Our defence isn't great but bags of quality in attack with 2 good CMs.
Day 6: Wales vs Iran | Qatar vs Senegal | Netherlands vs Ecuador | England vs USA
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Yet such distinction (if player can reach the ball) seems to exist when awarding penalties.
The officiating at this World Cup is the worst in years.
That's when I meant.
I thought it was the lino that gave that offside rather than VAR?
I wouldn't say so.
They obviously have the protection of VAR but I don't think we've seen scandalous stuff
Really lazy from the Ecuador attacker to get back onside as otherwise it'd be 1-1.
Want to take this to the whataboutery thread?
I think it was. I have a feeling he asked the ref who touched it last
Apart from the Canada/Belgium game (which was crap) I can only think of two "Big" wrong calls - Maguire non-pen / Ronaldo pen - and there are some people that think the Ronaldo one is a penalty.
What have been the other ones?
Harsh. The deflection meant the goalkeeper had no chance of getting to the ball regardless of the offside player.
Apart from the pen in the Portugal/Ghana game, I think it's been quite a lot of getting the big things mostly right, but getting a lot of little things wrong.
I thought you'd be a better team looking at the names, the back 5 is pretty good on a technical level and De Jong is supposed to be a world class midfielder. Would Depay coming in make a difference to the attack?
The only bad one I remember was Maguires one. Outside of that I don't remember anything that is obviously wrong.
I’d almost forgotten how boring LvG ball is.
Correct. I suppose there are persons that prefer past WC where there were real refereeing scandals. Var has been fine bar Ronaldo pen.
Edit: Maguire pen as well forgot it
The only three big calls I can remember them not getting right are the x2 Canada penalty shouts and Maguire’s one against Iran. Other than that it’s been decent so far tbf. Especially the Denmark-Tunisia one which the ref didn’t allow VAR to change his mind and stuck with his on-field decision which was the correct one.
Canada should have at least had one more penalty in my opnion, if not two, but other then that, Ronaldo and Maguire it's been fine.
Qatar should have had a pen today tbf.
L Martinez first offside goal is still up for debate as they never showed the Saudi left back in the decision
Netherlands aren't winning this are they? At least, that's the vibe I'm getting from the messages (not watching)
Maybe they need to bring on Depay sooner than later
Maybe they need to bring on Depay sooner than later
He about to get sub in.
it's the right decision but it felt wrong. refs don't care about feelings though (it's why they are so lonely).
the refereeing has been fine in this WC outside of the Portugal Ghana game. they've let teams be physical while mostly not letting things get out of control and most of the big decisions have been nailed.
the refereeing has been fine in this WC outside of the Portugal Ghana game. they've let teams be physical while mostly not letting things get out of control and most of the big decisions have been nailed.
I spend a lot of time in Wales, my family are from there and I have a lot of Friends in and around Snowdonia. All of them to a man prefer rugby over football. They call football Wendyball so I always get a bit of shit when I bring the subject up.
He's on.
Since the goal they’ve been 2nd best. Depay coming on now but I think a midfielder should be on as well. Just to try and regain control of that midfielder which Ecuador have been controlling.
It was more of a pen than Ronaldo's yesterday, but still not a pen...
Perfect.
Perfect. I'm rooting for Netherlands. I have a bias towards LVG , a bias towards Senegal, and I've got a bet which needs Netherlands to win
Entertaining off the pitch, mind-numbingly dull on the pitch
True.
I'm more concerned with the motm awards, terrible choices, how KDB and Ronaldo won motm for their 2 performances I have no idea. It's like they're just giving it to the biggest names.
Was talking about Ireland
Oh no
1-1
Ecuador equalise 1-1
Easy easy easy
Now they have equalised.
This system is much better. We won't have cases like Henry handball, the type of refereeing we saw in 2002 Korea matches, etc
Deserved again. Ecuador are a very good team. I can see why they finished 4th in the South American qualifying
Enner!!