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Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
When this began there was snow in the forecast but nothing yet and the sun had not come up. Now I look out the window and there is three inches of the stuff on the ground. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Ref will probably call this at 120:00, despite all the missed time… -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Golden boot leader change #3 in this match. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Argentina need to be told to get the hell out of the area once a penalty is awarded. Why this takes 30-60 seconds each time is beyond me. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Messi needs an extra time goal to retake the lead on the assists tie-breaker in the Golden Boot. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Directly from source: An indirect free kick is awarded if a player: […] • initiates a deliberate trick for the ball to be passed (including from a free kick or goal kick) to the goalkeeper with the head, chest, knee etc. to circumvent the Law So what constitutes a ‘deliberate trick?’ -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
OK men, here’s the plan. Continue to play like crap for the next 30 minutes and then we’ll turn it on. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Hypothetically, if France get a third, should we have the 10-14 minutes of extra time that Argentina wasted while up 2-nil? -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
To hear the announcers describe the 2nd goal, the preantepenultimate touch by Messi imparted a magic spell on the ball that made the three passes that followed fall perfectly…..next they will be giving him credit for the goal for making the only pass available to him. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Amusing that Collina has chosen for the final a bald referee with no eyebrows…. -
Final: Argentina vs France, 3PM GMT, Lusail Iconic Stadium
McBruce replied to Darius1998's topic in 2022 World Cup Forum
Woke up in time to watch the Canadian pre-game crew decide that two weeks after Canada was eliminated, it was again time to double down on the idea that Croatia would never have beaten Canada if the coach hadn’t insulted their country (he didn’t), and failed to apologize (he did). Then they went into a great rant about the fact that the next great Canadian talent may never be discovered because we’re “not a soccer nation”, and the government should heavily subsidize leagues at all levels, because apparently talent at the game is undiscoverable unless you play 100 community games a year before you are 12. I repeat the point: at the end of today’s match we will have media from 31 teams claiming referees took them out, and that will increase to 47 in three and a half years time, especially on social media mechanized posts, but Canada is the undisputed winner of the World Cup of broadcasting self-loathing. -
Two flaws in the way VAR is developing: refs 70% sure that what they saw is a penalty are not calling it, knowing that VAR will correct if obvious. Second, it has become nearly impossible to get a free kick just outside the box because referees don’t call these either, knowing that VAR will catch obvious penalties but ignoring that non-penalty fouls cannot be corrected by VAR.