***** Official World Cup 2026 Round of 16 Thread *****

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zgolfz85 said:

At some point in respect to VAR, I think we have to ask ourselves sure we can do it, but should we do it? There has to be some relevance to a ref doing what they're supposed to be doing, no matter how bad they might be at it.

And, for another idea…have a ref responsible for each side of the pitch instead of the entire pitch, so that they're not having to cover as much ground and miss so much. If there's a dispute, whoever is the head ref can overturn. Use VAR for the things it was initially designed for and not subjective foul calls. Red cards, sure. Standard fouls that happen 100x a game, nah.

Each ref has a different tolerance for contact/fouls, play on, etc. It doesn't work b/c one guy will blow the whistle when the other guy wants to 'play on'.
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Mathguy64 said:

Salah wasn't fouled. I have a fair challenge.

I'm not convinced the Argentine is fouled so much as he was dispossessed fairly and tried to get stepped on to draw the foul.

yeah, that wasn't a foul on Salah. The Argentine players is trying to move his foot and Salah runs into him.

better angle;

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That was a good no call, but I honestly hated the early penalty called on Egypt even though it was technically "correct".

The Argentine attacker stretched out with no intent to play the ball, he just knew he could draw the pen if he got his foot there ahead of the defender.
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My demon woke up this morning telling me he was tired. I handed him a red bull and said "come on little buddy, we've got chaos to spread".
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i like these better



fig96
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Interesting read on the disallowed Egypt goal (hopefully gift link works):

Egypt's goal against Argentina should never have been ruled out, but talk of a 'conspiracy' is nonsense
 
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