🚨🇦🇷🇪🇬 Rio Ferdinand: “Football Needs Fairness, Not Different Rules For Different Teams”
🗣️ “I’ve sat here and watched football for many years, both as a player and as a pundit, and what frustrates supporters the most is inconsistency.
When Argentina go down under a challenge, the whistle seems to come immediately. The officials are quick to spot the foul, quick to stop play and quick to protect them. But when Egypt are on the receiving end of similar incidents, suddenly the game is allowed to continue and everyone is told to move on.
That’s the issue people have tonight. Not the result itself, but the lack of consistency in the decision-making.
Then you look at the build-up to Enzo Fernández’s winning goal. Egypt were screaming for a foul, their players were surrounding the referee, and millions watching expected VAR to at least take a proper look at it. Instead, it felt like everyone in the VAR room had gone to sleep.
What exactly is VAR there for if not to review the biggest moments in the biggest matches?
If that incident happened against Argentina at the other end of the pitch, do you honestly believe it wouldn’t have been checked? I find that very difficult to believe. We’ve seen much softer incidents reviewed throughout this tournament.
That’s where the frustration comes from. Fans just want the same standard applied to every team.
And let’s talk about the disciplinary side of the game. Argentina seem to get away with an awful lot. There are challenges that would normally bring yellow cards, yet the referee appears reluctant to reach for his pocket. It’s almost as if officials are afraid of making decisions that might upset Argentina.
When you look at some of Argentina’s matches in this tournament, there have been several moments where opponents felt hard done by. One incident can be debated, two incidents can be debated, but eventually people start noticing a pattern.
Football cannot afford that perception. The integrity of the game depends on supporters believing that every nation is treated equally.
Whether you’re Argentina, Egypt, Brazil, France or anyone else, the laws of the game should not change depending on the badge on your shirt.
The officials tonight had a responsibility to be fair, balanced and brave. Instead, they have left millions of people questioning why some decisions are given so easily for one side while similar incidents involving the other side are ignored.
Football deserves better than that. The players deserve better than that. And the fans certainly deserve better than that.”
#ARGEGY
@ChoppinBravos Accounts like this were calling not to panic a few weeks ago and was cheering for HSK. Now reality has sunk in! This is normal standard on this accounts.
@BravesVisionTV@Braves Cheap fucking asshole. The blame is all on him to have this lame ass terrible team. Zero accountability and zero interest in improving this fucking team. And people still claping! What a joke
@mlbbowman This team is a joke. This manager is a joke. This team is not going to make it even to the wild card. Terrible fucking team. Overpaid assholes.
@andresweiss_ Yo aprovecharía tu plataforma para ser más crítico con el peor entrenador que ha tenido Alemania. Ser así de tibios es justificar a un entrenador que solo le hace caso a su terquedad.
@andresweiss_ A esta Alemania más le vale perder en 32avos porque de pasar a 16avos, la humillación contra Francia está garantizada. Nagelsman es el peor técnico que ha tenido Alemania en su historia y eso es decir mucho después del 2018 y 2022.
Was für eine Meisterleistung von Nagelsmann! 👏 Mit Abstand der schlechteste Bundestrainer aller Zeiten. Ein absoluter Sturkopf, der die Weisheit mit Löffeln gefressen hat. Mit @DFB_Team geht der Zirkus einfach immer weiter. Clownsverein! 🤡🎪
@Braves Just like Acuña. They rather fake injuries instéis of aknowlodging they are just plain bad. And mentally they don’t have it. Same as Fucking Riley.
Everybody know the @Braves are going to loose the division by August. Thats a fact. But Braves podcasters keep cheering for Strider, Riley, HSK and lame ass Acuña. What a joke they are.
@ChoppinBravos And accounts like you cheering for washed up player like Strider, Riley and co. Specially HSK. You are a joke as this team is. Braves are going to loose their fake lead by August and not make it to the playoffs. When accounts like this keep cheering this mediocrity, is normal.
Hahaha the way Strider sucks. And @scottcoleman55 and those guys from hammer territory just love these lame players such as Riley and this Strider asshole. What a joke of a team.