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And that stops Article 27 being applicable how? We've already seen it used in Cristiano Ronaldo's favour to enable him to play in all of Portugal's group games. As I've already said the decision stinks, but you can't possibly claim they "had absolutely no right to do what they did" when it's...

As much as I think the decision stinks, Article 27 quite clearly allows a disciplinary measure to be partly or fully suspended, so the RBFA can quote other articles til the cows come home, but it won't make a difference. How on earth they can decide that Balogun's red is only one (suspended)...

Bring back Havelange I say. A true man of integrity.

The overall standard was always likely to be slightly lower than previous tournaments given that there are 52 51 referees for this one compared to 36 previously, but taking the France-Paraguay match out of the equation, I don't recall any other horrendous performances. As for the disrespect...

He was, but that was the Confederations Cup, so I was wondering what "issues" @RefIADad was referring to from any of his World Cup matches

Would you care to elaborate on this?

Messi's wasn't even close to being similar to this.

It's nine minutes between play being stopped and kick-off following the penalty (117 to 126). Four minutes were put up on the board at 120, so there was at least one minute added already before the VAR check etc. Few seconds here and there between 126 and 130, and over a minute sorting out...

I think it's a foul, but I don't think it's sufficient for VAR to recommend a review, given the no-call on-field.

@RustyRef please can we change the thread title to the correct country name? Wouldn't want anyone thinking we were playing against the wrong country :D:D:D I can't say I've ever had that feeling watching Kane - Bellingham on the other hand... :mute:

The six additional minutes had already been played when the ball went out - I'd presume he was (quite rightly) paying more attention to the goalkeeper being down than looking at his watch, then blew for h/t on realising the time.

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.