Think the way he slid/jumped into the tackle was not ideal. I don’t think he had much control over it. Which is why it unfolded the way it did.
Unlucky he bounced off the ball to make it worse, but still high enough initially to bounce over the ball.
When it comes to VAR interventions, think this was one of the more straightforward ones.
Some of these penalties getting given are questionable at best.
I’m not usually much of a conspiracy theorist, but there’s been a few that have made me wonder…
Think Faghani the Australian referee in charge of England V Mexico yesterday did a pretty good job in such a high stakes, hostile game. That game was at absolute boiling point multiple times.
Also, little off topic, but football has a big problem with referee abuse especially at a local level, and we see why when the biggest event is full of players crowding, touching, pushing, pleading, deceiving the referee.
Big ups for changing a few of the rules to minimise time wasting. Players are less likely to stay down “injured” because they have to leave the field for a minute if they seek treatment.
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