[Football] Match Thread : England Women vs USA Womens World Cup Semifinal

[The Brighton Buzz]

Lucy bronze should have taken penalty. She would have put her foot through it.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Down to 10.

Stupid tackle to make.

American milked it....i think thats harsh

 

[Billy the Fish]

Should've been a straight red

 

[Sheebo]

New DOUBLE JEOPARDY rules innit.

Thought that was only if a genuine attempt to play the ball was made?

 

[Springal]

Clear goalscoring opportunity and no attempt made to play the ball? Nah don’t fancy giving a red...

Didn’t even know she’d booked her - piss poor ref this one!

 

[GT49er]

Yep.

No one will ever convince me calls like that are clear and obvious.

The PL are back tracking at a rate of knots over how it’s used next season

Are they? I bl**dy well wish they would, but I'm not going to hold my breath.


Just for now I'm waiting for another post to tell us all that offside by a fingernail or eyelash is offside and that is what is meant by 'clear and obvious', that the technology is fine and VAR is working just as it should. Pffft........................

 

[Mellotron]

Yes, it was borderline. But it was offside. Marginally.

My point was that I don't think they use 'clear and obvious error' when checking for offside, they just decide if it is or isn't.

Point taken - I guess that’s a different conversation, in that I feel offside should be the “daylight” rule, not this bollocks that someone is offside if they have a longer nose than their opponent and it’s being seen from a certain angle. It’s a complete nonsense.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Unfortunately looks like the girls have inherited the normal England trait of bottling it when the pressure hits! Just like the men!

 

[Weststander]

I’m all for VAR, far better than the huge miscarriages of football justice every season and over the years.

BUT, in time it will temper the spontaneous goal celebrations of players, supporters and the bench. Replaced with a nervous wait to see if the video person finds any prior infringement.

 

[Hendrax]

Oh well. Womens football is shit any way.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Thought that was only if a genuine attempt to play the ball was made?

True. She didn't much seem interested in the ball did she... Ah well

 

[KZNSeagull]

2 correct VAR decisions for me. Offside by an inch and a definite pen. The defender knew it, hence she didn't argue at all.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

OG last time, shocking penalty this time.
Feel sorry for them, US are a better side but we have really worked hard and played better than this half.
I never say you deserve things in football, but we were given a penalty and should have scored.
7 mins ET

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Poor ol' Millie? Don't think so. That should have been a straight red. Not good enough today, yanks played better

 

[amexer]

. Offside if inch or 3ft its offside However VAR as far as penalty is concerned is a joke. Was never a penalty and why on earth does ref learn more from looking at a screen then when she was near the incident

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Point taken - I guess that’s a different conversation, in that I feel offside should be the “daylight” rule, not this bollocks that someone is offside if they have a longer nose than their opponent and it’s being seen from a certain angle. It’s a complete nonsense.

Oh, I could not agree more. It is ridiculous..

I always wanted VAR, but the way that they have decided to apply it is a farce.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Are they? I bl**dy well wish they would, but I'm not going to hold my breath.


Just for now I'm waiting for another post to tell us all that offside by a fingernail or eyelash is offside and that is what is meant by 'clear and obvious', that the technology is fine and VAR is working just as it should. Pffft........................

Already said they are not using it for pens and the current VAR handball rule.

 

[hart's shirt]

Millie Bright's an accident waiting to happen at the back.

And there you go. Clear yellow for the second. Not her fault that we're still losing, but a wild challenge nevertheless.

 

[drew]

100% this.

I was pro-VAR when announced, but completely anti how it is being applied.

The penalty was given by the ref. VAR advised her and she reviewed it.

 

[Weststander]

Unfortunately looks like the girls have inherited the normal England trait of bottling it when the pressure hits! Just leaked the men!

Or the Yanks have been and still are by far the best team in the world, as everyone already knew, bar the naturally biased BBC and good old fashioned hype. No shame in narrowly losing to the very best.