Was exactly the same last summer in the men's competitionThe knockout stages seemed much smoother.
Wonder if this would have exceeded the threshold the PGMOL are talking about. It was a penalty, but I thought the contact was less severe (almost minor) in real time and only one of the replay angles showed that it was a foul. Not 'nailed on' for me and understandable the ref didn't see it at pitch level as it was on her blind-sideA Sunday league player would say “I got the ball!”
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VAR review picks this one up nicely. Nailed on penalty.
Not 'nailed on' for me and understandable the ref didn't see it at pitch level as it was on her blind-side
Just saying that the contact looked more trivial from all replay angles (particularly in real time), except the one that yelled 'Penalty'. I wouldn't describe a review that's only conclusive from one angle as a 'stone waller', but we're not in disagreement that it was a good VAR interventionI think those are totally different issues. While I completely understand why the R could not see it (I understand less why the AR did not), I think that was a very clear penalty. Indeed, we didn't see much Dutch push back--they knew it was a penalty, too.
YesWas she cautioned for it?
If there's only one angle that shows an offence happening out of five, it's no less an offence.Just saying that the contact looked more trivial from all replay angles (particularly in real time), except the one that yelled 'Penalty'. I wouldn't describe a review that's only conclusive from one angle as a 'stone waller', but we're not in disagreement that it was a good VAR intervention