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nygaard

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How is that a pen? He slows down his run to get contact, barely any contact
 

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I am genuinely struggling to understand how that isn't a penalty
Its one of those stupid unwritten rules of once you've been awarded a penalty in the game. It's very difficult to get a second.
 

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So that's one penalty Canada got and two Canada should have gotten. Hmpf.

Was the crowd chanting V-A-R ahead of that check btw? I couldn't make it out and then they cheered when the VAR check was announced.
 

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Belgium really lucky that wasn’t a penalty. Type of decision that the smaller teams seem to be getting in this WC. Maybe the refs feeling sorry for Belgium here. Canada look decent. Extremely athletic team. Can imagine them being a handful in the later stages of the game if they maintain these levels
 
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Belgium look like one of our performances last year against pressing sides