Match 1: MEX : RSA - SAMPAIO (BRA)

It admittedly wasn't his strong point.

 

What does sampaio do that is strange, whistle-wise?

 

We need more referees to officiate like him Overall great performance from him and all the team

 

Not a fan of that style. Especially at tournaments with multiple fields

 

Ah yes I see it I nthe highlights now. Very odd.




23 minute highlight package. I see you guys were complaining about the first yellow card being soft. It’s clear. All the cards were clear, only disappointing thing was not calling a foul for the impeding with contact by the Mexico player for a FK for South Africa who drew the violent conduct against him. I don’t think it would be a SPA YC on its own but still should be a foul for them

 

That’s a wild lunge late. Easy YC

 

The DOGSO is, not quite a hundred percent, but very much close enough to 100% for me that I’d expect a VAR to intervene if it’s not given. Especially with the law change that opens up the positions of other attackers to be considered as a factor. The screenshot above really shows it.

I really think the commentators got duped by the mirage of backtracking defenders after the attacker’s momentum had been halted. And perhaps their commentary is coloring some fans’ perspectives. But it’s clearly DOGSO and is a very good decision from Sampaio.

 

Gotta go back and look at that, don't remember anything in the run-up

 

It wasn’t in the run up, it was the foul itself. The Mexico player deliberately stopped and stuck his ass out backwards to stop the South Africa player getting around him which elicited the slap in the face to get around him. Should have been a FK (but probably not enough for SPA) for South Africa.

Ah I thought it was 17’. I guess that’s why I like when people write the minute of whatever incident they’re talking about in these threads. There’s no replay in the highlights package, if I can get the full video I’ll try to post it

 

Blatter would never

 

I was just coming back to post similar! Live I didn't see it, nor on in-game replay, but looking at your clip the impeding is clear. Live, I thought the Mexican player was static.

...I wonder if impeding there would have been a harder sell than DOGSO that was given, or if not a hard sell, more likely to run afoul of received wisdom from on high.

 

In 1994, the US had already asked for commercial breaks in the middle of each half, but FIFA refused. It was still Havelange but Blatter was pretty much the continuation of him.
https://onefootball.com/en/news/fif...ed-our-game-to-american-broadcasters-42069709

The second red was given by VAR, so to me the message is pretty clear that FIFA will be much stricter on misconduct this time than it was in 2022. Only 4 red cards were show in Qatar, and all of them at the very end of games.

 

I agree on this play. But it’s not to hard to see a situation where there is an easy pass to a teammate in great scoring position or where the “covering” defender would be in a 2 on 1 or even 3 on 1 unable to take away the OGSO. I kinda felt when it came out that this wasn’t so much a scenario to look for, but one that would jump out and grab you.

 

I guess tomorrow we will find out if this is FIFA setting the tone (I kinda hope it is) or whether this was all on Sampaio's shoulders.

 

IMHO, the second one coming down from VAR is the biggest indicator that FiFA has given some directives about crack downs. I think that would likely come down to the R in MLS, but I’m doubtful it would in the PL. I think it will be interesting to see if that card turns out to be an outlier, or an expectation. (I think it is a FIFA expectation, but I guess time will tell as far as VAR intervention).

 

I agree. "Tone setter" is usually a phrase used strictly for physicality in my experience, and therefore only the VC from this match would qualify. DOGSO decisions aren't "tone setters"

You want to see a tone setter, see the ref from the Brazil-USA women's "friendly" a few days ago.

 

I found a full recording of it, I may watch the entire thing to see that. I only had the highlights package, which is what my tone setting was talking about (especially the two FRD cards)