red but cunningly gambled on the ref’s naivety to escape with a yellow. It’s a 3 v 1 for Atletico but Ramos manages to chop the forward as he’s emerging out of a pile of bodies to create enough doubt in the ref’s mind to bottle the decision.
1-1
On what basis are we saying it's a red though? I don't think you could argue that the player he's fouled has a clear and obvious goal scoring opportunity, therefore it's a yellow.
If you're claiming red because it's excessive force/dangerous play then I don't see that either.
Not really sure why he had to do that. It's not the player was completely through on goal or was last minute or something I think
Thanks OP
need this, funny. But yes, love the two contrasting dedications. Beautiful in a way.Luke Shaw vs Spurs
To the right a player was wide open and the scoreline was 1-0.
It's a 3 v 1. Without the foul there's a 95%+ chance that ends up with a shot on goal with the only the keeper to beat. That's a clear goalscoring opportunity to me.
Suarez handball by far
Still it felt a bit needless if there was still time (again, I can't remember the context exactly so maybe I am wrong)
The Suarez one for me was the best one. It literally got them through and was just hilarious
The guy on the ball can either play someone through to his left, who can then square it for a tap in or he can even sqaure it himself into the wide open space to his right, that's basically as good an opportunity as you're going to get in a WC semi. I agree that Suarez's foul was "bigger" though, since it prevented a literally safe goal.
Another great one:
Best is Simeone giving him a pad on the back like "Smart one, would`ve done the same"
Best is Simeone giving him a pad on the back like "Smart one, would`ve done the same"
Brian Roy or Aaron Winter pulled down someone who went one on one against Ed de Goey and was sent off. We still won the match and qualified for, I think it was the 1994 WC. Think it was against Belarus.
First thing I thought about when I saw the title of the thread.
Almost the most iconic moment of his United-career. Almost.
Winter I think? Definitely Belarus. Was also the first one that came to my mind
I think the law is intended to cover immediate clear obvious goalscoring opportunies, not potential scoring opportunites if play progresses 50 yards up the field and the player on the ball plays the right pass whilst evades the defender who's goal side.
It's a 3 v 1. Without the foul there's a 95%+ chance that ends up with a shot on goal with the only the keeper to beat. That's a clear goalscoring opportunity to me.
If VAR was around at the time I'm almost certain that would remain a yellow.
Think it was Winter too. I always used to confuse those 2. Not anymore though, since Bryan Roy is a Qanon following pizzagate believer whereas Aron winter is, well, I dunno actually.
Christ, didn't know that. Better not to follow footballers outside the football obviously!
Willie Young on Paul Allen. The red card I think was brought because of this. Young only got a yellow because there was no sending off for that kind of foul then. It was also in the 1980 FA Cup Final West Ham vs Arsenal. West Ham was lucky that they were already 1-0 up by then.
6.15 into this, I remember how gutted I was, watching this as a kid. Gordon McQueen was playing up top because he had been injured in a bad tackle earlier in the game, and we had used our single allowed sub for Macari I think. I hated Grobbelaar at the moment.
Not a foul but Suarez’s goal line save vs Ghana ended up being a worthwhile sacrifice on his part
Based on how quickly Ole caught up to the Newcastle player, I reckon he could maybe have actually gone for a clean tackle or block if he'd just kept going. Obviously he didn't want to risk it though which is understandable
Puyol fouled Robben on last minutes of WC Final. Amazingly no red card for him. Hmm..
Simeone as a player was the absolute master of shithousery and tactical fouling like this, so it was no surpriseAnother great one:
Best is Simeone giving him a pad on the back like "Smart one, would`ve done the same"
This tackle was the most important tackle ever (for us at least). We went on EURO because of it.
I was fuming later when pundits and journos talked how it was disgrace, cheating, bla bla. Opinion was (and still is) how it was not fair play move which "crushed Ghana's dreams". Bunch of snowflakes
That was very interesting when I heard that. Funny how managers see things different. Everyone thought Fergie was pleased with it.