Match 9 - GRE : CZE - LANNOY (FRA)

All to play for in this one. The Czechs can get right back in the thick of things with a victory, especially with Greece down their central defender. Both teams will be rooting for Russia in the second match, I would assume

Expect the calls to get that much more important and the players to be even more amped up than the first match. Should be interesting.

 

saw the second goal and the cze player tackled the greece defender from behind to get to the ball , kinda looked like a foul there

 

Reminds me of the Euro 2004 semis where the Czechs were all over the Greeks to start the match and Greece weren't ready at all. No goals were scored that day for the Czechs unlike today.

 

Ref tripped, but looks like Czech player got all ball

 

Contact to the head for the Czech player - only gets yellow. IMO, it could have been red.

 

And that should have been a caution to the Greek player.

 

Eh, yellow is justifiable I think. It didn't quite reach the "De Jong" level where it was without any regard for the player's safety. I think he showed some concern and was actually trying to play the ball, whereas De Jong was just out of his mind.

 

I must have missed the foul that wasn't called that MassRef is talking about. I suppose this is why Lannoy is reffing this match and I'm at home on my couch Good opportunity to learn though (if I ever get on a pitch again myself).

 

Man, Elon is the last ref I want to do my games! No one would be left on the field! I'm just playing with you, Elon.

 

Yeah, that's my point. There was no malice involved in this challenge, just mis-timed it.

However, what if he planted his foot directly in the face of Karagounis? Not saying it would be wrong, but it would be hard to sell just a yellow in that situation.

 

That's my initial though too. I've only seen one replay and it's very hard to tell. That said, I'll defer to the AR, he's made some good calls thus far in the half.

 

howabout the goal that got ruled by offside although the players were on the same line ? am i still seeing things ?

but seriously how can you say not even close , even without the slowmotion replay you must wonder how the czech player was able to tab in the ball while there is a greek player infront of him , the defender didnt just trip and fall without anyone tackling him

i may be old but im not delusional god dam it , im not thaaat old

 

Well, good performance so far. It helps that the scoring opened up early. The Greeks know that this may be the end of their Euros if they can't pull out a result and thus, have been playing soccer, not any cynical stuff from either team. Good attacking soccer. Should be a fun second half.

 

The fact that NO ONE complained should tell you everything you need to know about that play. No way that was a foul.

The offside you speak of was very, very close. Again, only seeing one replay and it was still very tight on replay I'll defer to the AR. At full speed that is a very tough decision to make, especially since the attacker was off by a yard or more just a moment before.