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GROUP B - Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran

Who Will Top Group B?

  • Portugal

    Votes: 28 26.4%
  • Spain

    Votes: 72 67.9%
  • Morocco

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Iran

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • Total voters
    106
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It doesn't work because its in the ref's hands - it should be with a fifth official who can watch replays without being bothered by players / coaches / fans etc and then alert the ref afterwards. Obviously the ref can check things he isn't sure of, but the way it operates here is about half as effective as it would be if it was done properly.
Do it like in Rugby League. If the ref thinks it's a try but that there may be some other factor he passes it to the video ref who, if he can't find any reason to not award the try awards it, or if he finds an infringement doesn't award it. Conversely if the ref doesn't think it's a try but thinks he's got it wrong he says no try and passes it to the video ref to check whether the decision should stand. In both cases the video ref has the final say. The trouble with VAR is the ref being told by the control room that he needs to check something rather than the ref himself making the decision and passing it to the control room to confirm. In other words if there is a possibility of a penalty on the pitch the ref should be able to say that either he is pretty sure it is or isn't but needs confirmation, and the control room can then confirm either way.
 


For the benefit of whom?

Why would FIFA and Spain be in cahoots??
Not just Spain. Ronaldo was spared sitting out the rest of the WC. Spain are the number one ranked football nation and with Germany and Argentina struggling FIFA need their WC to stay afloat.
 
Not just Spain. Ronaldo was spared sitting out the rest of the WC. Spain are the number one ranked football nation and with Germany and Argentina struggling FIFA need their WC to stay afloat.

That's a strange reading of the situation. I expect giant killings would generate more buzz. Anyway, it's not as if the WC is struggling for viewers or publicity - it's always the number one sports event in the World. It's not like FIFA have done some shady business to get the USA or China in to the World Cup - two massive, growing markets. Tiny Spain and Argentina (population wise) are small fry.
 

Feel so sorry for the ref in the Portugal game

Looking back on it, so do I.......i think it would have been a harsh Red for Ronaldo, and a tough call for the Ref (talk about high pressure situation).... But by not sending him off, in his mind he was going against the VAR officials..... Then he's asked to review the Iran peno (again clearly the VAR officials thought it was a peno, why else bring it to the refs attention).... At this point, the ref risks being seen as biased to Portugal if he again disagrees with the VAR officials, so likely just panics and gives the peno (even if he may not have agreed)....
 
That's a strange reading of the situation. I expect giant killings would generate more buzz. Anyway, it's not as if the WC is struggling for viewers or publicity - it's always the number one sports event in the World. It's not like FIFA have done some shady business to get the USA or China in to the World Cup - two massive, growing markets. Tiny Spain and Argentina (population wise) are small fry.
They can finesse situations, not create fairy stories. It's still intervention though.
 
Heard about Iranian striker Azmoun retiring at the age of 23 today, pretty big news. What do people think about this story?

 
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