VVV Venlo 0-13 Ajax in the Dutch top flight today. Venlo were missing one player due to covid, but other than that it seems a legit result.
Their twitter - @VVVVenlo - started getting a bit fed up towards the end, which I always like to see
Andorra 3-3 England in today's U21 qualifer. England equalised in first-half injury-time, and Andorra equalised in second half injury-time
VVV Venlo 0-13 Ajax in the Dutch top flight today. Venlo were missing one player due to covid, but other than that it seems a legit result.
Their twitter - @VVVVenlo - started getting a bit fed up towards the end, which I always like to see
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
This article on RTÉ caught my eye -
And it gets better from there.Catolica were trailing 2-0 at Curico Unido on 15 October when the spot-kick was given but, while incident was being reviewed by VAR officials, the scoreboard caught fire causing a power failure and the match was called off.
Four days later, the Chilean league (ANFP) confirmed that a penalty had been awarded and ruled that the game would be played on Wednesday, resuming at the point where it left off.
Just another black mark for VAR in my eye
Ah, here. It's as much a black mark against electricity as VAR.
You can't spell failure without FAI
Electricity is slightly more useful in a broader context, so I'll forgive it.
Orlando v New York City. One of the most bizarre shoot-outs you will ever see. The fun starts at the ninth kick, with the score at 3-4.
https://youtu.be/CbZx4XZrnX4
A yellow for coming off your line? That's new for me.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Yep. Have to say the commentators were excellent in that US game. They're right that (a) you need to take a step to push off to dive for a penalty and (b) the rule can be very arbitrarily applied. If a goal is scored, I think the ref just warns the keeper, but you can see the save after the yellow/red card where other the keeper does almost exactly the same thing. What's the difference? Is it that his backwards foot it maybe still touching the line? Do we really want to get into that level of pernicketiness (as the commentators suggest)?
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
This is exactly the difference.
When we are talking about a heel being an inch off the line, it looks silly to treat them differently, but if it were a foot off the line, it wouldn't be an issue.
I think what happened is similar to other laws like offiside and handball. The wording seems sensible when it's only human eyes involved and they'll never spot the inch off the line or kneecap offside - they will only spot the 'clear' ones - but with VAR having the power to freeze things in HD, we end up with these decisions that are correct accoring to the letter of the law, but are not in line with what people think 'should' be the right decision.
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Persnickety is the American word for fussy, fastidious, or highly detail-oriented. 'Pernickety' is European and older, with early instances dating from e.g. 1808. Its exact origins are mysterious, though it may be related to the Scots pernicky. The American spelling dates from the late 19th century, and is rarely used outside North America.
Just being pedantic.
I was thinking I'd never heard of it with the s!
Ukrainian ultras stick club director in a bin over plans to move stadium (will need Google translate): https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.bli...d16213155.html
PSG v Istanbul Basaksehir currently suspended after both teams walked off.
It seems the fourth official may have been flagging an incident to the ref and indicated he should send off "the black guy" (on the coaching staff) or something similar.
Though to be honest, is it really much different to identifying someone as "the red-haired guy" or "the fat guy"? If it was just used as an identifier, then there's no racist intent to it.
I suspect we'll be hearing a lot more about this.
Kazu Miura signs on for another season with Japanese second-tier side Yokohama.
He's 54.
Elsewhere, Derby fielded 11 debutants in the FA Cup against Chorley at the weekend after their entire squad and backroom team had to isolate due to covid. Chorley won 2-0, and are now just five covid outbreaks away from Europe.
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