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Well, aye, when asked to, it's quite simple to make a case for a red. The point is that you, nor the VAR team, have any idea whether it was an intentional arm across the face or not. Flailing arms are a part of football. There is no clear and obvious deliberate, forceful hit, that's just an entirely subjective call with context removed. The ref's view, in context, appears to show an arm being used to get himself past the player. It also shows a face that isn't at face level, it's lower down, making it far more likely to get caught by accident. There was nothing about the situation, and the game in general, that suggested the player would have intentionally struck the opponent. The ref's call should have stood. I was playing fives a couple of weeks back, a friendly kick about*, and I got an arm in the face. The lad immediately apologised, and I pointed out that I'd gone in very low on the tackle and basically shouldn't have had my face in the way of his arm. We played on without a problem, because football is a contact sport. It happens almost every week (not just to me!). I hit someone this week too, and a quick apology and it's done. I have absolutely no doubt that these incidents could be construed as aggressive with a few well placed cameras, but it's not football at any level anywhere, even at the level of my shitey kick about among friends. There was no place for a red there, it was pure projection of intent. *I'm never friendly

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What on earth was going on after the usual squad did their post-match bit after the opening game? The man v food guy pretending to be excited about Canada and his co couch occupier calling the Sweden coach Gareth Southgate?!

I'm probably alone but I can see why the second red was given. It isn't a push or a pull, and it isn't the guy just trying to get his arm in front of the Mexico defender. He leans over, swings his hand and hits the guy in the face. Modern football but not especially controversial beyond that imo.

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Just watched the highlights. South Korea looked decent and Czech Republic looked like a Robinson St Mirren side. Interesting that the BBC commentators weren't up to speed with the VAR offside for the disallowed goal. It's clear that the linesmen/lady are waiting for the quicker offside decision from VAR rather than raising their flags. It's clearly a good bit offside but the problem we have now is that the linesmen are waiting for, say, four to five seconds for the VAR indication before flagging just to avoid confusion. The gap is now much shorter but still takes away the spontaneity suppressed by the immediate flag of old. It's obviously a large improvement on what we had in the SPFL last season.

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Next game is same time as Scotland game is it not?

Typically I missed all the goals in this one.

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It's been a cracking game. Korea are a great attacking side, but defend set pieces about as well as Aberdeen.

I just checked out the rankings re. our WC group. Just to give a bit of perspective, having previously learned the rankings of our '98 group, I concluded that our 'failure' to progress was not as embarrassing as it felt, and def not as was reported. Brazil were ranked '1' ... Norway '7' .... Morocco ... '13' ..... Scotland '41' ..... Apply that to any 4 countries you like, and you'll conclude that any team ranked 41st had no chance of a point! .... let alone progress. Perspective? .... if the World's best 42 teams were arranged in terms of the Scottish league .... Brazil are Prem champs. Norway are top of the bottom 6. Morocco are celebrating automatic promotion to the Prem. Scotland are second bottom of Scots League 2 - one place above being demoted to the Highland League! This year? ... (latest FIFA rankings) with 2 of the same nations as last world cup? Brazil '6' Morocco '7' Scotland '42' Haiti '83' ...... Eighty fkn Three! ..... So .... using the 'perspective' model above ..... per the Scottish League, Brazil are Falkirk ... Morocco are Dundee United, Scotland are Edinburgh City and Haiti? .... I dunno how many divisions in the Highland/Lowland/Other leagues, nor how many teams in each, but ..... in terms o' rankings ... we're lookin' at a team droppin' out of the Scottish League goin' up against a poor pub XI .... so it's anybody's game ..... Perspective can be skewered, but expectations are best carefully managed

The second red was a complete and utter farce. If anything, the mexican should have been done for obstruction. It was completely unnecessary. Wasn't the greatest game, Mexico definitely deserved it and there was some noise coming through. I doubt the yanks will be anywhere near as vociferous. Too busy sat at tables eating their burgers on the side of the pitch

Yep, but not ridiculous for a ref to give that in real time. At least it was a proper foul. Nobody in the entire world wanted VAR to intervene for that second red. It's anti football shite. There's no way on earth that player would have been given a retrospective red in times past for that.

How were there 3 red cards in that game. There were hardly any fouls. Can see me not bothering with many games if this is how they are going to ref the tournament.

That game, if played in 1982, would have had 2 yellow cards.

And another red card That is seriously questionable as well I think

Game ruined. Aye, all of football. That is shite.

What a fecking joke that red card is South Africa down to nine men

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