Yeah. I'm pretty adept at avoiding, I rarely watch NFL in real time.
At a soccer event? I'd say little to no chance you can avoid it. Do try anyway, and I hope it works.
That is the final
Yes and no. They get Morocco instead of Croatia in the next round. That is a more favorable matchup.
Ooh, actually, yes it is. Still, you could tell they didn't want to lose. They were straining and trying hard, just doing dumb things. Blame the coach for sticking to a losing approach to the bitter end.
from the side it looked it. Overhead not so much, but it is DAMN close.
I was pulling for Belgium in 2018, I feel like that was their chance. they had the quality to beat France, but France found a way past them. Belgium are still a deep team, but their superstar players are past their prime. Lukaku missed a few sitter goals in that game vs. Croatia. He's not the same player that he was in the past.
I'm glad they stayed with the goal. if it's not clear and obvious in 10 seconds of review, I feel like staying with the call is the right choice. even if it goes against my squad...
Take 5 minutes if you need to, just get the call right.
I'm not a fan of adding extra minutes to the end of the match. it's not good for the players. that is the whole reason I was initially against VAR. I do think VAR has gotten better though and I do like that it takes away some of the terrible misses.
That is damn close. There is the tiniest bit of the ball still on the line which means the ball is still in play. As a soccer referee for 10 years I always found it amazing how often a ball would be called out as soon as the bottom of the ball was no longer touching the line by other refs which is an incorrect call. That used to drive me nuts when I had it called that way as a coach.
Well that is a ref that doesn't know the basic rules.
I absolutely love it. If they don't want additional time added, stop allowing players to take over 30 seconds to throw the ball in from the sidelines, or faking injuries. Or substitutions that take 1-2 minutes that weren't added on. The extra time this World Cup is something that FIFA has done right this time. Not every game has the crazy long minutes.
I have a better one for you. I had one of my players trip a player and she got called for the foul. The other girl then got up and threw an elbow to the face of my player. The ref called nothing on the other player no card, nothing. When I approached her about it, the ref told me you only call the first foul. So I told her fine, I'll go tell my girls anytime they get fouled they can go ahead and punch the other girl in the face without repercussions because the ref said they would only call the first foul. The ref threatened to red card me.
