QuoteJust the ten goals so far today, making up the average for all those nil-alls clearly.
South Korea all over Ghana for the first 20 minutes and are now 2 down and looking a long way back,fantastic cross from Ayew for Ghana’s second goal…..
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Just the ten goals so far today, making up the average for all those nil-alls clearly.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Another belter here 2 goals in 2 minutes for South Korea!!
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Scratch that, 11 goals in 160 minutes of football. The Korean fans kept finding different reasons to weep in the stands.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Actually thought Paulo Bento was going to take a swing at the ref at full-time. I understand his rage completely, blowing up with a corner just won might be permissible under the rules but just isn't on for me. Or did it hit a Korean player maybe?
Last edited by NeverFeltBetter; 28/11/2022 at 2:07 PM.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Brilliant game that,South Korea deserved a draw aswell probably.......
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Apart from toblerone and milka, Switzerland just takes the joy out of everything in life.
Except with ham
Great Mountains.
Ok, but apart from the chocolate, and the cheese and the great mountains, what exactly have the Swiss ever done for us?
And the trains.
(Well, yeah. Obviously the trains. I mean, the trains go without saying, don't they?)
I think that's a dreadful decision for the Uruguayan handball penalty.
You're not allowed to put out a hand to help you break your fall now?
Nonsense.
Last edited by osarusan; 29/11/2022 at 8:26 AM.
Is he not putting his hand down in a bit of a strange spot though, right behind his legs? Im assuming that's why it was given (plus denying Fernandes a clear opportunity with his hand: that's not part of the handball law but I'm sure it was in the refs mind).
Edit: Watching more replays and I'm not sure. The slow motion makes it look worse maybe.
Last edited by NeverFeltBetter; 28/11/2022 at 8:06 PM.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
I guess the point is that if you're going to go to ground - which he didn't have to do - you don't get to have your hand blocking the path of the ball. Same as raising your hands in the wall to protect your face - still a handball. And it's not helped by the fact that I think it does deflect the ball away from the attacker.
It's certainly one of those that would never have fallen under "intentional" back in the day though. But this is VAR - it encourages over-analysis of these sort of minutiae.
Hopefully Uruguay don’t make it out of the group,they’ve been pretty turgid and South Korea or Ghana would be much better fun….
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That's not what the law is though.
If his hand is in a natural position in the context of what he is doing, it shouldn't be an offence:
"A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. "
He put out a hand to break a fall - it's the most natural thing in the world. The issue is that FIFA/IFAB has more or less redefined 'natural' to mean 'right next to the body' when actually, as footballers run around or twist or slide or jump, the one place their arm is not naturally positioned is next to the body.
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