If they equalize. If not, I think Hungary edges Finland for the last 3rd place team on goals scored. EDIT: So much for that.
THIS GAME IS TIED 🇧🇷 VAR confirms the goal and Roberto Firmino levels the score for Brazil 😤 pic.twitter.com/bnhiVuBjty— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 24, 2021 Another look at that build up before Brazil's game-tying goal 👀 pic.twitter.com/aRHQAlPjXW— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 24, 2021 A Brazilian pass outside the box hits the ref. The ref doesn't blow the play. Colombian players let up. The ball rebounds in the direction of where the ball came from (the opposite of where the ball was headed) and Brazil continues a play (two passes) and score. The play should have been dead. There was a lot of arguing about the call. It obviously went to VAR as the Colombian players were arguing with the ref. The center never looked at video, but the process took about 8 minutes. It's another situation where the ref can be defended since he didn't blow the whistle as he should have. Brazil then got a goal to win in the 10th minute of stoppage.
Interesting thing -- I am not sure if the directive is to blow it dead if the pass results in a turnover, or any time it hits the ref. I THOUGHT it was the former, which would mean the play was fine, assuming it WAS a Brazilian pass that hit the ref.
The problem was it created a "promising attack." He was about to blow the whistle, but then he showed an advantage. It was a mess and there was likely no way out for VAR.
Couldn't it be argued Brazil was already in the midst of a promising attack? Regardless, that rule is nebulous at best and probably needs to be updated.
I always thought the rule was that the ref was just part of the game, like a goal post. If it hits him, it hits him, and you play on come what may. Was that an old rule? Or never actually the rule?
Possibly once up on a time the ball hit the ref and it led to a goal, so they introduced a bounce up which it turns out is far more controversial. Edited: by bounce up I mean dropped ball. Bounce up is an archaic term the English used to use when it was still acceptable to refer to football as soccer.
Interesting. Because if the rule is now that a ball that hits the ref is a dead ball, as a defender, I know where I'm aiming if I'm in trouble and I have a chance.
The Colombian team has seen interpretations of the law before Esta nos paso con argentina y fue balon a tierra pic.twitter.com/7ji1R0wyt7— Gustavo Oyola (@ttavo28) June 24, 2021
That was done MLS quality defending by Wales (based on the Inter Miami - Orlando highlights I just watched).
When a PBP person drops a line like "Danish deeds of derring-do" you have to figure it was practiced. Maybe not as practiced as ol' Jack Edwards with his "Mine eyes have seen the glory" line, but it doesn't seem off the cuff. A good line though, and delivered well. Great goal too.