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4 minutes ago, DE. said:

According to the BBC only one team have gone on to win the tournament after losing their first game (Spain in 2010), so Germany have given themselves a mountain to climb already. The Mexicans worked hard and Germany looked clueless as to how to break them down.

Italy lost their first game at USA 94 before making a run to the finals and technically not losing in the final as it was decided on penalties.

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He has a couple of lines through the rest of the article On Alf Ramsay: ’He didn’t know the players like Walter Winterbottom, he was a bit naive at first. To be honest, the lads took the pis

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Great piece in The Times today talking to England players from 1954 until 2014. Bryan Douglas talks about ‘58 and ‘62. It’s probably behind a paywall, so:      

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Bullshit. They were nasty and tried every dirty trick in the book. Got what they deserved - out. 

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Brazil might not even get the monkey off their back here, but they do have to plod on... it might come around.  Maybe it's time finally that the traditional powers fail and someone absolutely brand new runs the show. 

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1 hour ago, Stuart said:

Linekar and Shearer couldn’t have been more delighted at the Germany defeat. They could barely contain their excitement. Like kids on Christmas Day! :xmas:

Me too

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arbitro

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And the VAR confusion goes on. Surely the Switzerland equaliser falls into the clear and obvious error category and should have been passed to the referee to review his decision.

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Husky World Cup

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And the VAR confusion goes on. Surely the Switzerland equaliser falls into the clear and obvious error category and should have been passed to the referee to review his decision.

And how about for that blatant dive in the area by Jesus? It's non stop confusion . . .

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And how about for that blatant dive in the area by Jesus? It's non stop confusion . . .

Confusion is an apt description. There are too many grey areas as each review by the VAR is opinion and not fact. The referees will always make errors but when incidents are effectively re refereed and they still get it wrong then the overwhelming evidence is that VAR is more trouble than it is worth.

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And how about for that blatant dive in the area by Jesus? It's non stop confusion . . .

He should be crucified for that!

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2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Confusion is an apt description. There are too many grey areas as each review by the VAR is opinion and not fact. The referees will always make errors but when incidents are effectively re refereed and they still get it wrong then the overwhelming evidence is that VAR is more trouble than it is worth.

I know this isn't VAR but I do often wonder about the injury time too. Like sometimes they add 5 minutes on where there has seemingly been none which is also really noticeable in the extra time of the play-offs when they add 2 onto 15 etc.

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Brazil got favourable home cooking last time vs. Croatia,  Croatia really got gipped big-time.

Congrats Switzerland, really nice....

I don't see as much mickey mouse officiating this time.

 

 

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The ever reliable Brazil have now blown their first game- must have something to do with me having them in work’s sweepstake ?. I sense this World Cup is going to be wide open come the knock outs. 

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I know this isn't VAR but I do often wonder about the injury time too. Like sometimes they add 5 minutes on where there has seemingly been none which is also really noticeable in the extra time of the play-offs when they add 2 onto 15 etc.

There does seem to be more than normal added in this WC so I wonder if Collina has told the referees to be more precise.

In the laws it is called additional time. The injury time name is a real misnomer as I frequently hear people say there were no injuries, where did he get x minutes from. Additional time is an all encompassing description for injuries, cautions, substitutions, goals, time wasting etc.

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Brazil looked awesome in the first 25 minutes or so, then lost their rhythm and never got it back. Great result for Switzerland. 

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Could be like the season Leicester won the league, the big boys not quite at their best meaning, hard work and organisation could see you through!

A good start for us will see the expectation rise though so just a win will do! 

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Tunisia's FIFA #21; England  #13.  I would not shrug Tunisia off.  Especially with a number of these games going in screwy directions like 2 of them today.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/06/18/world/world-cup/tunisia/england/2166099/?ICID=HP_MS_01_03

https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/rankings/fifa/?ICID=TN_03_05_01

It sounds like a valid point, Neymar got fouled a lot, Brazil fouled James from Colombia last time....

1998 World Cup, England defeated Tunisia 2-0,  they had a friendly as a draw.

 

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Tunisia's FIFA #21; England  #13.  I would not shrug Tunisia off.  Especially with a number of these games going in screwy directions like 2 of them today.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/06/18/world/world-cup/tunisia/england/2166099/?ICID=HP_MS_01_03

https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/rankings/fifa/?ICID=TN_03_05_01

It sounds like a valid point, Neymar got fouled a lot, Brazil fouled James from Colombia last time....

1998 World Cup, England defeated Tunisia 2-0,  they had a friendly as a draw.

 

Out of the 3 European teams that played today you'd have had Germany down as the least likely to lose.

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Im worried about tomorrow as its shown so far the smaller teams are capable of giving the bigger teams a good run for their money (england are a big team) 1-0 england

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I don’t get all the bellyaching over VAR. I’ve been quite impressed so far. We’ve stopped seeing soft penalties and diving in the box (with any intent to deceive) appears to have gone entirely.

Swiss goal analysis? In the words of the inimitable Slaven Bilic: “to be fair, I don’t really care”.

He’s the new Souness. Even made Roy Keane crack a brief smirk!

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