To me, this was the best final in a while. It was competitive. For a while, it appeared that France had given up. Well, see you all in 2026, if life spare...
What you taking about. The Premier League is back on the 26th of December. Time to go tweak my fantasy football team!To me, this was the best final in a while. It was competitive. For a while, it appeared that France had given up. Well, see you all in 2026, if life spare...
Because if you don’t follow the rules they chop off your hand over there!
I once asked about this to one of them once. I was told it's in their DNA from an early age. When you look back through history some of the most brutal games have involved club teams from Argentina.Argentina win ugly - and worse, they choose to win ugly - and that is why I dislike them, notwithstanding their undoubted wealth of footballing talent.
Some of the French players had a shockingly bad day at first. Griezmann in the first half was non-existent, the linkup play between defense and midfield was awful. Things improved after Deschamps started making substitutes, Kingsley Coman was good, Thuram was good. But that first half cost them the World Cup. If the French had played from the beginning with the passion they showed at the end the score might have ended 2-1 in their favour.
It took the whole first half until those substitutions for the France coach to get to grips with Argentina's tactics. By then they were 2-0 down. This game wasn't about passion but being outthought by your opposition coach.Some of the French players had a shockingly bad day at first. Griezmann in the first half was non-existent, the linkup play between defense and midfield was awful. Things improved after Deschamps started making substitutes, Kingsley Coman was good, Thuram was good. But that first half cost them the World Cup. If the French had played from the beginning with the passion they showed at the end the score might have ended 2-1 in their favour.
And the best keeper. Doesn’t he play for the Villa?In a tongue in cheek way Englands fan can sing 'It's coming home', because they are bringing a trophy home, the Fair Play trophy lol
lol @ best keeper. The best keeper is not doing so well at Villa.And the best keeper. Doesn’t he play for the Villa?
He’ll be on fire for the rest of the season.lol @ best keeper. The best keeper is not doing so well at Villa.
Law 3, paragraph 9 of the Fifa Laws of Football states: “If, after a goal is scored, the referee becomes aware before play resumes that an additional person was on the pitch at the time the goal was scored: the referee must disallow the goal if the extra person was: a player, substitute, substituted player, sent off player or official of the team who scored the goal.
The game is done. What do they want? History to be rewritten? Time to move on. I doubt it is a view many will share.An interesting take on Argentina's extra time goal, saying it should have been disallowed due to Argentina substitutes encroaching onto the pitch ready to celebrate the goal BEFORE the goal was scored. This is the rule that's being quoted:
source: https://uk.yahoo.com/sports/news/why-lionel-messi-world-cup-124025222.html
Question is, was the referee made aware of this rule breach and ignored it or did the referee just not know about the Argentina substitutes encroaching onto the pitch BEFORE the goal was scored?. The 4th referee (the one who holds up the extra time board) would have been well placed to have noticed if the Argentina substitutes had encroached onto the pitch before the goal was scored thereby falling foul of Law 3.
What do you lot think? A case of France supporters being sore losers?
Maybe that is why the rule was brought in, to stop things like what we see in that video from happening.The game is done. What do they want? History to be rewritten? Time to move on. I doubt it is a view many will share.
It’s not like people on the pitch has happened before in a WC Final.
France should have put away their penalties but failed to do so.An interesting take on Argentina's extra time goal, saying it should have been disallowed due to Argentina substitutes encroaching onto the pitch ready to celebrate the goal BEFORE the goal was scored. This is the rule that's being quoted:
source: https://uk.yahoo.com/sports/news/why-lionel-messi-world-cup-124025222.html
Question is, was the referee made aware of this rule breach and ignored it or did the referee just not know about the Argentina substitutes encroaching onto the pitch BEFORE the goal was scored?. The 4th referee (the one who holds up the extra time board) would have been well placed to have noticed if the Argentina substitutes had encroached onto the pitch before the goal was scored thereby falling foul of Law 3.
What do you lot think? A case of France supporters being sore losers?
Exactly and well said.The game is done. What do they want? History to be rewritten? Time to move on. I doubt it is a view many will share.
It’s not like people on the pitch has happened before in a WC Final.
And the best keeper. Doesn’t he play for the Villa?
I didn't much care for his gamesmanship during the penalties, - in fact, I didn't care for it at all - but, in truth, he is an excellent keeper, and I still regret - as I have written (and said) both here and elsewhere - that Arsenal sold him, or seem to have felt obliged to sell him.He’ll be on fire for the rest of the season.
I've never liked 'gamemanship' behaviour from goalkeepers when it comes to penalties because it is basically the goalkeeper saying I want my distracting behaviour to get the player to miss the penalty rather than my skill as a goalkeeper in trying to save it.I didn't much care for his gamesmanship during the penalties, - in fact, I didn't care for it at all - but, in truth, he is an excellent keeper, and I still regret - as I have written (and said) both here and elsewhere - that Arsenal sold him, or seem to have felt obliged to sell him.
I've never liked 'gamemanship' behaviour from goalkeepers when it comes to penalties because it is basically the goalkeeper saying I want my distracting behaviour to get the player to miss the penalty rather than my skill as a goalkeeper in trying to save it.
lol, Argentina goalkeeper has a good world cup and now his agent is looking at getting him transferred away from Aston Villa to possibly a Serie A club. Having a few good performances in a World Cup does not make him an outstanding goalkeeper because look at his performances at both Arsenal and Aston Villa, certainly not world class performing, because lets face it, if he was an already exceptional goalkeeper he would have already been snapped up by one of the top teams in one of the top leagues in Europe . delusions of grandeur me thinks
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