Spain v USA
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Spain v USA
Great start, 1-1 already.
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Surprisingly a decent game so far. USA should be 2-1 up after an absolute peach of a ball through.
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Yanks looking like scoring with every attack.
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If they were going to VAR for that penalty why not do it straight away rather than lining everyone up and then deciding to review. VAR has been a farce in this tournament.
Personally I think it was soft but those are the penalties that get given nowadays.
Personally I think it was soft but those are the penalties that get given nowadays.
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Peno scored, 2-1 USA
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I like VAR.
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To be frank, Frank, I don't.
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Ridiculous decision, never a penalty, I fear for football with var this year.
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Contact was certainly made.Shore claret wrote:Ridiculous decision, never a penalty, I fear for football with var this year.
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Me too and I was a strong pro VAR supporter.Shore claret wrote:Ridiculous decision, never a penalty, I fear for football with var this year.
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So any contact whatsoever inside the area is a penalty ?FactualFrank wrote:Contact was certainly made.
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I managed to catch the second half. USA have some talented players. Can't see anyone beating them unless they 'throw one in' so to speak. Also Spain have come a long way in a short space of time.
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It is already in France & Germany!FCBurnley wrote:So any contact whatsoever inside the area is a penalty ?
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I'm not watching the game...VAR is crap though.
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I thought we were talking about the penalty in this game for the USA to go 2-1 up?FCBurnley wrote:So any contact whatsoever inside the area is a penalty ?
If so, then the contact caused the USA player to go down so it was a penalty.
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FactualFrank wrote:I thought we were talking about the penalty in this game for the USA to go 2-1 up?
If so, then the contact caused the USA player to go down so it was a penalty.
This is exactly why the big 6 will get more pens next season. Be careful what you wish for.
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She barely touched her leg, if this is the future i don't want to watchFactualFrank wrote:I thought we were talking about the penalty in this game for the USA to go 2-1 up?
If so, then the contact caused the USA player to go down so it was a penalty.
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The contact did cause the player to go down in that she felt the contact and decided to go down. I would be surprised if the actual contact was sufficient to physically cause her to go down though. It looked very minimal from the TV pictures.FactualFrank wrote:I thought we were talking about the penalty in this game for the USA to go 2-1 up?
If so, then the contact caused the USA player to go down so it was a penalty.
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You have to hope that the use/application of VAR will be better with the standard of officiating in the PL.
In the WWC I'd say it's the officiating rather than VAR that's been the problem. Either referees have been told to refer everything regardless of how obvious (handball in the Canada v Sweden game tonight) or they are using it as protection against taking personal responsibility for any contentious decision.
I have some sympathy for the referee in England's match yesterday in that I've never seen a reaction like Cameroon's in my (admittedly limited) viewing of the women's game - but her failure to deal with their refusal to re-start after England's second was the root cause of the problem - the key decisions in that game were called correctly as a result of VAR - you can only assume the England penalty and the red-card tackle on Houghton were side-stepped to try and protect the carefully manufactured perception of the women's game from further controversy.
In the WWC I'd say it's the officiating rather than VAR that's been the problem. Either referees have been told to refer everything regardless of how obvious (handball in the Canada v Sweden game tonight) or they are using it as protection against taking personal responsibility for any contentious decision.
I have some sympathy for the referee in England's match yesterday in that I've never seen a reaction like Cameroon's in my (admittedly limited) viewing of the women's game - but her failure to deal with their refusal to re-start after England's second was the root cause of the problem - the key decisions in that game were called correctly as a result of VAR - you can only assume the England penalty and the red-card tackle on Houghton were side-stepped to try and protect the carefully manufactured perception of the women's game from further controversy.