Euro: SF: England v Denmark, 7/7/2021

[TP]

It's coming ROME

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

What a disgraceful penalty. Why do we even have VAR? If I were Danish I'd be fuming right now.

We are

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Sterling was the best England player this game so far just because he ran with the friggin ball. I think that shouldl've been a clear indication that Sancho needed to be the one they brought on but instead they brought Fodden on for some reason.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

They are afraid to overturn anything. USELESS

Same reason as why you had a cocaine dealer give Totti a red card for diving in 02. Football is corrupt as hell when the home team is still in the tournament.

 

[dogbazinho]

I was pulling for England but it's hard to after that. The Kane trip deserved it more.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

There was the slightest brush of contact and VAR, especially in this tournament, has set the "clear and obvious" bar at an absurd level so they were never going to overturn it as long as there was *any* contact.

What a waste of VAR if it's going to be held to that standard. If we're using it to ensure people don't have a hair offside, not sure why it's not used in this situation properly.

 

[Havre]

There was the slightest brush of contact and VAR, especially in this tournament, has set the "clear and obvious" bar at an absurd level so they were never going to overturn it as long as there was *any* contact.

Correct. They have clearly overcompensated.

For me it is just funny how many ways they can get VAR wrong.

 

[robertmac43]

The Irish guy on TSN; "Schmeichel error on the pen, he needs to do much better"...

 

[PromisedLand]

f*** england

Forza Azzurri!!!


(don't give a F about Italy either; but England doesnt deserve to be in the finals. Pathetic!)

 

[Eisen]

They just showed a proper angle, there's definitely contact on the thigh absolutely. It's still a soft pen, but there absolutely is contact

Contact is not enough. How is a defender supposed to defend without contact?

 

[bluesfan94]

They just showed a proper angle, there's definitely contact on the thigh absolutely. It's still a soft pen, but there absolutely is contact

Yeah, on the backside, after Sterling is horizontal. Not a penalty.

 

[Peen]

Uh

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Watch it over and over. Zero touch on Sterling. He literally dove forward, sold the ref and var isn’t enough to call it back.

No idea how this bullshit persists in modern football with the refs fully aware of what they are trying to do and the technology to review it. There is clearly no will/desire to purge it.

 

[King Makar19]

f*** Southgate.
Why not sub f***ing diver Sterling

 

[Live in the Now]

England going to park the bus now. Bold strategy.

 

[NyQuil]

Jurgen are you here?

Brehme didn’t need two shots.

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

We are 10
men the rest of the game

 

[Eisen]

Nah, he has called EVERY time Kane falls, which doesn’t take much.

Is that true?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The Irish guy on TSN; "Schmeichel error on the pen, he needs to do much better"...

That’s why I just turn them off at half time. What does canadian tv know about footy

 

[hatterson]

What a waste of VAR if it's going to be held to that standard. If we're using it to ensure people don't have a hair offside, not sure why it's not used in this situation properly.

Theoretically they want the bar to be "clear and obvious" so the ref isn't heading over to the monitor 10 times a game....but instead VAR spends 2 minutes checking if it's clear and obvious instead of spending that 2 minutes just letting the ref have a quick second look.

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

Is that true?

Pretty much.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Come on guys you all know it’s gonna be so much funnier when they lose their first major tournament final in 65 years at home. Enjoy.

 

[bluesfan94]

The Irish guy on TSN; "Schmeichel error on the pen, he needs to do much better"...

I mean, it's true. He should be holding onto that or pushing it wide. But it's only true because the penalty was that poor by Kane

 

[robertmac43]

The more I watch the highlight the more I think it is soft. Got to have the ref at least go look at the monitor you would think.

 

[Eisen]

Could someone slidetackle Foden in the shins just for the hair?