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Could you highlight when England have approached football similarly?

Spence didn't move his right foot unnaturally, he moved to protect the ball, shielding of the ball is exaggerated, the body is used to create further separation between the ball and opponent by making the body larger. As a former player (defender) ... Well the Norwegian player was only going...

As an ex player and a coach I would want my player not to have got himself in a extremely poor defending position in the first place. The defender should have been goal side v wrong side, and once he is behind his opponent he has limited options to do anything as the normal defending D...

Getting away from a leg is literally part of the body, a player will frequently use their back foot and leg to create separation between them and their opponent to shield the ball. Spence used his right foot (back foot), and right leg to shield the ball, and was keeping the ball on his left side...

Would have? Passed or had a shot. Spence could do neither because his opponent who had got wrongside clattered into him, a foul, and a consequence of careless defending where the player challenged for a ball he could never win, and he did not.

Spence deliberately protected the ball, as would be natural. The contact occurred because Spences opponent was competing and contesting for a ball that Spence was protecting, and that challenge was careless resulting in Spence being fouled. Players in possession frequently cut across...

I would now agree with you if Spence could remove his legs and chuck them in the path of an opponent that this would be unnatural. What Spence did was natural. He protected a football that was in his possession, and an opponent knocks him over challenging for the ball, a ball the player does...

Spence was in possession. Spence was goal side. And then Spence put his body in a position where he could not be challenged. Next the Norwegian player carelessly took his opponent out..

Spence was in possession of the ball and goal side. He places his body in a position to shield the ball, secure possession and in a position where he cannot be challenged. Spences next touch would have been to pass, or shoot.

Because his next action from protecting the ball would be to pass or shoot. Spences movement getting his body between the ball and opponent was natural.

In June (?) Pierluigi Collina stated there would be a higher bar for VAR interventions, I was interested in how this has been defined.

Was that pull enough to be sustained holding?

Aha so the refs forum has posters who are privy to world cup 2026 referees circle ...

So what guidance exists for these new high thresholds that are mentioned in the thread?

Is there no literal guidance?