Euro: Semifinals - England v. The Netherlands - July 10

[Cloned]

England feels like the most underwhelming team of destiny I’ve ever seen.

 

[the valiant effort]

Nice boot at least

 

[AlanHUK]

Not a fan of that being given as a penalty, but anywhere else on the pitch you get a free kick for it so letter of the law it's correct, it's just stupid.

edit: only thing I can think is it's given because of the studs being up as opposed to it being an attempt to clear the ball

 

[Blender]

Kane is 10/10 on penalties now.

 

[le_sean]

yea, like there's definitely contact (most definitely not a dive, LOL), but it's incidental as he goes in for the block and he gets Kane when Kane is following through. those never get given, i am genuinely shocked it was.

Why would you be shocked? Just like the magical 6 mins of extra time that they were given against Slovakia

 

[Power Man]

Germany vs Netherlands rivalry in full effect

 

[OKR]

Absolutely hate these type of penalty calls.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

This is the ref who's been done for match fixing, aye?

Don’t worry. Jude will call it out at half time, while somehow claiming credit for the penalty himself.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Boy its something to see the Netherlands lose their heads after 17 minutes

after conceding they all went sprinting to the ref claiming Rice was fouled, when he was cleanly outmuscled by someone far smaller than him

and they immediately lost their shit and crowded the ref after that Dumfries contact, contact which IMO should not have been a penalty

this amongst other instances of already whining about calls and panicking on the ball in the 20 minutes of this match

i know you're rooting for england, but cmon now brother

 

[Power Man]

 

[le_sean]

Kane is incredible at penalties.

Yeah for someone that can’t say the word without drooling on himself

 

[Sad People]

This is the ref who's been done for match fixing, aye?

Is this actually true?

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Like I said, it's one of those situations where if it happens at midfield it's not even controversial. It's an obvious foul and a yellow.

But when it happens in the box, it's virtually never called.

There's a few situations like that where players are typically allowed to do a lot more when trying to block a shot in the box than doing the same action outside it.

Yeah. If anything I err on the side of Dumfries being incredibly stupid for leaving his cleats that high, even if it’s harsh.

 

[luiginb]

That play was dead, Kane made his shot and sailed it high and wide. Those are never given as pens unless the keeper makes a save and it's considered the striker had no chance on the follow through. Really curious to see how the ref experts argue that decision.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Woah.

 

[Sad People]

Holy shit if this is true then how the eff does this dude still have a job refing these games? Dude should be refing little league games.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Extraordinary block

 

[robertmac43]

That would have been insane from Foden.

 

[Ceremony]

Are the Dutch trying to f***ing lose this?

 

[Spring in Fialta]

What a goalline save!

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Netherlands look like crap

 

[Sad People]

What a save. Made up for the penalty as best he could

 

[Blender]

Dumfries with the goal line block. Nice one.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Netherlands look like crap

seems like England have woken up for the first time all tournament

let's see if anything comes of it

 

[Power Man]

This doesn’t feel like Dortmund stadium with this camera angle