UEFA Nations League

France deserved that. Benzema has been so good this season.

and just as i say that, france put one in

Pen for me

France come out serious this half, pretty irresistible

i think so. clumsy tbh

wow. this is getting good lol

Great peno, liked the confidence to have the ball set up and waiting too

Oh what football

Touch from lukaka in the buildup was dream stuff

Keeping an eye on the Euro Under 21 Qualifying score between Portugal and Liechtenstein, 9-0 at half time.

Which way

Given that there are only 15 people under 21 in Liechtenstein...

Theyll fade away in the second half so after the subs you're saying

Terrific break.

lukaku

Boom

Oh no, offside.

Carrasco def on?

What a game

lukaku has been offside quite a few times now

What a free kick.

Theo!

Amazing game.

Wow

Queuing up to hit that

holy crap. the table has turned

france were so confident in this half

belgium were so unorganized

Alderweireld and courtois must be better

Gavi looks an extraordinary talent

good lord

lol i just spotted gavi among all of the spanish squad

he does look like a 13 year old

What a riposte.

Amazing

Another fabulous game

Mbappe should score that tbh

Offside surely

I can’t understand that decision unless there was a Spain player offscreen playing him on.

i thought so, as well. but it almost looked like a spanish player touched it before it got to mbappe, which would make it on, i guess?

He’s still off when the ball was played unless he’s not interfering with play,

Yup that’s what we heard here

i thought so, as well. but it almost looked like a spanish player touched it before it got to mbappe, which would make it on, i guess?

Shot, save, top class stuff

lol i love when they get the goalkeeper to come out as well

it's so ballsy

Great finish to that

Goal should be ruled offside, hes off and its not a new phase ffs

so reading and watching examples of this kind of play, it looks like this is an attacker (mbappe) gaining an advantage due to the ball deflecting off an opponent (garcia):

gaining an advantage by playing the ball or interfering with an opponent when it has:
* rebounded or been deflected off the goalpost, crossbar, match official or an opponent
* been deliberately saved by any opponent

regardless whether it deflected off garcia, it would still be offside, because garcia wasn't deliberately playing the ball. and apparently, a lot of refs call this offside often.

however, it's not offside if the opponent (garcia) deliberately plays the ball:

A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball, including by deliberate handball, is not considered to have gained an advantage, unless it was a deliberate save by any opponent.

so, the ref must've thought garcia deliberately played the ball. his slide was intended to play the ball, but he never reached it enough to intercept and instead it was deflected, which would make it an offside, in my view.

there should be a clause added in the IFAB that a deliberate play of the ball means the opponent has possession of the ball, so it's not merely the opponent's intention to play the ball, and that way all deflections should be ruled offside

https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/offside/#offside-offence

this is insane. i feel bad for spain

Ice cold finish from Mbappe 🥶 pic.twitter.com/KVndKblXGk

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 10, 2021

Agree with that take

Spurs got the benefit of similar vs lfc a few years back and it shouldve been tidied up after that

Mbappe is offside and interfering with play its a simple call

sOUThgate

love it!

To win the World Cup, according to Paddy Power:

France 11/2
England 13/2
Spain 8/1
Argentina 9/1

Now officially a bigger hiding than 1953!

Worst home defeat since the Wembley Wizards in 1928!