Portugal vs DR Congo

[ARF]

Anyone thinking SFP for the Bernardo Silva caution on about 12 mins? Probably not quite enough for the VAR to recommend a review, but I think the on-field call should have been red. Would have like to have seen a dissent caution for Ronaldo too, but porcine aerial manoeuvres springs to mind.

 

[cwyeary]

Anyone thinking SFP for the Bernardo Silva caution on about 12 mins?

Never at the modern World Cup. Have to remember there hasn't been a SFP red since 2014. FIFA is very happy with that being a yellow at this tournament.

 

[ARF]

World Cup or not it ticks all the boxes for me - lunging in at speed, off the ground, straight leg at moment of contact, point of contact is studs into ankle/achilles.

 

[RustyRef]

That's never going to get given, especially as the defender's foot was off the floor. I can't remember a tournament with so few cautions and sendings off (opening game obviously an outlier), feels to me that FIFA have told the officials to use discretion and common sense.