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World Cup 2018: The best party money could buy (until 2022)!

unofan said:
Because it's still a Fox station. They do not make good calls. If they happen to strike gold, it's from the "blind squirrel finding a nut" variety than actual thought or planning.
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I guess Mike Pereira falls under the “blind squirrel” category?

It just baffles me that with studios located in LA, with literally tens of qualified people within driving distance (Cal South likely has the highest concentration of National and FIFA level referees in the country), and they pick “former FIFA Match Commissioner” as their “rules expert”.
 
Brenthoven said:
Penalties: players act like Greg Louganis and flop like they got murdered, and hope the referees accept their ploy. Usually successful. The opposing team gets penalized.
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Two things on this:
1. The fact that a player embellishes does not help the referee call a foul, but it also doesn’t change the fact the player was fouled. If player gets kicked, him flopping around doesn’t change the fact he got kicked, and kicking an opponent is a foul. Now, referees could of course caution players left and right for this but then we’d be “ruining the game” by having so many cautions.

2. Running at full speed, and yeah those guys move very quickly, and getting kicked in the ankle ****ing stings like a SOB. So cut some slack.

Brenthoven said:
Extra time: up to the referees' discretion. Whatever feels right, in their opinion.
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Not exactly. There are guidelines in the LOTG (Laws Of The Game):
substitutions
assessment and/or removal of injured players
wasting time
disciplinary sanctions
stoppages for drinks (which should not exceed one minute) or other medical reasons permitted by competition rules
delays relating to VAR ‘checks’ and ‘reviews’
any other cause, including any significant delay to a restart (e.g. goal celebrations)
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With a little bit practice you can learn to recognize “30 seconds there” and “one minute there” and come up with a pretty good estimate of the amount of Time Added On.

(I know you were being humorous but I still must)
 
Jimjamesak said:
It's in Law 10:

A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal line, between the goalposts and under the crossbar, provided that no offence has been committed by the team scoring the goal.

:D
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Doesn't that define an own goal as no offense was used to produce the score?? :)
 
Re: World Cup 2018: The best party money could buy (until 2022)!

Jinx

@IanDarke: Longest a World Cup has gone without a red card since 1986.
 
Re: World Cup 2018: The best party money could buy (until 2022)!

OK, why didn't VAR award a MEX penalty in the 70'?
 
Re: World Cup 2018: The best party money could buy (until 2022)!

Jimjamesak said:
Wrong!

Laws got updated a couple of years back to specifically say the ball has to be touched:
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I decided to look this up

A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched* by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by:
•  interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a team-mate or
• interfering with an opponent by:
 
• preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision or
 
• challenging an opponent for the ball or

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• clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent or
 
• making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball
or
• gaining an advantage by playing the ball or interfering with an opponent when it has:
 
• rebounded or been deflected off the goalpost, crossbar, match official or an opponent
 
• been deliberately saved by any opponent
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Doesn’t that say exactly what I was saying?
 
Re: World Cup 2018: The best party money could buy (until 2022)!

That was one of the worst corners I have ever seen.
 
Re: World Cup 2018: The best party money could buy (until 2022)!

Germany is one of my faves along with Mexico being my least fave. Ugh
 
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