Interesting to see what United view as their midfield two
Assume mainoo is certi, and tielemans is better than Santos but think a tielemans mainoo pivot struggles a lil
🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid believe that if England or France win the World Cup, then either Jude Bellingham or Kylian Mbappé MUST win BALLON D’OR.
They are reasoning this to Rodri winning it over Vinicius Jr in 2024 due to EURO. @eldebate_com
🚨| WATCH: Speed reveals he'll be wearing an England shirt for the England vs. Argentina World Cup semifinal 😭🏴
"Now we know the Speed curse is not real... I'm rocking a full-on England shirt."
The problem with the new ‘mistaken identity’ rule is that it sets a dangerous precedent.
Breel Embolo dived, so if called on the field it’s a second yellow, but that wasn’t the decision.
Yet an amendment to IFAB wording before the tournament states: “When the referee shows a yellow or red card but has clearly penalised the wrong player of either team for the offence in question; the offence itself cannot be reviewed except in the context of mistaken identity.”
We saw the same with Tim Ream (originally booked for a foul) and Miguel Almiron (eventually booked for diving) in USA vs. Paraguay.
In both instances, the right decision was reached when revisiting the incidents.
Yet it’s massively open for debate as to whether this is actually ‘mistaken identity’, and that’s the issue.
It’s just a mistake by the referees. Both got sold by a dive. They didn’t mix up players. They just made a bad call on a regular foul and wrongly handed out a yellow card.
So really it’s just a rule allowing VAR to intervene on more minor on-field calls, and that’s the part a lot of people will feel uneasy about.
@Itz_Bankzyy I get the rule there needs to be objectivity used
The same way not every foul is going to be given as a penalty bc there’s a higher threshold
Bro essentially got a red bc the ref fucked up
If he hadn’t called a foul it’s not like embolo would get a yellow, game just continues