hatterson
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Just saw the highlights from the FRA/ESP game.
Words cannot describe how stupid I think offside reviews are.
Words cannot describe how stupid I think offside reviews are.
Yep, Spain with a dominant first half.
Griezmann scores in the second half, but goal is denied by video review. Rightfully.
Video review 1 Bad ref decisions 0
Portugal were up 2-0 at Half with a reserve team (bar Ronaldo) vs Sweden...then didnt show up and lost in the 90+3 3-2...shameful.
Gelson Martins was superb before being subbed off though (setup both goals), great talent.
Only watched the 1st half
Kurzawa looked lost defensively. Mbappe played it safe but smart
How did they do in the 2nd?
Just saw the highlights from the FRA/ESP game.
Words cannot describe how stupid I think offside reviews are.
I also think it's nice to get a firm opinion, but for instance the first goal was literally inches offside. Don't think this needs overturning. OTOH, the spanish goal was rightfully overturned.
Remains the penalty decisions, which is often hard to tell even with a replay. And yesterday's was wrong IMO.
All in all, the video decisions, except for the second spanish goal, were really arguable before the video and still arguable after the decision. I don't mind Griezmann's goal being overturned because he WAS offside, but by so few it didn't warrant a non goal IMO. And the penalty wasn't the right decision.
No what I mean is that refs should really not call for the video review for tight offside decisions that result into goals. In cas of doubt, give the offense the nod.
OTOH, when a goal is refused and there's a doubt, it's a good thing to ask for video review (Spain's second goal).
And I'll reiterate that video review sometimes don't make decisions right : case in point the penalty.
Why? It takes 20 seconds, and ensures teams don't get screwed over by wrong decisions and games aren't swung one way or the other by referees.
Like the Spanish 2nd goal.
30 seconds. Literally.
Why on Earth would anyone not want the right call there?
Yes, fouls are hard. Even offsides can be tough.
This is why I'd like video review to be used only in specific cases. And by the coaches, not by the ref.
As I've said numerous times : one challenge per substituion. If you fail a challenge, you can't use a sub.
"%"%% just saw video of that injury. Not sure if one can blame the pitch, but that is just ridiculously unlucky - even for an ACL tear (which usually is just an unlucky twist of the knee).
So this guy is a mercenary without any ethics, so i'm not surprised to see him play for a country he's never lived in. And quite happy he didn't amount to anything as well. Too bad because he did have tremendous talent. Maybe if he had stayed in a french academy, he would now be a quality player.
On topic, the USA rarely loses any notable players to anyone, we've only lost a few good players like Subotic and Rossi. But that will change since we are producing more players that other countries want to poach. Its already starting to become a problem for the USA in some of the younger age groups, and thats going to trickle up to the mens team eventually.