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[Armin @Aro_mo]

@jonahcelona If FIFA really removed the referee over his performance, then Croatian fans have every right to ask questions. You can’t undo a World Cup elimination with a quiet reassignment.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@Globalstats11 This is not true I see many countries in red and you can drink water there like Balkans.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@RobertMSterling One celebrates history. The other celebrates military hardware. Interesting choice of national identity.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@CrankyFed True. But your flag also isn’t on affordable healthcare, paid vacation, or maternity leave. So maybe let’s not measure civilisation only by where someone planted fabric once.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@texasrunnerDFW Congrats, you discovered football math. By that logic, Saudi Arabia were better than everyone because they beat Argentina in 2022. One match result doesn’t make you elite — doing it consistently does.

[Josip @l3d1c]

Some people don't seem to understand why everyone is so outraged about the 🇭🇷 Croatia vs. Portugal 🇵🇹 robbery, so let me explain.

It's precisely because multiple things that would have lifted the offside were ignored, multiple things were handled differently than usual, and several suspicious details are present on top of it all.

So it's both the factually false detection of a touch that wasn't there, AND the way it was handled, which raises even more suspicion:

1. Even if Matanović's head 🤯 touched the ball, it didn't change the trajectory -> no offside

2. Even if Matanović's hair 💇‍♂️ touched the ball, hair is excluded in the offside rulebook -> no offside

3. Even if he did touch it with force, Veiga still went for the ball deliberately -> no offside

4. Offside is normally never checked at the screen by the main ref. Normally the VAR sees Veiga's header on the first replay, says "ah, Portugal touched it, no offside," and that's the end of it.

5. No change of trajectory is visible on the ball. Instead of blindly trusting a questionable chip inside the ball, the ref could have trusted his own eyes -> goal stands

6. Letting a minuscule alleged touch that didn't affect the ball overturn one of the craziest goals in World Cup history is suspicious in and of itself. It hints at an agenda or bias by the refs and VAR.

7. The penalty given to Portugal was already a false decision.

8. FIFA using B-tier referees raises the suspicion that they're chosen deliberately: a ref without a big name is more likely to enforce the rules to the letter, out of fear that FIFA won't invite him (and pay him) at the next tournament. A big refereeing name would at least have the courage to decide by feel for the game.

9. Previous games where Ronaldo was already helped by the refereeing.

10. The observation that rules are applied far more strictly against small nations than against the big names.

11. Semi-automated offside tech was sold to us as eliminating human error. Instead, a sensor blip that nobody can see with their own eyes was used to overrule what everybody COULD see. If the technology can't be verified by the footage, the footage should win.

12.FIFA is visibly willing to trade away trust and raw emotion (nobody can celebrate a goal anymore before the check period is over, fans get fed up and stop watching because of this BS) in exchange for control over outcomes, because keeping the biggest names in the tournament as long as possible is what makes their commercial goals easily reachable.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@cagiago_ How do you mean they never had chance? Who ever cualified has chance don’t be ignorant.

[FAN INTER-MESSI @FANFOOTMESSI]

🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović sur Fox Sports :

« Ils ont annulé la suspension de 3 matchs de Cristiano. Ils n'ont pas expulsé 2 joueurs portugais contre la RD Congo pour une faute méritant un carton rouge.

Il y a quelques jours, ils ont refusé un but légitime de victoire pour la Colombie et maintenant ils ont refusé un but de la Croatie qui aurait pu leur faire gagner le match.

Pourquoi la FIFA accorde-t-elle autant de favoritisme à Cristiano Ronaldo et au Portugal ? »

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@theMadridZone Time for this guy to retire so we can enjoy some real football.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@TRadnic Ma hajde molim te gdje je Hrvatska a gdje Srbija 🙄 neka tebe u vukojebini i navijaj za Rusiju.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@UTD_Seth001 Little C Ronaldo had to win so FIFA ensured it. Cry baby.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@TouchmineX Good decision!

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@Pulaxki She said FIFA is the best!

[Pulaski Wallpaper @Pulaxki]

Any lip readers out there?

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@mikebutcher And imagine me I was sick one week in past 8 years how frustrating this is to read. Some people are having double vacation.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@DaAnunna Ne fora je do tri dana samo kažeš da si bolestan ne treba ti bolovanje. A ako si bolestan duze od tri dana onda ti treba bolovanje od doktora. I tu se i krije problem sto su neki bolesni po 75 dana u godini tj je rade jer ne žele da rade.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@BenZaranko The answer isn’t making it harder for genuinely sick people. It’s better enforcement. Those abusing sick leave should face consequences, while those who are genuinely ill should be protected.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@txgermanbre “Europe is small” is a funny criticism coming from a country where many people think driving 30 minutes is a long trip.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@clevefan1979 Cheap? Maybe. The reason it’s the world’s biggest sport isn’t because people couldn’t afford anything else. It’s because it’s the best game. If Americans had invented football, they’d never stop reminding everyone.

[Armin @Aro_mo]

@pl_european @theEuropoor No I don’t want to pay EU staff 100€ when I can pay in 10€ what you are saying doesn’t make any sense.