Womens' WC 2019

I was going to ask but got distracted by the rest of the game - was that the first time VAR called a keeper off the line on a PK?

And now - listening to JP Dellacamera speak English is hard enough. His French is much worse.
 
Goforgoal said:
What a wonderful goal by England on the break out of the back just now. That was fantastic.
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I was afraid this might turn out to be the heartbreak group with too many ties and was prepared sarcastic remarks about no points for possession and looking up the Fair-Play standings in case the tiebreakers came down to that.
 
espola said:
I was going to ask but got distracted by the rest of the game - was that the first time VAR called a keeper off the line on a PK?

And now - listening to JP Dellacamera speak English is hard enough. His French is much worse.
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Yeah that was lame....if they are going to call the technical foul then call also the violation of the box by the Italians rushing in....

A great performance by the Argentine keeper...
 
Grace T. said:
Yeah that was lame....if they are going to call the technical foul then call also the violation of the box by the Italians rushing in....

A great performance by the Argentine keeper...
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Aren't you a referee? What is the restart if both sides violate on a PK? Isn't it still a do-over?
 
espola said:
I was afraid this might turn out to be the heartbreak group with too many ties and was prepared sarcastic remarks about no points for possession and looking up the Fair-Play standings in case the tiebreakers came down to that.
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Someone must be listening to me - the Wikipedia page now shows Fair-Play points as footnotes where relevant (as in Group E at the moment). Personally, I would have just added a FP column for all teams.
 
espola said:
Aren't you a referee? What is the restart if both sides violate on a PK? Isn't it still a do-over?
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I'm only a level 8:p and this one falls under the double offense committed at the same time rule which I've never been able to fully get (so Jamaica'd be better off letting the ball go in and resulting in an IDFK?). I think it is doover but doesn't it require a double caution? And then since it arguably happened again on the second shot, wouldn't it mean that it would need to be reviewed if they are going to call it that tightly? And where is the keeper infringement listed as one of the things the VAR ref should call down the CR (seriously asking....don't know)?
 
Grace T. said:
I'm only a level 8:p and this one falls under the double offense committed at the same time rule which I've never been able to fully get (so Jamaica'd be better off letting the ball go in and resulting in an IDFK?). I think it is doover but doesn't it require a double caution? And then since it arguably happened again on the second shot, wouldn't it mean that it would need to be reviewed if they are going to call it that tightly? And where is the keeper infringement listed as one of the things the VAR ref should call down the CR (seriously asking....don't know)?
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Good questions.
 
I think they should stop the clock during VAR and referee interactions. It's not advanced technology. We can measure whether a ball in flight has completely crossed the line, but we don't know how long the half is going to last?

"...Electrically they keep the baseball score..." That beat's been going on since 1967. Surely FIFA can catch up, at least in professional venues like this.
 
Every group but group F looks like it will be won by a European team. Once those European federations get serious about their soccer it becomes just a matter of time before they dominate. This could seriously be an all European final 4.
 
espola said:
Jamaica is lower ranked lowed by FIFA than Thailand, so at what point should Italy stop celebrating their goals?
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All of the celebrations I saw were hugging teammates. I didn’t see anyone running and sliding around or ticking off meaningless goals. Alex Morgan might win the golden boot yet be done in the quarterfinals. I would take one goal against France for 12 against Thailand.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Every group but group F looks like it will be won by a European team. Once those European federations get serious about their soccer it becomes just a matter of time before they dominate. This could seriously be an all European final 4.
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The Europeans (with the exception of the UK) have made vast attitude and training changes in women's sports in the last 20 or so years...their player pools are not as big as ours but are based on their tracking and academy systems. The Latin Americans and Asians haven't as much (with the exception of China) where in Latin America at least it's still considered gross and unladylike for girls to play.

It's also going to be a question of goalkeeping and what we can do post-Solo...we just don't know yet since it hasn't been seriously tested for any of the top teams yet
 
Canada-New Zealand will be shown at noon on Fox Sports 2 channel, which is 401 on my local Spectrum San Diego lineup.
 
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