Who had the USA being up 3-0 at the half?
This is an ass kicking.
lol, took two steps across the hall to put get my toothbrush, then heard the shouting. What a fantastic finish.
It’s a highly calculated strategy. You need a calculator to keep up.
Who is this team and what have you done with the Americans?
Seriously, this is the soundest and most creative play I have seen from the USA in all their run-up games. If they can keep this up for the tournament, qualification to the knockout round is pretty much assured and even the knock-out rounds will be exciting.
Of course, as a long-time fan, we still have the second half to go…
Woo hoo. USA is knocking the snot out of Paraguay!
Paraguay showing a bit more of amour propre in this half at least.
Somewhere Arjen Robben just shuddered. ETA: oh, and my man Juergen Klinsmann too.
Got his academy award taken away. Nice.
I am in favor of this rule change (video review for simulation).
i didn’t think he touched him. It looked like he was fishing for a penalty shot.
I’m not, not because I want more simulation, but because it’s YET ANOTHER interrumption on the natural flow of the game.
Between hydration breaks and VAR they are turning football into brief periods of playing separated by constant breaks.
That is where the death penalty should be used.
I guess Pochetino took Pulisic out to avoid humiliating a fellow Argentinian DT and our south-american brothers…
This is why the new group stage format sucks. If this result stays the same USA are basically through, even if they lose all their other matches in the group. One win and 3 GS that’s a best third place finish. The other games are dead rubbers for the most part.
I appreciate that, and perhaps it could be implemented in a less disruptive way (wait for a natural stop in the action; out-of-bounds or foul), but especially when the dive is as impactful as that one, I’d rather see the right call made.
It is perhaps a self-correcting problem, as if it is enforced consistently then maybe simulation will become much less common, and the stoppages will … stop. We shall see.
If they lose those games each 2-0 what happens?
Easy, take note of simulations, review them at leisure at the end of the game and then sanction accordingly.
No need to interrupt the game.
ffs “After you, Alphonse”
GOOOOOL!!!
(sorry)