Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France

[Brett Angell Delight]

Keeper can't dive, or attempt to dive through a person.

Interfering with play.

Have that, international Kopites.

Quiet, you

 

[Martin Alvito]

My criticism is not the decision itself. It's how long these bumbling incompetents took to make a fairly standard decision.

Oh, I agree, it shouldn't take a Qatar hydration break to figure out there wasn't enough to overturn.

 

[Papa Shango]

As a former amatuer keeper, I'd expect that to be disallowed. The keeper's dive would have been impeded. They always give those to the defence. Whether he would have saved it is another thing, but the man was clearly in his line of dive. France got away with one, but not unexpectedly.

As a former keeper myself I probably would have Van Dijked him.

Probably why I never made the grade.

 

[the golden visionary]

Longest var check of the tournament

Championes

 

[Milkman]

If the keeper knows he's there, he's not going to dive.

We might not like it but he's definitely interfering/offside.

It's not even a subjective call though. He's not getting to the ball because somebody is in his eyeline, it's because the ball's in the goal before he can react.

 

[miami]

If the keeper knows he's there, he's not going to dive.

We might not like it but he's definitely interfering/offside.

The ball went past the keeper so fast he didn’t even know the guy was there. Letter of the law it was a correct decision, but in this instance the law’s an ass.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[GrandOldTeam]

It's not even a subjective call though. He's not getting to the ball because somebody is in his eyeline, it's because the ball's in the goal before he can react.

The ball went past the keeper so fast he didn’t even know the guy was there. Letter of the law it was a correct decision, but in this instance the law’s an ass.

Aye

Thing is though, whether he'd make the save or not - the 'keeper is unable to attempt the save because theres a player stood there.

He's not making the save but for all we know he could have anticipated/dived earlier if the player wasn't there.

 

[Rita_Poon]

And let's his wife do the house shopping?

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Rita_Poon]

France have been lethal in the last 3 metres of the pitch, and by lethal I mean absolutely catastrophic to their own chances at goal in that tiny amount of pitch.

 

[miami]

Oh matron

 

[Drico]

France have been lethal in the last 3 metres of the pitch, and by lethal I mean absolutely catastrophic to their own chances at goal in that tiny amount of pitch.

They'll need the masked man back. With his cape.

 

[Rita_Poon]

+5

 

[Milkman]

Aye

Thing is though, whether he'd make the save or not - the 'keeper is unable to attempt the save because theres a player stood there.

He's not making the save but for all we know he could have anticipated/dived earlier if the player wasn't there.

That is absolutely not the right application of the rule though. That's not surprising like, think how badly bastardised the handball rule has become.