Japan v Spain

[quiet guy]

Japan are handing Spain a bit of beating in the second half of this match.

 

[rutabowa]

This is awesome

 

[Idaho]

Get in Japan.

Germany out and Spain runners up would be just perfect.

 

[quiet guy]

The Japanese players are definitely not fazzed by the Spanish

 

[planetgeli]

Get in Japan.

Germany out and Spain runners up would be just perfect.

If Costa Rica score again and Spain don't, Spain are out.

 

[JimW]

What a turn of speed

 

[JimW]

If Costa Rica score again and Spain don't, Spain are out.

Et voila

 

[JimW]

Oh that didn't last long

 

[May Kasahara]

Japan look well up for it

 

[Idaho]

Cripes and Germany have equalised... It's kicking off tonight!

 

[Supine]

It’s coming home!

 

[The39thStep]

Two good games , Germany now lead .

 

[Lorca]

That second Japanese goal looked clearly out of play beforehand to me tho - the var is often terrible innit

 

[Idaho]

VAR has comprehensively failed to reduce the number of contentious/crappy refereeing decisions.

 

[quiet guy]

The Japanese fans are really putting themselves through it with every kick. This has been one of the better group final matches to watch

 

[JimW]

Loving the hoof it to Row Z defending, very familiar

 

[JimW]

Immense! Japan qualifying the easy way

 

[tommers]

Hahah, amazing. Spain are lucky they beat Costa Rica 7-0. Germany out. Oh well, never mind.

 

[two sheds]

Fucking hell that was some second half. Well done Japan they were superb. Germany out my word.

 

[editor]

That second Japanese goal looked clearly out of play beforehand to me tho - the var is often terrible innit

I'm glad Japan won but that ball did look way over the line.

 

[two sheds]

I'm assuming it was down to parallax.

 

[Cerberus]

I'm glad Japan won but that ball did look way over the line.

Agreed. Really pleased for the Japanese.

However, something here stinks. ITV pundits are all but alleging it…

 

[Maggot]

FFS

 

[two sheds]

I loved it when the itv commentators were saying "why would fifa not show the image showing it was in? ... what's going on here?" when on screen they were showing the camera shot along the line showing that it was still in

you have to assume they couldn't see the images that were on screen

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

They keep saying there is no goal line shot, then show a shot from the air parallel with the goal line with the curve of the ball not going over. What am I missing?

 

[The39thStep]

I don't trust VAR at the best of times but I've seen at least 3 examples at this tournament that make me feel that they have engineered or attempted to engineer a result

 

[dessiato]

IIRC by coming second we miss Brazil so ought to have a slightly better route onwards.

Fair does to Japan, they were good in second half.

 

[tommers]

I don't trust VAR at the best of times but I've seen at least 3 examples at this tournament that make me feel that they have engineered or attempted to engineer a result

Why would "they" want Japan in over Germany?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

They keep saying there is no goal line shot, then show a shot from the air parallel with the goal line with the curve of the ball not going over. What am I missing?

I thought it was out at the time, but I've changed my mind. By the best camera frame it is just in, by millimetres. There could be a moment between frames when it was out, but we can't know that, so VAR has to go by its best evidence and its best evidence is that it didn't go out.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Why would "they" want Japan in over Germany?

The money people want the big teams in. If anything they'd be conspiring the other way.

There's no conspiracy with VAR. Thing is, they have the tech to measure to within millimetres for this or offside, so they can give decisions by millimetres.