World Cup: Group D: Turkiye vs. Paraguay, 6/19/2026

[qcal1427]

Is Guler the most disappointing player of the tournament so far?

 

[NyQuil]

That new rule with the hand in front of the mouth is fricking bizarre. Does any other sport do this?

Hotdog eating contest.

 

[Takeahnase]

I do it every time in my league matches.

You get beat by a quick kick one time and you’re never letting it happen again.

It’s shithouse behavior and I’ll foul you away from the ref first chance I get.

 

[Summer Rose]

When they announced the rule I never thought anyone would be stupid enough to do it. It seemed like one of those rules that just ends the problem. Whoops.

If having a rule against things ended a problem, I'd be out of a job here.

 

[NyQuil]

It’s shithouse behavior and I’ll foul you away from the ref first chance I get.

The alternative being what, letting you score because my teammates haven’t marked up yet?

The other team or the ref asks for yards and I comply.

And if you’re busy fouling me I’m doing my job distracting you from the match.

 

[qcal1427]

When they announced the rule I never thought anyone would be stupid enough to do it. It seemed like one of those rules that just ends the problem. Whoops.

Not surprised that Almiron was the one stupid enough to do it

 

[Shocker]

Yeah, which makes me assume that there must be more to the rule than simply covering your mouth with your hand.

Well the rule is there so people don't cover their mouths and call opponents monkeys or other shit like that.

The covering part is that the cameras can't be used to lipread them later on.

 

[Live in the Now]

That new rule with the hand in front of the mouth is fricking bizarre. Does any other sport do this?

No other sport has these repeated racist incidents. I mean we all had to know after the last one in the CL that there were going to be serious changes.

 

[Osprey]

You can't be this dense.

I'm not. I'm just wondering what the exact rule is. There's no reason to be rude.

 

[Cloned]

That new rule with the hand in front of the mouth is fricking bizarre. Does any other sport do this?

Most other sports don’t have the same problem with players using slurs on the field.

 

[markpenske]

is it Turkey
or
Turkey...eh?

 

[Brain Crush]

Yeah, which makes me assume that there must be more to the rule than simply covering your mouth with your hand.

One of the best players in the world was abused racially in that manner by another player - heard enough that the most famous player on the planet with the cameras of the world in his face confirming it chest out - and they couldn't do enough about it because he put his hand in front of his mouth. They're done with that.

 

[Takeahnase]

The alternative being what, letting you score because my teammates haven’t marked up yet?

The other team or the ref asks for yards and I comply.

And if you’re fouling me I’m doing my job distracting you from the match.

The alternative is you get away 10 yards and don’t run up to prevent a legitimate free kick. Talk to your mates about being slow of thought.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Most other sports don’t have the same problem with players using slurs on the field.

That is decidedly not the impression I'm getting from other sports. If you hear former NBA players talk the stuff they say to each other is pretty damn wild.

 

[Brain Crush]

I'm just wondering what the exact rule is. There's no reason to be rude.

Fair enough but come on, obviously they're not going to red card a sneezing player man.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

He seemed hyped up from the start, but doing that situation right probably got him knockout round games and paychecks. I bet he was excited

Just keep him away from our knockouts. Barton always manages a head scratcher or two when we get him.

 

[Live in the Now]

I'm just wondering what the exact rule is. There's no reason to be rude.

Ok so what happened in a Champions League game, and not for the first time, was that a player covered his mouth and repeatedly called a player a monkey. Everyone except the referee heard it. The player was not punished during the game.

So now if you are directly in a confrontation with another player and cover your mouth to say something, you are red carded. No ambiguity to it. It has to directly be this kind of situation. If you don’t want a camera to see you saying it, then there’s obviously something wrong with it.

 

[NyQuil]

The alternative is you get away 10 yards and don’t run up to prevent a legitimate free kick. Talk to your mates about being slow of thought.

I think they’d just prefer if I help them get sorted.

 

[Summer Rose]

is it Turkey
or
Turkey...eh?

Depends on whether you're American or Canadian.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

No other sport has these repeated racist incidents. I mean we all had to know after the last one in the CL that there were going to be serious changes.

Now to do actually do something about homophobic or racist chanting from certain fanbases.

 

[Shocker]

Imagine if Almiron actually said "Nice look fella, where'd you go for the cut, i really like it, you're also pretty handsome, wanna meet up for a beer after the game?"

 

[Takeahnase]

I think they’d just prefer if I help them get sorted.

Probably a skill issue. At least there are stakes in these major tournaments and you’re doing it in a rec league? Embarrassing really.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Viva Panama

 

[Live in the Now]

That is decidedly not the impression I'm getting from other sports. If you hear former NBA players talk the stuff they say to each other is pretty damn wild.

I know NBA referees through my work reffing basketball. What I will say is that basketball games are demonstrably less seriously taken and the players are only playing for a check much more than the football games these incidents happen in.

 

[Cloned]

That is decidedly not the impression I'm getting from other sports. If you hear former NBA players talk the stuff they say to each other is pretty damn wild.

There’s probably a debate to be had here about sports culture that is beyond the scope of this thread lol

Suffice to say not every sport has the same thresholds for what is and isn’t acceptable. Like if you started chirping your opponent in golf like you are allowed to do in hockey you’d be banned so fast.