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[UMFan83]

If Mexico somehow comes back and wins this Mexico City might be burned to the ground by morning. 

[Thurman Merman]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

If Mexico somehow comes back and wins this Mexico City might be burned to the ground by morning. 

I was thinking if they don't come back and win this it will burn to the ground.   If England keep sitting back like this there's almost no way mexico don't score.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Opinion from an uneducated soccer observer: Red cards are stupid.  Having to play a man down based on a subjective ruling from a referee puts way too much power in the ref's hands to completely change a game.

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A+ Match

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Somehow match of the World Cup, 2 days after the match of the World Cup

[Thurman Merman]

That was baller

[UMFan83]

Well, it might be due to scheduling for now but the US is officially the last host country alive.

Edited yesterday at 03:10 AM by UMFan83

[soccer10k]

2 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Somehow match of the World Cup, 2 days after the match of the World Cup

I'd like to throw Colombia-Portugal in the mix. These two knockout games were better, but that one is up there.

[UMFan83]

Guess the curse wasn’t a knockout rounds curse it was a round of 16 curse

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I hate them both but 5 minutes in, I realized how much more I hate El Tri.

Obviously living in LA plays a role in it.

Ochoa crying afterwards is chef’s kiss.

[BigSlick]

I’ll say this as someone who doesn’t follow much soccer this has been an incredible introduction to the sport 

[soccer10k]

Morocco-France and Norway-England should both be fun QFs. Please give us Argentina-Colombia too. Spain would be a clear favorite over either Belgium or the US, but if Portugal wins, that's a pretty even matchup also against whoever wins our game.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

¿Cuando esta el proximo juego para México?

jajajajaja

[BigbadB]

I certainly don't understand the foul that caused the England team to be a man down the rest of the game. The dude's leg rolled over the ball, which caused the contact between the two players. 

The referees look terrible on these harsh penalties that look entirely like incidental contact. It's the World Cup, dude. Let 'em play unless there is true intent to injure.

[Derwood]

I'm enjoying the irony of the chuds taking a victory lap on "Trump getting Balogun back" without recognizing that he's only on the team because of birthright citizenship

[The_Achiever]

Suck it, Belgium.  

Nobody should feel badly about that red card being overturned.  

[BigSlick]

I mean it does seem like an extraordinary measure that only happened because the president of the United States of America intervened. And the head of FIFA previously gave him a hilarious “peace prize” recently. 
 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

4 hours ago, BigbadB said:

I certainly don't understand the foul that caused the England team to be a man down the rest of the game. The dude's leg rolled over the ball, which caused the contact between the two players. 

The referees look terrible on these harsh penalties that look entirely like incidental contact. It's the World Cup, dude. Let 'em play unless there is true intent to injure.

It was the right call for a red.

And I thought the ref acquitted himself well, especially considering the circumstances. You want a bad ref? Look no further than the Uruguay-France match.

[Rcal10]

14 minutes ago, BigSlick said:

I mean it does seem like an extraordinary measure that only happened because the president of the United States of America intervened. And the head of FIFA previously gave him a hilarious “peace prize” recently. 
 

 

I don’t think they should have let him play. At least, not because the president called. That just looks bad. I know the call was terrible. But it should have been reversed earlier, if it was going to be reversed. Not after a politician stepped in and made a phone call. If USA ends up winning the World Cup it will always come with an asterisk IMO. And, of course, Trump will take credit for the win. 

Edited 20 hours ago by Rcal10

[WrigleyField 22]

5 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I don’t think they should have let him play. At least, not because the president called. That just looks bad. I know the call was terrible. But it should have been reversed earlier, if it was going to be reversed. Not after a politician stepped in and made a phone call. If USA ends up winning the World Cup it will always come with an asterisk IMO. And, of course, Trump will take credit for the win. 

If USA *WON* the world cup, no way is it coming with an asterisk because of a Round of 16 win against Belgium.

 

Their quarters appearance can come with an asterisk.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Belgium has appealed:

 

 

[mul21]

10 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I don’t think they should have let him play. At least, not because the president called. That just looks bad. I know the call was terrible. But it should have been reversed earlier, if it was going to be reversed. Not after a politician stepped in and made a phone call. If USA ends up winning the World Cup it will always come with an asterisk IMO. And, of course, Trump will take credit for the win. 

I think worrying about them winning is unnecessary.  Even if we get there, France will beat us like 5-1.

[sneakypower]

really funny to me that he's driving the bus back and forth all over Infantino

[WrigleyField 22]

Soccer idiot, but yea after watching the Quansah replay again it seems like the "he struck the ball first / the ball lifted his leg" argument feels kind of weak. It felt like a pretty desperate attempt and so yea the ball forced his leg up, but only because he had to get so out of position to get contact first.

 

That said, the whole VAR replay/slow-mo arguement seems valid to bring up and question if that's really the standard.

[Thurman Merman]

I think it's stupid to use VAR to give reds.  The only involvement VAR should have with cards is to overturn them, not give them. A red should be clear and obvious in the moment, and if it's not given then, shouldn't be given at all.