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same ol' Caps
I would say a good portion of English supporters still expect them to louse it up. Seeing Italy at the end just reinforces that.
two seconds before the penalty awarded lol.
I mean how does the ref see this and not immediately stop play?
FIFA's laws of the game state that if 'an extra ball, other object or animal enters the field of play during the match, the referee must: stop play (and restart with a dropped ball) only if it interferes with play.'
For the optically challenged. Two clear albeit light contacts. Maehle's knee on Sterling's knee then Jensen's hip. That's why it wasn't overturned.
They're what, six feet apart? If this was a second ball on the other side of the pitch, by the corner flag, of course you'd just play on, but two balls on the pitch in that close proximity, you've gotta blow the play dead. I'd assume the same rule would be in effect in the NHL, if suddenly there was a second puck in the corner while a team was on a power play or something.
Clearest view I have seen of it yet. Yes the contact was light, but there's enough there for VAR to not over turn the decision.
It's horrible for Denmark, you don't want to go out like that. We've been on the receiving end of some terrible decisions too. It hurts and the pain won't go away any time soon.
They can take solace from the fact that their players left it all on the pitch. Great performance from them.
Tampa was the first team to never have to leave its time zone. And yes, it wouldn’t have been a home game, but it also wouldn’t have been a trip to AzerbaijanIt wouldn't have been a home game. I don't think the neutrals in Dublin would have been eager to support England. In any event, this obsession with travel reminds me of such complaints about the NHL playoffs and how Western teams had to travel so much vs the Eastern teams. And well you know, the complaint never really stuck. Even if there might be some legitimacy to the complaint, it always just came off as sour grapes.
For the optically challenged. Two clear albeit light contacts. Maehle's knee on Sterling's knee then Jensen's hip. That's why it wasn't overturned.
Which is exactly why the smart thing for Denmark to do in that situation is pretend that the ball changed things. If Maehle hesitated and goes after the second ball, the play is blown deadDid any player on the pitch change what they did based on the second ball?
They all knew it wasn’t the live ball and ignored it, thus it didn’t affect play and the referee isn’t required to stop play.
As a referee, when a player is driving towards the box, you only want to stop play when it’s absolutely necessary. If instead the ball was there after a Danish defender made a clearance towards the corner flag and an English player was gently jogging towards it to recycle play, he likely would have stopped it and restarted with an England drop ball.
For the optically challenged. Two clear albeit light contacts. Maehle's knee on Sterling's knee then Jensen's hip. That's why it wasn't overturned.
It would take maybe 60 seconds for the official to jog over to the monitor and just take a quick second look at it. He doesn’t need to spend a bunch of time with 12 slo-mo angles, just a couple quick views at full speed.
Instead the bar is crazy high and fouls will almost never get overturned.
In general this has been the issue with VAR in this tournament. The bar to have the ref look again is way too high.
Yes there was the slightest amount of contact, but everyone except the biggest of homers knows it wasn’t enough to go to ground and Sterling dove.
It would take maybe 60 seconds for the official to jog over to the monitor and just take a quick second look at it. He doesn’t need to spend a bunch of time with 12 slo-mo angles, just a couple quick views at full speed.
Instead the bar is crazy high and fouls will almost never get overturned.
That's my point, it really isn't. You're talking about a 3hr difference in flight time. These guys aren't flying middle seat with Spirit Airlines. It's for me not a relevant issue and people always overstate the effect of travel in every sport.2800 km and 9000km + England played almost all Games at home. This is a big different!
My problem with VAR is that it was painted as a way to stop mistakes and it’ll never be possible. Offside and line decisions are black and white and has been pretty much fixed, but fouls aren’t. There is normally a huge grey area with fouls, and players have moved in the main from diving to learning how to be fouled. Bending the rules has evolved in line with the technology.
1990 while maybe a make-up call there was real obstruction at least, here Sterling just took a dive. If there was marginal contact it was not what made him fall. Still giving that after VAR was inexcusable.
Yeah the more i watch the more it leaves a spur taste in my mouth that is for sure.
I don't know what you are watching but there's very evident obstruction. Doesn't mean it's a penalty (especially by 1990 standards) but to suggest it was just a dive is ridiculous. Völler made the most of his fall but that's all there's to it.