At least on a globe.
3 points on a straight line wouldn’t form a circle in a 2d space
That was a very polite way to answer that. Back to regularly scheduled programming - Quansah has been banned for 2 matches.
I read this last night. Hard to scale to a national level in the US but there’s a lesson here.
In 2000 Germany finished last at the Euros and decided it was time overhaul the system. They built 390 regional training bases to make sure one was within 25 km of every kid in country. They hired 1,200 full-time coaches, invested €48 million per year and mandated that every pro club build a certified youth academy or lose its license
The cost to families was $0 and 14 years later, 21 of the 23 players who won the World Cup came directly from the system
If all of that gets you sent home one round before the US the lesson is pretty murky.
That’s harsh. I don’t believe there was anything malicious there. It was a dumb tackle to make and it was made worse by the ball redirecting his leg.
England were up 2-1 and it didn’t seem like it was reckless. Plus Gallardo continued playing the full 90min.
Nah their statement spoke strictly to how the match suspension/probatiobary petiod was unfair and unprecedented. Then said “let alone mid tournament.,” UEFA literally postponed Bellinghams one match suspension and instead implemented a one year probationart period so he couple play in the quarterfinals…AKA mid tournament. It’s comical.
Meh - it’s over. Time to move on.
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For this game, I expect France to win. Doesn’t matter what Morocco do, France will find a way.
But I’ve been wrong on my elimination bracket a few times, so what do I know. 
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3-0 France
I mean the specific incident is over, but the issue is far from “solved” so to speak. I didn’t realize how big a can of worms was opened. For me its quite worth discussing as the rules are ever evolving here so its more than “meh” to me.
Bold, but not out of the realm I guess!
Is it time for UEFA to leave FIFA?
FIFA needs UEFA more than UEFA needs FIFA.
Moment of panic when I thought I’d have to watch the US feed. WHEW!
Yes. Nice save.
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It looks like the extended VAR review iced Mbappe!
That’s a hot take!
So they took over 3 minutes for a VAR check. Guess they checked back as far as 2006.
Terribly taken penalty by the way.
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That was a poorly taken free kick to close out the half.
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At half the expected goals are FRA 1.87, MOR 0.04. Statistically Morocco is getting destroyed.
13-1 for shots. Not good odds for the second half.