Cornish Steve Posted July 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 8 hours ago, Mirallas said: Technically, if France win against Croatia tomorrow, it'd be fair to have a last game between Belgium and Croatia to determine who the real second place is Good point. 1 France. 2 Belgium. 3 Brazil. 4 Uruguay. Belgium in my opinion were unlucky and are the best team in the tournament. Still, often the best team fails to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Dive leads to a free kick goal for France. VAR anyone? Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 And now a penalty kick has been given using VAR for a handball when it was clearly ball to hand. Fucking farce of a game. Mirallas and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Either Subasic is still injured or he has been given the same brown envelope the ref has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 I'm pleased Croatia and in particular that red nose tit lovren are getting battered. Romey 1878 and EFC-Paul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Wow wtf was that from Lloris? Incredible mistake in a WC bit luckily for him it wont effect the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Well.... that's pickford nailed for golden glove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, hafnia said: Well.... that's pickford nailed for golden glove Or Courtois? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12ubb3rduck3y Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Bailey said: And now a penalty kick has been given using VAR for a handball when it was clearly ball to hand. Fucking farce of a game. Clear pen Mirallas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirallas Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 When the ref whistled that French free kick that lead to the first goal and whistled that penalty, which, for those who didn't see it, not a penalty, the ref has not just stolen the world cup victory from Croatia, but also stolen any honour with which the French could have won this tournament. Utter travesty and a dark day for football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12ubb3rduck3y Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 40 minutes ago, Mirallas said: When the ref whistled that French free kick that lead to the first goal and whistled that penalty, which, for those who didn't see it, not a penalty, the ref has not just stolen the world cup victory from Croatia, but also stolen any honour with which the French could have won this tournament. Utter travesty and a dark day for football. His hand is away from his body the ball strikes his hand the ball would have gone into the 6 yard box...clear pen. His body positioning was what caused the problem in the first place. Apart from the free kick (which in real time looked like a foul) I thought the referee favoured Croatia especially towards the last 20 minutes of the game. I also think that this has been one of the better world cups for refereeing just need to stamp down on simulation. EFC-Paul, nyblue23 and Sir McGiven 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Didn’t see all of Belgium’s games but Courtois must have done something I didn’t see to beat Pickford EFC-Paul and Hafnia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12ubb3rduck3y Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, Finn balor said: Didn’t see all of Belgium’s games but Courtois must have done something I didn’t see to beat Pickford Could have gone to either they probably gave it to Courtois given that Belgium beat England twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 hours ago, 12ubb3rduck3y said: His hand is away from his body the ball strikes his hand the ball would have gone into the 6 yard box...clear pen. His body positioning was what caused the problem in the first place. Apart from the free kick (which in real time looked like a foul) I thought the referee favoured Croatia especially towards the last 20 minutes of the game. I also think that this has been one of the better world cups for refereeing just need to stamp down on simulation. One penalty decision we agree on His arm was initially down then put it up towards the ball and impedes it going into a dangerous area it wasn't natural movement whatsoever The better team won at the end of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyblue23 Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Croatia bossed the midfield the entire game as was expected. The dive for the free kick was typical of France's tournament - a bunch of cheap little bastards, but they're good at doing it and unfortunately it's part of football. The penalty was a penalty, although it was always going to be controversial using VAR in the final to award one. The other two goals were just well taken goals from a side playing against an open defense trying desperately to get back in the game. The difference the entire tournament was the strength of Varane and Umtiti. They were just far better than every other CB pairing. Not a cross went into the box that one of them didn't get a head on. They're the only two French players who, for me, should be able to hold their heads high, not having participated in any of the shady tactics that Mbappe, Griezmann, Hernandez, Matuidi and Pogba seemed so fond of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/13/fox-sports-world-cup-coverage-soccer-criticism I found myself laughing throughout this. Especially when Hiddink was described as a blob nyblue23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirallas Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Here's an instagram pic of De Bruyne celebrating his third place at the world cup. Pay close attention to what's on the cake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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