No Irish, No Yanks, No Clogs - FIFA World Cup 2018

Certainly one of the best performances from Ronaldo in recent years, but pundits are insufferable when it comes to making sense of what actually happened. Here on danish television the claim that he's the best free kick taker in the world was put forward several times. It was perfectly hit, but still the first one he puts away in fucking ages.

Also, the second goal was held to high acclaim for how he "provoked a mistake" from De Gea. Praising an attacker for putting it absolutely straight at the keeper? Come one.

Regarding the Spanish team, their issues are the same recurring theme from 2014 and 2016. They probably play prettier and more fluid than any club in the world, but still haven't come to the realization that football games are won and lost in singular moments. Watching them play those little triangles, overloading one area and then swiftly shifting the board and creating spaces and behind back of the portuguese was a thing of beauty. But then as soon as the momentum builds, the foot is taken slightly off the gas when it should be punched to the floor.

now I've realised I have a choice of sports to watch Australia lose at in the twenty minutes before I have to go out and play some cricket of my own

Boycott otm, Ronaldo nothing special ur having a good morning imago

watch u don't knock over ur own stumps

ronaldo is obviously amazing and an all-time legend but he is a massive twat ffs

boycott always makes good calls about cricket itself

pax pax pax, have a good game

i'm just thankful Russia have scheduled a game i can watch before I go out, kiu Russia

Boycott is a genius pundit.

Obviously the football could be better but 11am on a Saturday really is a perfect WC kick-off time

I reckon scheduling a game in prime time for Australia is some sort of worrying scheme that I'm not aware of

That's a pen

VAR otm

otm

shut up lawro u vunt learn a rule

Tripped him on the way thru

Can't they just strap an iPad to the ref's back or something?

never a pen

Agreed. Ban VAR.

I'll put me hand up and say that wasn't too disruptive and it got the decision right

Pretty sure tripping somebody in the box = pen but maybe there's a new interpretation

no way get fucked fuck off

I mean it hurts to say it but I'm with Lawro on this one. He nicked the ball

no ball

caught man

stfu tbh

also lawro now wrong about two basic points, ref must be certain, getting ball means no foul

var will change football

woof

Lol

He got a bit of the ball first, and he touched him on the follow through..?

XP lol

lmao

That was also a pen

COP THAT YOU FRENCH FLOGS

Forever a pen.

getting ball means no foul

it's a last-ditch sliding tackle man. You're obviously going to take a bit of the player ffs

extremely stupid penalty to give away

First one was defo a pen but also football is now a worse spectator sport than it was pre-VAR.

Lol France.

Well maybe the lightest of touches on the leg.

Anyway, VAR is hilarious

He tripped him after the ball had got away, intent or not it's a foul

The most important thing is that VAR has cleared up any confusion

5Live commentary on red button ftw

VAR'S been excellent so far, love it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

getting ball means no foul

it's a last-ditch sliding tackle man. You're obviously going to take a bit of the player ffs

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thats cool

penalty tho

also he didnt get enough ball to justify taking the back of the leg of a player clearly past him once he we out of the play

if you want to get detailed, like

The ones where you get a very faint touch but the trailing leg takes the guy out are tricky

My feeling is that it was borderline but Australia were entitled to get away with it, fuck VAR

Not having to complain about the commentary would be worse than VAR for the game.

get enough ball

ah, so that's a rule now is it

as someone who punishes themselves by closely watching the A-League, I can confirm that VAR is the worst thing ever and also quite hilarious

(it wasn't that time, however)

It's not about justifying, he seemed to touch the ball and then the player on the follow through.

But sure "I have seen them given"

hilarious how youze biyiz go all PFM bytimes

xps to NN you want it subtle and a judgement call or you dont but either way thats a pen

iirc there is nothing in the rules abt getting the ball

God its great to see ye all either way tho folks

"getting ball means no foul" is definitely not a rule fwiw

although doesn't the world cup have it's own rules? idk

This is a fast moving one huh, xposts