2018 FIFA World Cup Thread
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In the other one the defender attempted to get the ball, certainly enough of an attempt to give him the benefit of the doubtManicmania said:Interesting that the ref was prepared to send the player off and give a pen though, compared to the Denmark one the other night - the challenges were quite similar in that both defenders were the wrong side and deliberately stopped the striker from taking the shot.
I know one was a pull and one was a trip but neither was a genuine attempt to play the ball. Seems to be that as long as you dangle a foot out it is automatically deemed an attempt to play the ball in refs eyes and therefore not a red.0 -
IMO and obviously the refs the Danish player tried to get the ball, in fact he was very close to doing so.Manicmania said:Interesting that the ref was prepared to send the player off and give a pen though, compared to the Denmark one the other night - the challenges were quite similar in that both defenders were the wrong side and deliberately stopped the striker from taking the shot.
I know one was a pull and one was a trip but neither was a genuine attempt to play the ball. Seems to be that as long as you dangle a foot out it is automatically deemed an attempt to play the ball in refs eyes and therefore not a red.0 -
I am too afraid of answering that.sam3110 said:Berg is crap isn't he?
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Fuck it i'm saying it. England V France world cup final on the 15th July.3
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France won’t beat U R Gay and Brazil will lose to Belgium0
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Check out the reaction of the pundits on ITV.
Brilliant - Wrighty totally loses his shit3 -
Lyle Taylor recorded on his Instagram story all the players watching the England game going mental . Very good to see. Him and pearce singing 3 lions5
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Incredible that one of Russia, Croatia, Sweden or England will be in the world cup final.
I'm going with France v Brazil and Croatia v England semi finals.2 - Sponsored links:
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France v Brazil will be simply amazing to watch as be a repeat of 20 years ago0
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Sweden will be tough. I'd love to see a Russia vs England semi final. That would be interesting.2
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All European last 4 for me - France, Belgium, Croatia and lets hope England0
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Neymar was faking. No one rolls around when you get an injury on the lower leg. This is what a real reaction looks like...ricky_otto said:
Regardless of if it hurt or not. There is no need for the reaction afterwards. Nor the first time we’ve seen him roll around, and won’t be the last.Chunes said:
Try pressing down on something with the front of your foot with your ankle on the floor at a similar angle. It's an extremely weak muscle. There's no leverage. I'm sure it didn't hurt one bit.Covered End said:
Obviously Neymar was trodden on and the Mexican should have received a red or yellow card.Red_in_SE8 said:Does everyone appreciate that these players are not wearing soft soled running shoes but hard studded football boots?
But even the 7 year old who was watching with me commented on Neymar's play acting.
Please tell me you did recognise that his rolling and writhing was acting ?
Not to mention the fact that he was as right as rain straight after.
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If the England players thought the Columbia match had a hostile crowd...johnny73 said:Sweden will be tough. I'd love to see a Russia vs England semi final. That would be interesting.
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Uruguay, Brazil, Croatia and... don't want to jinx it... semi finalists for me.0
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Uruguay v France - Friday 3pm on ITV
Brazil v Belgium - Friday 7pm on BBC
Sweden v England - Saturday 3pm on BBC
Russia v Croatia - Saturday 7pm on ITV0 -
Anyone realised yet that we won tonight on ITV?1
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All four teams in Friday's matches are better than any of the teams in Saturday's matches.4
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You Americans know nothing about soccer. ;-)NapaAddick said:All four teams in Friday's matches are better than any of the teams in Saturday's matches.
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Probably. And three of them will be out before the final.NapaAddick said:All four teams in Friday's matches are better than any of the teams in Saturday's matches.
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U R Gay will beat France
Belgium will beat Brazil
Croatia will beat Russia
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Belgium vs ???? Final0 -
And Roland assumes the role of Maradona at the final and gives us all the finger when they nick it late :-(nth london addick said:U R Gay will beat France
Belgium will beat Brazil
Croatia will beat Russia
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Belgium vs ???? Final0 -
And Katie will fly in on a broomstick to deliver the trophy1
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So what?NapaAddick said:All four teams in Friday's matches are better than any of the teams in Saturday's matches.
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No way, i'd rather have Croatia.johnny73 said:Sweden will be tough. I'd love to see a Russia vs England semi final. That would be interesting.
If we get Russia then we'd have the crowd, FIFA and probably the match officials all against us. And we'd likely get no VAR decisions either.4 -
Delighted for Pickford by the way. Some of the crap aimed at him was over the top. Will shut a few people up now!6
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Have FIFA ordered the refs not to issue reds in anything other than the most extreme circumstance? No red for a headbutt in our game, no red in the SWE v SWI game, no red for Ronaldo. There's been plenty of other incidents that could have seen red, and some have even been referred to VAR and then ignored. Certainly seems like FIFA don't want red cards to "mar" matches.0
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But there was a red in the Sweden game at the end, and the Ronaldo incident was barely a foul, let alone a red.randy andy said:Have FIFA ordered the refs not to issue reds in anything other than the most extreme circumstance? No red for a headbutt in our game, no red in the SWE v SWI game, no red for Ronaldo. There's been plenty of other incidents that could have seen red, and some have even been referred to VAR and then ignored. Certainly seems like FIFA don't want red cards to "mar" matches.
The only one they have got wrong was last night, they should have let the referee look at it for himself0
