Women's World Cup

clubchamp98 said:
There should be a addition that if any attacking player encroaches into the penalty area the keepers save stands under VAR.
How can you punish a keeper for being 1” off the line when there’s 6 attackers inside the box.
Will VAR disallow a player scoring from a rebound if they are in the box when the ball is kicked?
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And what happens if a keeper saves and is fractionally off the line and the rebound is scored but attacking players have encroached when the kick was taken. Does one offset the other, is it who encroached first (off the line or into the box) or is it simply null and void and taken again. It's going to cause so many issues
 
HomerJSimpson said:
And what happens if a keeper saves and is fractionally off the line and the rebound is scored but attacking players have encroached when the kick was taken. Does one offset the other, is it who encroached first (off the line or into the box) or is it simply null and void and taken again. It's going to cause so many issues
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I have played in goal a bit and it’s not natural to stay on the line imo.
You are taught to close a player down and cut his angles ,so your instinct is to go forward .
I can see this causing nothing but trouble.
I see what you mean and it’s a mess.
How many times will they retake a penalty.
Because once VAR is involved the next one that counts must be perfect or someone will have a valid complaint if it’s not.

A PENALTY is just that a punishment for a breach of the rules and the benefits should always go to the attacking team.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Sadly, the WC has only given us a taste of the VAR fiasco we have to come in the PL and the mens international game going forward. I hope the PL find a way to water down the usage or I can see some of the real primadonnas wanting this used every two minutes. We are heading for a game that resembles NFL and stops and starts. Unless the powers can find a way to utilise the system in a way like rugby union where its possible to hear and see what is going on and what is being checked then there will be these tumbleweed moments of confusion
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The Cameroon game was a mess because the Cameroon didn't like the decisions and the ref was weak. The VAR itself was fine and didn't take too long, it was the childish behaviour of the Cameroon team that was farcical
 
robinthehood said:
The Cameroon game was a mess because the Cameroon didn't like the decisions and the ref was weak. The VAR itself was fine and didn't take too long, it was the childish behaviour of the Cameroon team that was farcical
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The ref was a joke. Has she taken control and dealt with the Cameroon players the whole situation wouldn't have kicked off quite as much. As you say, she was weak and was a huge factor in letting the game get away from the officials.
 
road2ruin said:
The ref was a joke. Has she taken control and dealt with the Cameroon players the whole situation wouldn't have kicked off quite as much. As you say, she was weak and was a huge factor in letting the game get away from the officials.
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I don't think she (ref) expected that kind of player reaction. What could she have done? Issuing red cards would've just made things worse.
Chinese Ref has got decent English and I would think some of the Cameroon players would also have some English so it wasn't a communication thing necessarily. Commentators cited Kuwait at Spain 1982 mens world cup as something on a similar level to this so whilst it's not unprecedented it was highly unusual.
This Ref is quite experienced.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Really poor from Cameroon and really poor from the ref and VAR

She had no control of that game at all - allowed those Cameroon players to get away with a lot of poor decisions. Could have been 3 red cards

Not a great advert for VAR
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Totally agree with the first two lines, but not the bit about VAR.
I thought the VAR decisions were bang on, and that's what VAR is for, it was the reaction of the Cameroon players that was wrong, so totally wrong.
I think VAR is good because it leads to correct decisions almost all of the time, it the implementation by the officials that lets it down.

Oh, and great interview from Phil Neville.
 
After the penalty the US team "won" for their second against the Spanish, perhaps they should stay doing ballet. Looked like her laces might have brushed her if anything.
 
Looking like the US in the semi final then for England. The US look far and away the strongest side I've seen but as France have shown they can be got at defensively. Can England get a result? They looked clinical against Norway
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Looking like the US in the semi final then for England. The US look far and away the strongest side I've seen but as France have shown they can be got at defensively. Can England get a result? They looked clinical against Norway
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I am certain that this will happen "Can England get a result?"
But I can't say if the result will be a loss or a win 😁😉😂

Sorry Homie, I know you were using standard footy manager speak, but I couldn't resist.👍
 
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