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Meaning the player still takes forever to limp off, and they can still make the substitution immediately...

Anyone else seeing potential issues with the change that a player being subbed must leave the FoP within 10 seconds, but "if a player who is to be substituted refuses to leave, play continues" being left in?

Watching it again - the only touch he gets on the ball is it hitting his arse as he lands 🙃

Thought Konsa was very lucky to not give away a penalty there - dived in and took the man out first, before possibly getting a toe on the ball.

IMO 99 times out of 100 that very same tackle would cause no injury whatsoever, the referee might give a caution, and nothing more would be said about it. Should we really punish the 1% case differently because the outcome was different? If a player has an undiagnosed weakness in their tib/fib...

Agree that the tackle that caused the injury isn't SFP - think the ref had it right to begin with. First red I think yellow would've been correct had it been in the area; a poor attempt to challenge for the ball is still a challenge for the ball. Certainly didn't look like it was a deliberate trip.

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.

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.

I don't think so.

And there was little force used!

Not enough force in it to justify a red IMO. Should've been a caution though.

At least all three of the letters are in 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'... where the hell does the W come from for Curaçao?!

Does anyone know why Curaçao's three letter initial is CUW? It's really annoying me 🤣

I really don't think it does.