Selected European Qualifiers appointments Czech Republic - England: SKOMINA (SVN) Montenegro - Bulgaria: EKBERG (SWE) Iceland - France: ROCCHI (ITA) Turkey - Albania: HATEGAN (ROU)
Dembele received a two-match ban which will rule him out of El Clasico, Barcelona set to appeal. https://en.as.com/en/2019/10/09/football/1570618290_386673.html
Selected European Qualifiers appointments Georgia - Ireland: GUIDA (ITA) Denmark - Switzerland: KULBAKOV (BLR) Bosnia - Finland: KRUZLIAK (SVK) Norway - Spain: OLIVER (ENG) Italy - Greece: KARASEV (RUS) Liechtenstein - Armenia: KOVACS (ROU)
Finland - Armenia: GIL MANZANO (ESP) Gibraltar - Georgia: VALERI (ITA) Switzerland - Ireland: MARCINIAK (POL) Faroe Islands - Malta: SANCHEZ MARTINEZ (ITA) Romania - Norway: MADDEN (SCO) Sweden - Spain: TURPIN (FRA) Greece - Bosnia: ZWAYER (GER) Liechtenstein - Italy: TREIMANIS (LVA)
Wales - Croatia: KUIPERS (NED) Kazakhstan - Belgium: MAZEIKA (LTU) Belarus - Netherlands: SIDIROPOULOS (GRE) Hungary - Azerbaijan: HIGLER (NED) Cyprus - Russia: JOVANOVIC (SRB) Scotland - San Marino: BRISARD (FRA) Estonia - Germany: KABAKOV (BGR) Poland - North Macedonia: MATEU LAHOZ (ESP) Slovenia - Austria: CAKIR (TUR) Bulgaria - England: BEBEK (CRO) Kosovo - Montenegro: SOARES DIAS (POR) Lithuania - Serbia: RACZKOWSKI (POL) Ukraine - Portugal: TAYLOR (ENG) France - Turkey: BRYCH (GER) Moldova - Albania: KAVANAGH (ENG)
I saw a couple clips of the Norway v. Spain. I’m curious if anyone had thoughts on the Kepa (I’m not going to try and spell his last name, I know shame on me) punch/strike in the Norway match. Mike (trash bin) Oliver gave a stone cold PK.
Decisions like these are why we were told we need VAR: https://streamja.com/A3Q9 Clearly wrong. Match critical. Going to seriously affect who goes to a major tournament. Of course, we don’t have VAR in qualifiers. So, oh well!
Yeah exactly "Oh well" is right. They complain no matter what, so let's just ref the games, get our money, and go home.
did anyone watch wales vs croatia, kuipers always remains so calm, and had 2 ugly fouls and collisions, that were only cautions, and everyone seemed to be okay with it!
R “saw” handling on a goal, so he pulled back the goal and cautioned. Even the Premier League would have reversed.... (It’s easy to see from where the body and arm were why the R thought that’s what he saw.)
BULvENG. Racism step 1 implemented around the 30th minute or so. Came close to step 2 (pulling players off the field) in the 42nd. A large number of spectators wearing dark hoodies left the stadium at that point. Play-wise not a ton going on, but I really liked the ref's communication for an offside call 10-15m inside the Bulgarian half (by a Bulgarian player). Round about the 35th or so.
A possible PK in the 37th minute of Bulgaria v England: https://streamable.com/slr1v And the communication on the offside call (actually in the 45+1, not the 35th): https://streamable.com/n689f
Not much protest, but by then Bulgaria had pretty much given up and were clearly totally demoralized by the score and the stadium problems. Might have been a different reaction in a close game. (Note: he was not actually offside in his own half. And the difference in position of the IDFK was negligible anyway.) PH
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=27846757 Maybe I still don't understand the new handling Law changes quite well enough, but isn't the penalty kick awarded to Portugal objectively the wrong decision according to the new Laws? I know the defender made himself bigger, but the ball did come off his thigh first. "If the ball comes directly off the player's own body or feet."
Explanations: and [EMPHASIS ADDED] Anyone that makes their body unnaturally bigger and then handles the ball is in violation. And, outside of England, is almost only going to be called a foul.
Not quite. There's the exception if the ball is deliberately played and then bounces into their own arm which is the case red star is referring too.