He was kicked in the calf in the last game, but I think that’s all the info that has been released.
Portugal outplaying Congo…except in goals, where it remains 1-1.
Yeah, nothing specific beyond calf.
Would be wild if Portugal throw in the towel on Ronaldo and go on to win without him playing in the final. Would have a Euro and WC with little impact.
Come on Congo. Just a few minutes from pulling off a Cape Verde.
Do the The Guardian live-bloggers hate Ronaldo that much or is he really playing so badly?
Well, he has played a bit…hapless so far.
That actually didn’t look that bad on replay, shoulder into chest contact first before the arm. Initially I thought it was red for either DOGSO and violent conduct, but now I’m ok with the yellow.
I had exactly the same thought. At first I thought he actively blocked him with his shoulder, but on replay I saw that the striker rather ran into him.
And they do so.
Great game by Congo.
England coming up, finally.
Pulling for Engladn to win the whole thing. I’d probably pick USA over them in terms of preferences, but England is a strong second pick for me.
I’ve been looking forward to this match specifically. I’d really like to see Harry get his time in the sun.
Penalty for England! Kane’s first goal in 1..2..3
Oh fuck, this never happens!!!
And now it’s being reviewed and probably repeated!
ETA: Oof, and now equilibrium has been reinstated in the football universe.
I like Kane, but I think “it’s coming home” is annoying and it’s funny that England is bad at penalties.
Keeper looked like he was still on the line…
Go back and watch like the 2005 UCL final and see how far penalizing coming off the line has come.
Hey we’re a lot better at pens than we used to be… ![]()
It was retaken for encroachment by a defender rather than the keeper coming off the line.
Oh, I had it on mute being in a meeting. That makes sense.
I just got back from PT, looks like I missed something!
Apparently the keeper was also half a millimetre off his line too. Which obviously made a massive difference.
They just showed a review that clearly proved that the keeper was off the line, even it it were only a few centimeters.
ETA: ah, sorry, ninja’ed.
Graphic on US broadcast says it was for the keeper crossing the line.
GK’s get a talking-to about the line before every PK, but it looks like Harry’s stutter-step (which he always does) deked him off the line.