Match 100 [QF] : ARG : SUI - PINHEIRO (POR)

That's' what I thought as well. Now you have to get out of Messi's way or it's a foul?

 

105+1 So we’re back to not calling bear hugs on a player trying to head a corner……

 

Weren't they basically hugging each other there?

 

I thought in between extra time you just switch fields and kick off immediately? Not take five minutes?

 

Ah touche.

 

Why wasn't that a yellow for MacAllister at 106? No VAR review for stamp on foot?

 

Well, throwing his head back and then rolling around screaming in "pain" is one clue.

 

Messi was fouled but he certainly sold it.

 

You wait all tournament to break confed neutrality shouldn’t you do it with a referee who can knock it out of the park?

This has been (imho) the worst match of the whole tournament in terms of foul recognition - certainly the worst match of the knock-out stage in terms of overall consistency of foul recognition calls and no-calls. In fact, so bad that the inability to recognize a complete non-foul for what it was forced him into KMI he and the match didn’t need.

 

Maybe lots of us are taking crazy pills. Using VAR to identify dives would be nuts. At that point, why not just referee the entire game from the video screens, and the referee just does whatever they're told (generally after pausing).

Dives are a thing we want out of the game, and they should be managed. Sometimes they should be carded. Sometimes they should be discussed between the referee and the player. Etc. The referee should make that decision based on their feel for the game, the player, and the expectations of the event. We are supposed to trust them to make these kinds of decisions.

So if we aren't going to use VAR to identify and punish dives during open play - and @soccerref69420, I really don't think you want that - then we shouldn't be using VAR to identify and punish dives because the referee made a mistake. That's it.

I don't care what random people on the Internet are saying about the "cheat" or whatever. It's not about that. It's starting with the principle that says "VAR should be used for only the most game-critical decisions" and applying that to the regulations as written and interpreted, and making sure you think through all the scenarios.

 

Agree with every word of this

 

Unless he’s being held for a semi (which I don’t think is happening), Barton should have been the call for this match.

 

And on a related topic - this mistaken identity/diving situation has created a situation where VAR's are reviewing every single yellow card and making an affirmative decision on something else that should have been a yellow card. If they just thought the referee shouldn't have given a yellow but there isn't simulation, they can't send the referee to the monitor to remove the card. I can't think of other situations where VARs are expected to send a referee to the monitor to caution a player. It's a weird combination, and it hit in the QF of the World Cup.

 

If there are less than 4 minutes of extra time.....

 

HOW IS THAT NOT POSSIBLY A CARD

 

I agree it’s a weird situation, but I think it was a noble idea. If that was Paredes’ 2CT we would be clamoring for the mistaken identity though. Or if the card would lead to a suspension to Paredes for YC accumulation.

 

Because uniform?

 

i dont. The bottom line principle is not VAR Policies and procedures. The bottom line principle is prevent or punish cheating. That happened.

 

#2 behind the suspension of the suspension for Balogun.

 

Nice call.

 

The ball was in play for about 30 seconds of the next 5 minutes after the goal was scored, between the delay in the original kickoff and Martinez pretending to be injured.