Day 10: Belgium vs Tunisia, South Korea vs Mexico and Germany vs Sweden

He pushed him as he was taking the shot so affected his aim. It's a penalty. It wasn't even a gentle push. It was a right shove in the back.
 
Build up is too slow. Germany should drop back a bit to open up space and then try to break fast.

With each passing minute, this control and hogging possession game is going to get more and more difficult. This works after you are a goal ahead.

Teams are too well organised nowadays.
 
He was on the ground already and the ball out of his control, would have been a ridiculous penalty.
On the ground already? Eh? He was on the ground after he was pushed over. Think you need to get your eyes checked
 
Not clear / obvious either way in real time viewing with one look though is it?
 
He pushes him and then trips him :lol:

That was the clearest penalty of the tournament, terrible by VAR
 
VAR makes no sense. Can anyone explain why they don't review that situation? Is it up to the referee or the VAR referees?

VAR check it. If they think it should be a penalty they recommend to the referee that he review it.

So either VAR didn't recommend a review or the referee ignored their recommendation.
 
As obvious as any other pen this comp. feck knows what the VAR fellas are watching.

Germany looking shaky and it’s so weird to watch. Looking alright in attack but the defence look all over the shop, and this Rudy guy really does look poor.
 
VAR check it. If they think it should be a penalty they recommend to the referee that he review it.

So either VAR didn't recommend a review or the referee ignored their recommendation.
Good chance he ignored. Same ref as Argentina v Iceland when the ref seemingly ignored blatant decisions. Cant blame VAR when a ref refuses to use it.
 
:rolleyes: It's better than not having it. Can't get 100% correct.
Of course, but in those situations they should 100% stop the game after the ball goes out of play and check the situation. Absolute bs the way they are doing it now.
 
Marcus Berg always falls over when shooting though. Sure, he was hit on the feet and shoved above that, but not doing so wouldn't have made a difference.

The ref got it 100% right once one considers that. Boateng so lucky! That would have been a pen and red in the old days.
 
VAR check it. If they think it should be a penalty they recommend to the referee that he review it.

So either VAR didn't recommend a review or the referee ignored their recommendation.

They probably don’t think it was one and I agree. There was no leg contact (so it doesn’t matter where Boatengs leg was) and that back contact was never, ever a pen.
 
He pushes him and then trips him :lol:

That was the clearest penalty of the tournament, terrible by VAR
Terrible by VAR, or this ref who in his 2nd game now is blatantly refusing to use VAR (Argentina vs Iceland the other game)
 
So now players know they can wrestle players to the ground, group wrestling even better, also you can shove players in the back and there will not be a penalty given.
 
Good defending from Sweden there
 
Marcus Berg always falls over when shooting though. Sure, he was hit on the feet and shoved above that, but not doing so wouldn't have made a difference.

The ref got it 100% right once one considers that. Boateng so lucky! That would have been a pen and red in the old days.
He doesn't fall over by himself though, he got clipped before he even got pushed
Edit: :p
 
VAR check it. If they think it should be a penalty they recommend to the referee that he review it.

So either VAR didn't recommend a review or the referee ignored their recommendation.
Or they didn't think that the ref missing it was a "clear mistake". That's the restriction the VAR ref is working under. They aren't allowed to correct borderline mistakes.