FIFA World Cup 2026

[Owey]

Same again. Freeze frame makes that look like an awful challenge.

Real speed replay shows him in a tussle, off balance and trying to put his foot down. Comes down on an awkwardly landed Bosnian player.

As for parallels - there’s a freeze frame of Messi with his studs in somebodies calf. Nobody gave that a second look.

Agree, that wasn't a send off either

 

[bremsstrahlung]

gee. VAR really playing god in these knockout games.

There should be a penalty every corner if we are calling that one.

 

[Owey]

gee. VAR really playing god in these knockout games.

There should be a penalty every corner if we are calling that one.

Agree, that's something the game to clarify and clean up.

 

[Thieves Like Us]

gee. VAR really playing god in these knockout games.

There should be a penalty every corner if we are calling that one.

Yeah, incredibly erratic decision making from the VAR teams. It does make me wonder whether the VAR teams from outside the big European leagues know how to use the system to improve decision making.

And as I type those words I think about all the times I have complained about CAR in the EPL.

Just get rid of it!