ladbroke8745
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Blatant kicking the ball away and no card.
TAA, rightfully, carded for dissent.
So inconsistent.
TAA, rightfully, carded for dissent.
So inconsistent.
Yeah that wasn't ideal...Ball went out well in their half, throw in made to be taken 5 yards inside England halfAnd another...
Tells us to go back for a throw in, further back than I actually thought, but let's them take a free kick about 20 yards further up.
He is sooo poor tonight.
Summed up very well.First things first, England were poor again. But I can't remember seeing a refereeing performance that bad in a top level UEFA competition. He showed behaviours that at times made me think I was remotely coaching a level 7 referee. Taking aside the penalty, for which I've already made my views known ...
VAR was a shambles. There is no possible way the initial lack of a penalty could be deemed a clearly and obvious error, yet the challenge by Maguire was far more of a penalty and allowed to go without an on-pitch review. Then you have a very, very obvious offside by Grealish that they spent 3 minutes checking.
- Constantly getting in the way of play. He jumped over the ball to take evasive action at least three times, then when Grealish had the ball on the edge of the area he inexplicably ran from out wide to run between Grealish and the goal. No experienced referee would ever intentionally run between a player with the ball and the goal, it really did defy belief.
- Failed completely to crack down on foul play, especially persistent and SPA. There were 31 fouls in the game, only one caution for a foul and that was for the penalty, the other two were for dissent. It isn't a good look for any senior referee to have more cautions for dissent than any other offence, not sure I've ever seen it at international level. One North Macedonia player committed at least 4 fouls, three coming in a fairly short period in the first half
- Totally random foul detection, let physical contact go one second and then the next second awarded a free kick for no contact.
I said this too. That is not considered a remotely tricky offside call to make at football league level, let alone international.Summed up very well.
Shame we didn't get to see a replay of the supposed handball shout by virtually every England player in and around the box (after Kane came on).
That offside, the assistant had a mare there surely. That was obvious to a top official, right? It's not like he's running alongside to keep up.
Consistency, positioning and offence recognition could easily have resulted in "development issues" in a L7 observationFirst things first, England were poor again. But I can't remember seeing a refereeing performance that bad in a top level UEFA competition. He showed behaviours that at times made me think I was remotely coaching a level 7 referee. Taking aside the penalty, for which I've already made my views known ...
VAR was a shambles. There is no possible way the initial lack of a penalty could be deemed a clearly and obvious error, yet the challenge by Maguire was far more of a penalty and allowed to go without an on-pitch review. Then you have a very, very obvious offside by Grealish that they spent 3 minutes checking.
- Constantly getting in the way of play. He jumped over the ball to take evasive action at least three times, then when Grealish had the ball on the edge of the area he inexplicably ran from out wide to run between Grealish and the goal. No experienced referee would ever intentionally run between a player with the ball and the goal, it really did defy belief.
- Failed completely to crack down on foul play, especially persistent and SPA. There were 31 fouls in the game, only one caution for a foul and that was for the penalty, the other two were for dissent. It isn't a good look for any senior referee to have more cautions for dissent than any other offence, not sure I've ever seen it at international level. One North Macedonia player committed at least 4 fouls, three coming in a fairly short period in the first half
- Totally random foul detection, let physical contact go one second and then the next second awarded a free kick for no contact.
Didn't watch the game, but did see the penalty. Never ever a penalty.
And certainly not a VAR intervention penalty.
This is another example that goes against peoples mindset of referees/VAR in England being far worse than elsewhere in the world
That narrative is just so lazy from fans and even some pundits who probably don't even watch European football when it's clear it's officiated differently and usually more strictly than they do in England. That is not to say they are wrong we are right but the penalty is a good example of that, whilst I stand by I do think it's a penalty, it's much less likely that would be given in the PL via an VAR intervention but I'll say it again, if the referee given it on field even at PL level, would VAR overturn it? I very much doubt it.
As another poster alluded to, if that was given for England there be much less outcry and no doubt the classic line of its soft but I can see why it's given would probably be said instead of comments like the referee wants to be the star of the show.