Argentinean 3rd division match between the gloriously named Juventud Unida de Gualeguaychu and Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo.
Probe launched as amateur club fakes player's death
What barmy league is this, you ask?
The LSL...
Argentinean 3rd division match between the gloriously named Juventud Unida de Gualeguaychu and Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo.
'Stray Given' was one caption I saw for that
300 or so fans at a 16K stadium watch Qatar thump North Korea in the Asian Cup group stages, since a diplomatic blockade stopped Qatari fans travelling, and North Korea only ever lets a select group of fans attend away games: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/67513572.cms
As I recall when North Korea made it to the World Cup some of their fans were later revealed to be Chinese.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
One goal separated four teams at the end of the Asian Cup group stage when it came to the third place sides moving forward - 2 "disciplinary points" of a difference sent Lebanon home and Vietnam to the knockouts. Lebanon needed to beat North Korea by four but managed a winning margin of three. How devastating must that have been?
And in additional news from the Asian Cup, Qatar players get shoes thrown at them by UAE's fans after strolling through their semi-final against the hosts 4-0: https://www.theguardian.com/football...-against-japan
Qatar making it to the final is notable enough on its own. Obviously some work has been done on that team since they were awarded the World Cup.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Lecce v Ascoli in Serie B was abandoned this evening after effectively seven seconds. The very first challenge resulted in a clash of heads and a nasty landing for Lecce's Scavone. Certainly knocked out cold; maybe worse. Ambulance drove onto the pitch to take him to hospital, and that was the end of the game. No news as yet on his condition
Was reminded of the above when reading about Canada's new professional league: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46988859
Canada has three teams in MLS but lacked their own league until now. Seven teams to start with, with nearly 4'500 km's between Pacific FC and HFX Wanderers.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Cuneo are playing Pro Piacenza in Serie C at the moment. Pro Piacenza (who aren't Piacenza; that's a different team in the same division) scratched their last four games and to avoid further sanctions, they've turned up today with seven players from the youth team.
Score was 16-0 at half time, and it's 19-0 now with a few minutes to go.
Cuneo had scored 18 goals all season before this
Thrown out of the league:
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019...ut-of-serie-c/
Ah ref!
Edit- bit more on it here - https://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/sp...gton-1-4876282
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As far as I am aware, the Laws don't actually say when a ref should blow for full time, in terms of "favourable position" etc, it's all just "understood". It could do with being defined.
You'd see it blown up when the ball goes out for a corner sometimes. I guess it depends on what's been added on already, if there was time wasting, etc.
I'll admit that, before yesterday, I had no idea that a player can refuse to be substituted, and have that refusal backed up by the laws: http://theifab.com/laws/the-players-...procedure-2018
That seems a widely under-noticed example of player power over those in nominal charge of the team.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Interesting. Didn't know that. It was a ****-up by the Chelsea management though as the player was obviously fit to continue but the physio must have said that he wasn't.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Yes, he was down with cramp twice. Probably wanted it to go to penos so he could show off. Delighted when he fluffed one of the penalties. The Chelsea manager was caught between a rock and a hard place in the shoot out. I suspect he wanted to see the penalties missed by Man City rather than saved.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Over the weekend, we had 3 instance of fans getting on the pitch and getting close to/having a go at players - Tavernier at Hibernian, Grealish at Birmingham, and Smalling at Arsenal.
A big fine on the way for Birmingham no doubt. I wonder though, is it actually possible, apart from fences, to eradicate this completely. I suppose a wall of beefy security staff around the perimeter of the pitch might do the job.
You'd need a big number of guards to form a wall. 300-400 to ring the pitch anyway. Sounds completely impractical
We need to stop tying the game into inherent self-actualisation, so people don't be getting as worked up by derbies as this. But football's worth is tied up in giving self-actualisation, so that's not going to happen.
Interesting to compare the final of Euro 76, when there was a ring of fans the whole way around the pitch for the last ten minutes. Unthinkable now.
(Obviously it's dangerous too to draw conclusions on one highly unusual day's events)
Most of the suggested solutions seem to be just to hit the home club so hard (points deduction, games behind closed doors) that they will be forced into their own actions...but I'm not sure you can ever guarantee that security measures will prevent it, short of perimeter fences.
Maybe punishment so severe that a potential invader/attacker would know they are going to be utterly vilified by their own fans? But there are no doubt some Birmingham fans somewhere who think the guy's a 'legend' (to use the most serious of the confrontations as an example).
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