The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Slimebeast]

Dadrik said:

Slimebeast said:

This is starting to feel bizarre. The only thing you seem able to see is the foul. It's like you are totally unaware of the other factors I described, the fairness and balance of the game and even politics.

Didn't you see the situation? There was no goal chance, had the hand not deflected the ball it still hadn't become a scoring chance. Didn't you see all the players in the penalty box just standing calmly for 10 seconds, nobody waving their hands or anything. Nobody expected or demanded a penalty

Stopping the ball irregularily 6m away from the goal isn't something to be ignored. You really just need to accept this.
"But the politics, but the balance"

Nah.

Next time let's just push the ball away with our very hands during a corner. No scoring chance, right ?

Also, just watch Giroud's reaction. And Can awful tackle on Sissokho the second right after. Two major fouls in a few seconds, penalty. It was 100% justified, and no, just because it's a Semi Final doesn't mean you must ignore major fouls.

It was minor, since it didn't prevent a clear chance for goal and considering that they almost always let these pass. Shirtpullings against the attacking player controlling the ball in the penalty box happens several times in each game. If they would blow for all similar incidents you'd get far over 10 penalty shots each game.

Girioud's reaction was quite moderate, and it seems he was the only one who reacted.

Good that you mention the tackle on Sissoko. Because it was just outside of the penalty box. The common and wise decision would have been to give a free kick for that.