🚨🇭🇷 BREAKING: The Croatian Football Federation has sent a letter to FIFA expressing its dissatisfaction with the refereeing in the match against Portugal.
“The Croatian Football Federation has sent a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino expressing our deep disappointment and disagreement over the match against Portugal, not because of the refereeing decisions themselves, as those can be debated after every match, but because of the process that led to those decisions.
First of all, we believe that the VAR protocol was applied completely incorrectly in the penalty awarded to Portugal, and that the referee should never have been called to review the incident on the pitch-side monitor. Even more importantly, we believe that Joško Gvardiol's equalising goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside. Contrary to the Laws of the Game and the spirit of football, Mario Pašalić was judged to be offside because of an alleged touch by Igor Matanović that, in our view, did not actually occur, the decision was made simply because the sensor indicated that it had.
We believe this represents a misuse of technology. We welcome technology in football, but we do not think this kind of application benefits FIFA, the teams, or football supporters. We know that our letter will not ease the pain and disappointment felt by our fans and players, but we believe it is important to draw FIFA's attention to these issues and request a detailed explanation of all the decisions,” said Tomislav Pacak, spokesperson for the Croatian Football Federation, as reported by https://t.co/TpzEjN5SGv
Iran couldn’t get visas. They didn’t intervene.
A Somalian referee couldn’t get a visa. They didn’t intervene.
Fans of Muslim countries couldn’t get a visa. They didn’t intervene.
Ronaldo got a red card. Intervened.
USA player got a red card. Intervened.
F*** FIFA. Corrupt.
Na minha geração as copas são
2014 - Um colombiano QUEBRA o melhor jogador do Brasil e não sai com punição alguma e tomamos a maior goleada da história no jogo seguinte
2018 - eliminado pela poderosa BÉLGICA
2022 - eliminado pela poderosa CROÁCIA
2026 - eliminado pela poderosa NORUEGA
Sabe o pior? NENHUMA foi culpa de Neymar Jr. Mas a mídia pinta como vilão e abafa uma caralhada de safado ruim dessa geração.
Obrigado por me fazer amar o futebol
Just to be clear, then. FIFA:
1) can't possibly intervene when Iran are forced to move, a referee is denied a visa, or fans are barred from the USA
2) can absolutely intervene when a decision goes against the USA that Donald Trump doesn't like
Smashing. All know where we stand
Rashford, unfortunately, seems to have found safety/comfort on the touchline. It’s embarrassing Icl.
It’s like he’s so afraid to be the guy to lose the game so much so he doesn’t even try to win it.
Cowering to folks who aren’t on your level is some pussy shit man. Damn.
🚨👊 Aaron Wan-Bissaka went the whole World Cup tournament without being dribbled past at all.
▪️ 0 times vs. Portugal 🇵🇹
▪️ 0 times vs. Colombia 🇨🇴
▪️ 0 times vs. Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
▪️ 0 times vs. England 🏴
Wan-Bissaka is one of the biggest 'born in the wrong generation' players I've seen in football.
In the '90s or 2000s, he would've been an elite right-back. His one-on-one defending was tailor-made for that era, and he could easily have spent a decade as a top-tier full-back for a club like Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal.