Denmark are the team VAR screwed. So a player not just rugby tackled in the box, but thrown so hard across it it's lucky he didn't hurt himself and someone else in the ensuing collision isn't a pen, but a hand being yanked out of the way that grazes a perfectly harmless header is--plus a yellow card. In the words of John McEnroe: "So the white stuff is out now?"
No wonder V! A! R! is the new Aussie chant. I thought video replays were supposed to take away these injustices, not create them. Denmark need a point against France or they are out if the Aussie beat Peru by more than one goal (and probably even if they win by one goal) Looking at scenarios here. If the Aussies win 1-0 and Denmark lose 2-1 (quite possible) then Australia and Denmark have identical records and as they drew can't be separated by head to head result. What happens then? Not a coin toss I hope.
Typical, I missed the match as Lady C dragged me off to see Ocean's 8. Do not make the same mistake. It's bad. I mean really bad.
That was advertised when we went to see Deadpool 2 [which is fabulous, by the way]. My girls sat there open mouthed in shock and horror. I saw the Ghostbusters remake on Netflix last week, which I thought was awful and from the trailer, Oceans 8 looked like it was going to be worse......much, much worse.
For me, VAR confirms that most decisions that were wrong before it was introduced, weren't as a result of officials not seeing the incident but not understanding the realities of the game or the laws of the game. Adding 3 extra officials and more time doesn't solve that problem. If that's a penalty for Autralia against Denmark, Harry Kane's not been fouled and the Croatian 'stamp' was a yellow card, then there's no hope for the thing and it should be ditched today. Peru looked fairly decent against France and Denmark and look as though they will match Australia physically and that should get them at least a draw. I think Denmark should just scrape through but other than Eriksen and to a lesser extent, Schmeichel, there's not a lot there at all.
Feel for you, mate, the trailer looked tragic enough, can't imagine what 90 mins/ 2 hours of it must have been like.
Let me put it this way: the writing's so bad, the film's title actually gives away one of the main plot twists. Add to that how half the cast served no real purpose other than saying "Oh look, we've got Rihanna in it!", Kim Kardashian and a couple of the Kardashian B-team appear in the film, and the film would've been ten times more interesting if Cate Blanchett's character was the lead rather than Sandra Bullock's. On the other hand, Helena Bonham-Carter was actually pretty good in it - which is a sentence I haven't said since, what, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes?
I do think the players are generally behaving better for fear of being caught on a replay though. But I agree with you that inconsistency hasn't been improved. I still think that is at least partly down to the way the Laws are written though there is bound to be some uncertainty. I didn't think the Croatian 'stamp' was even a foul.....he was looking at the ball and put his foot down in a place where the other player's leg had just been planted.
2-0. Neymar. Brazil haven't stopped attacking since taking the lead. Probably not how most sides would react.
That's the only way they know. Costa Rica showed glimses of how to play against them, route one. Unfortunately, we would need Crouch or Deeney to try that.
God, the overall performances have been dire to date.. From 7-8 out of 48 group games I thought would be interesting, outside of Inger-land I am now down to watching games where Spurs players feature. The only good thing is the umpteen hours of my life I have saved.
