Women's World Cup 2023

[Hollis]

That managed to be the best and worst penalty shoot out ever..

 

[Steel Icarus]

Drama! Never seen that before

 

[Maggot]

Wow!

Gotta feel for the USA after their dominanec.

 

[Maggot]

That managed to be the best and worst penalty shoot out ever..

The first 4 penalties were great, but after that . . . .

 

[two sheds]

I wonder whether it was that the keeper wasn't allowed to touch it again - like once it's been saved the penalty taker's not allowed to put it in the net.

That's somewhere the ref should have given the reason for the decision though.

 

[Petcha]

Why is the keeper still having a tantrum? Am I missing something? The ball was over the line.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Why is the keeper still having a tantrum? Am I missing something? The ball was over the line.

She probably wants to see proof

 

[two sheds]

Yep was over the line, fuck me that's a fine margin though.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I wonder whether it was that the keeper wasn't allowed to touch it again - like once it's been saved the penalty taker's not allowed to put it in the net.

That's somewhere the ref should have given the reason for the decision though.

Curiously, I think the 'keeper is allowed to make more than one attempt to save, even though the penalty-taker can't take another hit. There's a famous clip of a 'keeper celebrating too early and the ball bouncing over the line after an initial save.

Could very well be wrong, though.

 

[Petcha]

I know it's a different sport. But there's some posters on here who also follow the cricket. That decision, and the faith in the technology in football makes a total mockery of 'umpires call' in cricket. If football had 'umpire's call' I suspect that goal would not have been given.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Curiously, I think the 'keeper is allowed to make more than one attempt to save, even though the penalty-taker can't take another hit. There's a famous clip of a 'kepper celebrating too early and the ball bouncing over the line after an initial save.

Could very well be wrong, though.

"The ball may touch the goalkeeper, goal posts, or crossbar any number of times before going into the goal as long as the referee believes the ball's motion is the result of the initial kick."

 

[Lord Camomile]

A kick results in a goal scored for the kicking team if, having been touched once by the kicker, the ball crosses the goal line between the goal posts and under the crossbar, without touching any player, official, or outside agent other than the defending goalkeeper. The ball may touch the goalkeeper, goal posts, or crossbar any number of times before going into the goal as long as the referee believes the ball's motion is the result of the initial kick.

It doesn't seem to explicitly say "the goalkeeper can make more than one attempt to save", but the fact the ball can touch them more than once, and it isn't explicitly stated they can't (unlike the penalty taker), would suggest they can.

 

[savoloysam]

Doesn't matter though because the ball went over the line. You can't save it any number of times after that.

 

[two sheds]

I know it's a different sport. But there's some posters on here who also follow the cricket. That decision, and the faith in the technology in football makes a total mockery of 'umpires call' in cricket. If football had 'umpire's call' I suspect that goal would not have been given.

Possibly, but in cricket it's a prediction rather than an image. It may eventually be accurate enough to do away with umpire's call but perhaps they're not sure it is yet.

 

[strung out]

I know it's a different sport. But there's some posters on here who also follow the cricket. That decision, and the faith in the technology in football makes a total mockery of 'umpires call' in cricket. If football had 'umpire's call' I suspect that goal would not have been given.

Shut up, no-one cares.

 

[Petcha]

Possibly, but in cricket it's a prediction rather than an image. It may eventually be accurate enough to do away with umpire's call but perhaps they're not sure it is yet.

They trust Hawkeye in tennis. They trust the technology in football. But in cricket we trust the eyesight of 60yo men standing 22 yards away over technology. Anyway, derail over

 

[Petcha]

Shut up, no-one cares.

Clearly you do sweetcheeks

 

[Wilf]

Why was the pen a VAR referral? I thought it was usually an instant beep to the refs watch. I mean, they may all be linked systems, but I wondered why she had to actually refer it.

 

[JimW]

Why was the pen a VAR referral? I thought it was usually an instant beep to the refs watch. I mean, they may all be linked systems, but I wondered why she had to actually refer it.

Rub it in a bit and raise false hope

 

[planetgeli]

Blimey.

 

[Wilf]

Blimey.

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Aye, when I saw that at first I thought the VAR robot had got it wrong. Anyway, do England now retrospectively lose the 1966 world cup?

 

[JimW]

Blimey.

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Is that the flag of one of the Micronesian teams?

 

[Wilf]

Is that the flag of one of the Micronesian teams?

'Your task branders, will be to see how many company logos you can get on a football'
- One question
'Yes?'
- Could we make the ball bigger?

 

[savoloysam]

Come one the lionesses. I hope they stick with the formation that worked so well against China.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Come one the lionesses. I hope they stick with the formation that worked so well against China.

So so I, but I trust the manager to get it right.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Looks like it's the same apart from the return of Walsh, which I'm a bit surprised about. I know how good she is but she's been injured and Katie Zelem played very well against China including some wicked deliveries from corners.

 

[savoloysam]

Looks like it's the same apart from the return of Walsh, which I'm a bit surprised about. I know how good she is but she's been injured and Katie Zelem played very well against China including some wicked deliveries from corners.

Nigeria hold a strong threat on the counter attack so I'm guessing the switch is to add more steel in front of the defence.

 

[ska invita]

Colonial grudge matches have a certain something extra

 

[Steel Icarus]

We've not started well. James or Walsh not in the game so far.

 

[savoloysam]

They need to sharp up quick.