There’s nothing in the law that says if the attacker is closer in distance to the goal it must be a red.
On point 1, it’s definitely close enough to the goal. Point 2, he’s wide and going wider. Point 3, he would have gotten to it, but in a low % shooting position. It’s like a 0.1 xG position. Point 4 had he turned towards goal instead of shooting first time two defenders are recovering.
We obviously differ, the soccer people I follow on bluesky all think it’s a clear yellow. Meh.
I can tell the World Cup has truly started because we’re arguing DOGSO. Can VAR/offside be far off?
I was in physical therapy during the second half, but it sounds like things really unraveled.
I will say, if I was VAR I wouldn’t suggest the ref take another look. There are clearly elements of DOGSO.
No those are totally different. Stopping the game for a brief moment when it gets hot, so the players can can grab a drink, is totally different to a scheduled break with a goddamned advert break, at the quarter point of the game whether it’s needed or not.
In fact, that water breaks were already a thing, shows how this hydration break BS is nothing to do with keeping players safe and everything to do with gouging a few more advertising dollars for FIFA
That has to be one of a very few world cup games with more red cards than goals. Sounds like a pub quiz question!
I’m sure there are a good number of 0-0 games with a red card.
I’m also rooting for South Korea, so tonight is pretty important. In fact, that reminds me to go login to Fox One on my other device. I usually run two screens at night during Olympics and World Cup.
ChatGPT (I know, I know) just showed me six other matches that meet that criteria. 3 of them had zero goals and 1 red card, as noted by @Babale
Portugal/Netherlands in 2006 had 1 goal and 4 red cards.
I agree the mandated breaks are bad, but the FIFA rules in previous Cups were ridiculous. In the 2022 World Cup, the referee was to call for two water breaks if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature hit 90F/32C. That’s an insane number, so it’s no wonder there were no breaks during the tournament.
If you aren’t familiar with WBGT, it’s basically a measure of how efficiently you can cool your body by sweating. You have to hit around 95F and 80% humidity, or 112F and 40% humidity to get a WBGT of 90F.
General WBGT ranges are:
Medical professionals recommended mandatory hydration breaks at more like 75-80F WBGT. They also recommended 2 breaks per half and extending halftimes for an extra 5 minutes when that limit is reached, and halting games entirely when the WBGT gets above 82F. So the new rules could have been worse.
But yeah, the breaks should be based on some limit, not across the board.
Which is not all that uncommon. Especially if the red comes late in the game. Even 2 red cards with no goal or 1-goal games happen.
ETA: I meant for league games, of course. In which there are far many games.
If someone is really really really interested, you can check out all the World Cup red cards issued since it was started in 1930. You can also check to see if the number of red cards in a game exceeded the number of goals in that game.
You can, but I won’t.
Did you guys notice that when Sithole fouled that Mexican guy, as they were both falling Sithole took a foot to the amasende (Zulu for “balls”)? That had to have hurt.
This is a better match. Two good sides.
1-1 with 15 minutes left. I really hope Korea pulls this off.
Looking good at the moment. They certainly have earned the lead.
Iran’s captain, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, says he and another player were assulted by thugs from a Mexican cartel, but when they heard that they were Iranians they were left off “with minimal consequences”, whatever that means. Apparently Mexican cartels love Iran, or so he claims.
Let it be noted that this was during a past visit to the country, not during the World Cup activities.
I saw the graphic where Czechia’s starting lineup averaged four inches taller than South Korea’s and that certainly seemed to be a factor in the first goal when they went right over the top.
Two clever and pretty goals from SK, though. All in all, a fun game.
Huh. I’m surprised. While I guess I can picture that an average Korean, even South Korean, is shorter than Czech, I wouldn’t have guessed that much a difference in their soccer teams.
Perhaps it makes for a difference in national styles? If most of your “raw material” is shorter, you might coach and select more for foot-on-ball skills rather than aerial ability, which then becomes rather a self-fulfilling prophecy when making up the national team.