Sympathetic call from the refs I guess. I'll take it. Surely that's not offside.
Day 11: Australia vs Denmark | Tunisia vs France | Anti-Football vs Vargentina | Saudi Arabia vs Mexico
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How can one prove the ball was played to him ? There have been too many instances of players never being called offside for the same stuff
Great boycott by Denmark, to be fair. Never turned up!
Well he does... if not for Griezmann the defender could just let the ball go through and not have to head it.
My betting app has been frozen for the last 5 min, somebody pushed a button too soon
Haha, that is the dumbest call of the tournament so far.
Do we have an offside thread? The rule really needs to be updated.
Do we have an offside thread? The rule really needs to be updated.
Sad to see the Tunisian fans go home, they've been great.
He could have still done the same thing as Griezmann was nowhere the ball initially
How is that offside? surely it falls under the intentional touch from a defender rule ala Lovren vs Tottenham and Garcia vs France
Justice for Hannibal. You don't deserve to go through if you keep a Manchester United player on the bench all tournament.
The ball would surely have fallen to Griezmann if he didn't head it? it was into his path.
If that kind of goal is going to be offside you might as well rewrite the offside rule so there's no confusion at all. Interfering with play or not is not really such a big grey area if you keep it simple.
Not offside. Even looked like the ref didn't want to rule it out. He watched it back multiple times.
They updated that rule in the Summer didn't they?
Griezmann was offside when Tchou plays the pass, the defender clears it and we go into the dreaded "deliberate attempt to play the ball" territory to decide whether that touch resets the offside or not
France in a group with Denmark and Australia, and somehow again possible to play Argentina in the last 16. Weird.
Spineless.
To me the offside call makes sense. Attacker does probably affect the defenders decision making and thus affecting play. Referee took his time though, so I guess it was a very close call.
I don't think so. By the time the defender headed it, Griezmann was already in another motion
That is a clear offside. Don’t know what people are complaining about. Very strange that people are trying to argue otherwise. Not controversial at all.
He wasn’t challenging Griezmann, he was challenging the French player in front of him who was in a battle for the ball with. That’s who he won the ball from, not Griezmann
That was absolutely shocking from Denmark , one of the worst games i have seen from them.
They are out and they wont be missed.
Australia showing good fight and what a class goal it was , brilliant.
Good on them for making it through that group.
They are out and they wont be missed.
Australia showing good fight and what a class goal it was , brilliant.
Good on them for making it through that group.
It was obviously deliberate.
If Argentina finish second, Netherlands have a free path to the semi finals.
I think that they messed up because he did none of the things that makes an offside position an offence.
Ah. Ok. Makes sense. Does that also explain the way the French players/fans celebrate the disallowed goal? Seemed weird to get so excited about a basically meaningless goal.
That's because of Argentina being mediocre.
I wanted Denmark to win, as the 2nd tier european teams are more likely to cause an upset in the knock out stage than the rest.
Argentina , if they win today, has kinda a free game against Australia.
He started their first game didn’t he?
griezmanns position forces the defender to clear the ball, by doing that he’s a interfering with play.
it’s one of those fine lines in the rules that could go either way.
it’s one of those fine lines in the rules that could go either way.
My point is it was the same 4 years ago
If Argentina win tonight they're on opposite sides of the draw aren't they? both group winners
Amazing day for Australians. Tunisia really unlucky. Denmark dreadful
USA do you mean
After a piss easy group. Wow. That would be something...
Yes but also I think in terms confidence, it'd have been important for them to go unbeaten into the Ko stages
Nope, came on for a few mins
Should have started Khazri vs Denmark/Australia
So how do you explain it not being called in the first place and the ref debating with the VAR refs for a while if it's so clear?
Can anyone point another similar situation that has been called the same way if it's so clear? I watch hours of football weekly and never see this called
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