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bv
Trust VAR. They see more than us.
I do always wonder why people spend time discussing millimeter precision and what was in or out or half an inch offside or not. Football is not an exact science. It is a combination of rules, players and the referees. In the end, the result is what it is.
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bv
The rules of the games are defining how the teams are playing. When Brazil are ready for the 1/8 games before their game #3 in the first round, then there is absolutely no reason for playing with a strong team. Players do need rest, and sure it is feeling like bad for the sport, but in the end each coach is in charge of his own team.
Defensive play in football is extremely boring. If it is your own team, and they play defensive in order to maintain a result, then it may seem fine, but for those of us who look at a game purely for the entertainment, it is simply boring football.
Now it is getting more serious, and I am looking forward to see great play by Brazil, Argentina, England, France, The Netherlands and Spain, among others. Then Japan is a big surprise, we will see how far they will get.
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Topi
I can see 2-1 NED as well. And, sadly, 3-0 ARG.
But I will cheer for the underdogs!
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The Sicilian
Image #5 shows the ball clearly out. Your pic shows his ankle on the ball as in #4. In image #5 the ball is over the line and the ball is upwards of his shin. Look at the gap between the bottom of his shoe and the ball.
The VAR room have got pictures from above. Then they see angels and info not seen from sideways cameras. The ball was never 100% out. As seen from above the ball was still half an inch or so or a cm from passing 100% through the technical line which is defining the actual "dead line".
Trust VAR. They see more than us.
I do always wonder why people spend time discussing millimeter precision and what was in or out or half an inch offside or not. Football is not an exact science. It is a combination of rules, players and the referees. In the end, the result is what it is.
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The Sicilian
BV, if the game didn't need to be an exact science they wouldn't have replay. But they do.
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bv
For more than 99% of all football games in the world there is no VAR or replay, it is all about the rules, the players, and the referee plus the two linesmen...they have VAR because we do not want these "hand of God" events like we had in the past.
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bv
The rules of the games are defining how the teams are playing. When Brazil are ready for the 1/8 games before their game #3 in the first round, then there is absolutely no reason for playing with a strong team. Players do need rest, and sure it is feeling like bad for the sport, but in the end each coach is in charge of his own team.
Defensive play in football is extremely boring. If it is your own team, and they play defensive in order to maintain a result, then it may seem fine, but for those of us who look at a game purely for the entertainment, it is simply boring football.
Now it is getting more serious, and I am looking forward to see great play by Brazil, Argentina, England, France, The Netherlands and Spain, among others. Then Japan is a big surprise, we will see how far they will get.
In general defensive play is boring in most sports. Sometimes in American football defensive play can be fun except they have been changing the rules in favor of offensive play for the TV ratings. I went to a baseball playoff game in September where no one scored until the 18th inning (twice as long as a normal game). 6.5 hour game. It was pretty brutal haha, especially when my team lost!
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bv
My main sports have always been ice hockey. It is fast, with lots of rules, and it is really hard to play defensive. It takes 2-3 seconds from one goal to the other, playing defensive is simply very dangerous.