Women's World Cup 2023 - Australia/New Zealand

[Les-TA-Jon]

Weird one. Looked a penalty initially. Pretty much always a foul anywhere else. Then you see the replays and see that Daly made a meal of it, but think, there's no way they can overturn it, given the level of contact. 

 

Just about to take it and then reviewed and overturned!? Would VAR have had enough time to overturn it if Nigeria hadn't have delayed it? 

 

And what was the odd "it's contact, not a push" line?

[davieG]

Held and losing balance and then nudge in the back to push her over. Doesn’t matter that she made the most of it. It wasn’t a clear and obvious error. 
 

Why weren’t some of the Nigerian players booked for hassling the ref. 
 

When will refs use their current rules to keep the game ‘clean’

[Vlad the Fox]

Personally don’t think it should have been a penalty, too many soft free kicks are given in the game for slight nudges or contact, players go down when they should have been stronger, if they stop getting the free kicks/penalties players will stay on their feet more. 

[Vlad the Fox]

9 minutes ago, LCFCJoe96 said:

Her’s I believe

Shame but I’m glad she’s made the decision herself.

[StanSP]

14 minutes ago, HybridFox said:

Never a penalty let's be honest. Made a meal of it

Made a meal of it but that doesn't take away the fact it was a clear barge in Daly's back. 

[davieG]

3 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

Personally don’t think it should have been a penalty, too many soft free kicks are given in the game for slight nudges or contact, players go down when they should have been stronger, if they stop getting the free kicks/penalties players will stay on their feet more. 

Or if penalties were given for holding and pushing there’d be a lot less of it and probably more goals. It depends which way you want to go personally prefer a cleaner game. 
 

That said England are being legally  physically outplayed

[Leicesterpool]

I think we need to see more of Ellen White on TV, gives a great insight also she looks so beautiful 

[trabuch]

I'm glad the half time pundits called it as a dive and not a penalty. I was starting to think I was going mad.

[Leicesterpool]

OMG the presenter didn't know she was live!  massive fail

[TJQuik]

From the first angle I thought it looked a dive but that is an absolutely outrageous overturning of the penalty

[davieG]

So that was a foul by Plumptre but it wasn’t a penalty?

[stripeyfox]

Alex Greenwood has got a superb left foot 

 

[LCFCJoe96]

Oshoala coming on, this ain’t looking good 😂

[PhillippaT]

Feels like we're getting out-muscled in this match...  

[LCFCJoe96]

****ing hell that was close!

[PhillippaT]

ARGH. Good save.

[LCFCJoe96]

Shows how important Williamson/Mead/Kirby etc are…just can’t get a hold on things without them

[Wycombe Fox]

3 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

ARGH. Good save.

If you look at the replay, the ex-Leicester player is on the floor and congratulates the keeper on the save but in doing so appears to put her hand fully on the ball.

 

Should this have been a penalty?

[LCFCJoe96]

She’s done a Beckham…****ing stupid

[urban.spaceman]

Yup that's a red

[Leicesterpool]

James may have just cost us! 

[TJQuik]

Just now, urban.spaceman said:

Yup that's a red

It's clearly an accident

[ozleicester]

deserved red

[Lionator]

What an idiot. 

[urban.spaceman]

Not sure I'm a fan of the verbal shaming.