Kitchandro

It’s a slide tackle. It happens in football. You’re reacting to the Paraguayan’s (intentional) somersault, not the tackle.

That’s not a red Guy you absolute fanny.

I keep saying it but these referees would never in a million years give a penalty for such a challenge. Their interpretation of the rules constantly irks me.

What a noise when that went in.

Do people still really feel this way? If Socrates and Romario and Jairzinho were in the team maybe. They’ve got one star and the rest of them are not much cop. There’s been world cups where the tournament has been worse off because they shithoused past more entertaining sides; Chile, Colombia, Netherlands, Mexico off the top of my head. They haven’t been a likeable or fun team since I was born.

Matterface will be making out this is about Brazil being amazing of course. But in reality the two teams who have been knocked out in this round have done so because they were too scared to play and decided to sit back and hope for the best. The Japan manager should resign because they are much better than this and he has stood on the sideline letting it happen.

Yeh they are getting scared and sitting back. Worst thing they could do because clearly Brazil’s biggest threat is putting balls into the box because of the size difference. They had several opportunities on the break as well and picked the wrong option. Need to push up otherwise they’re playing into Brazil’s hands.

This match is even worse than Canada’s kit.

Considering she has now given two completely different opinions on the same incident, that’s most of us 😄

Touching the ball does not automatically mean it’s not a foul. I’m actually unsure whether it’s a penalty, but it’s not obviously not a penalty.

He doesn’t win the ball though, he gets nowhere near it. He just puts his leg where the player is already swinging it. This is another one of of those occasions where there is no written rule or guidance so the referees can just make it up as they go along. Everything is open to interpretation. EDIT: Looking again, he does slightly touch the ball tbf. But it’s not a ‘clean tackle’.

Absolutely horrendous atmosphere.

Matterface: ‘after the euphoria of the two goals’ He has to be a parody. Does he even think before he says anything.

Playing a big slow man up front by himself isn’t necessarily the best tactic. Why is every manager always terrified of even trying 2 up front. Even when we had a world class quick bloke who was English a few years ago.

When You’re Smiling doesn’t take off because our fans are shit. A good fanbase would easily make it work. Just like Leeds and Norwich make their awful songs work.

What is it with kits these days moving away from tradition. France, Colombia, Croatia away kit, the Czechs. I wouldn’t mind if they were nicer colour combos but they’re objectively less bright and colourful.

Disgrace if they go through after that. Stupid tournament.

They praise the VAR for disallowing the goal rather than criticising the ref for missing an obvious foul. ’That goal will be declined’ **** off.

Pundits always sound surprised that France are disjointed or boring or playing with the handbrake on. It’s how they’ve always been under Deschamps. They only ever do just enough. Like one of those horses that idles in front.

Stopping the game because it hit someone in the shoulder? Come on now.

Nope, let’s lay out our demands from the start so we’re clear on what’s acceptable. Either we make the other teams ‘roll over’ or it’s not good enough. • Promotion • Exciting football • Promising young players being signed / coming through • Signs of mental toughness and team spirit Anything less than that will not be a successful season.

It’s extremely clear and obvious. No idea what the ref was playing at not giving it. Anyway he’s missed it.

It’s a blatant penalty. At least one of the two players has hacked him down.

I swear Danny Murphy just says things he knows are wrong to wind viewers like myself up. ‘yeh I think he got the ball’. If two players have slide tackled someone at the same time, they can’t possibly have both got the ball, Danny 😂

I don’t know where this idea has come from that England fans are hooligans but Scottish fans are loveable. Has no one heard of the Glasgow derby? Scottish fans are liked for behaviour like jumping into fountains and excessive alcohol consumption, which England fans would be called disrespectful and embarrassing for.