Seriously. Lee Dixon is just the worst, closely followed by Danny and Murphy."Can't the linesman just run on the pitch and kick it off"
NED V ENG Euro SF
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RefGod
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I suspect there will be a divide amongst those who have officiated at senior level and those who have not. I also recognised it to be a a penalty.
deusex
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This penalty has split the forum!!
I honestly thought "they'd be SCREAMING for that in my Sunday league".
The grabbing on that Dutch freekick there was obsessive on Simon. I get it would be a big penalty to give. But he was the rear post runner and they just held him to the ground. VVD rightfully furious at the decision and getting himself in the book.
Wasn't VVD protesting the Goal Kick decision? That was a pretty poor one
I think him and Simon's are fuming about the grabbing. Maybe compounded by the goalkick.
Can't complain... Couple of contested decisions for ball out of play.
Whilst his foul tolerance for physical contact was low he was, mostly, consistent with it.
Got the important decisions correct (in my opinion) and and the VAR intervention was one that was difficult to spot in real time.
Iām intrigued as to what whoever was in the England dugout was cautioned for, as the obvious thing would be delaying the restart, but it was a Dutch throwā¦
But Iām not too bothered
I think it was Trippier.
It was a substitute, so it's a caution regardlessIām intrigued as to what whoever was in the England dugout was cautioned for, as the obvious thing would be delaying the restart, but it was a Dutch throwā¦
But Iām not too bothered
And that is the problem for me. Don't really have a problem if the decision was penalty or play on, but I genuinely don't see how it can have been judged as a clear and obvious error to have not given it. Not complaining obviously, but it feels very inconsistent with other incidents in UEFA games.
santa sangria
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Same thought here. Idiot defending. Pen YC justified.The more I watch it the more I'm satisfied the VAR was right to intervene. Think this photo sums it up for me:
If you're going in studs first like that, get none of the ball and make contact with the opponent, it should absolutely be a foul every time.
Butā¦
Football doesnāt expect a shot away and attempted block with contact to be an offence. A forensic VAR intervention here is way out of context. I think it highlights how immature VAR is. Now that this decision has been made āfor the first timeā they will have to fix it.
Iāve said on here before. I think tightening the law here would be great for football. It should be an offence. Defenders should not be allowed to foul while blocking. Making blocking shots harder is an obvious positive move for football.
But not āon the hoofā like this. The Dutch were poor today but they were also reffed out of it.
Is the phrase "clear and obvious" just an English/FA/Premier League thing? Or is it applied to UEFA/FIFA too?
It's a Laws of the Game thing. But like many terms in the laws there (ex: hand making body unnaturally bigger) there is a large amount of opinion and interpretation.