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[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

FIFA must make all camera wires out of Croatian hair from now on!

[Goran Majić @Goran_Majic]

Zlatko Dalić: “This World Cup is anything but a football World Cup. It’s become something else entirely, something strange. It’s all about business now, and it’s killing football.

Look at the fouls that weren’t called on Budimir against Portugal. Vlašić didn’t commit a penalty either—he simply shielded him with his arms, and there wasn’t enough contact or intensity for a penalty. I’m convinced they wouldn’t even have reviewed it if it had happened at the other end. The same story has been repeating itself for Croatia for years, and I’ve been pointing it out all along.

Croatia has a weak standing with FIFA. All the decisions we’ve seen only prove my point. I was the only national team coach in the world who refused to vote in FIFA’s awards—that was my act of protest. We are a nuisance to them. We spoiled their party twice, and the third time they didn’t even let us get close. They didn’t allow us to write another great story for the third tournament in a row.”

” #worldcup #fifa #croatia

[Dario Dragicevic @DARIOOO8]

Croatia would have beat Spain

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨JUST IN: The Croatian football federation has filed an official complaint to FIFA requesting a detailed explanation for the disallowed goal

They’re claiming an 'abuse' of technology

[Newsy.Sportu @Newsy_Sportu]

‼️🌎 Gruba afera po meczu Portugalia - Chorwacja. FIFA prawdopodobnie właśnie się skompromitowała! 🤯

​Okazuje się, że technologia półautomatycznego spalonego podjęła decyzję wbrew... oficjalnym przepisom FIFA.

Włosy piłkarza nie mogą decydować o spalonym, chyba że zmieniły tor lotu piłki (informacje na oficjalnej stronie FIFA)

​Chorwaci zostali więc pozbawieni prawidłowego gola na wagę remisu? Nic dziwnego, że w sieci wrze!

ℹ️ Piłkarskie Bałkany & FIFA_COM

[Frank Isola @TheFrankIsola]

Next up: FIFA overturns offside on Croatia. The goal counts. It’s now 2-2. Send Portugal and Croatia back to Toronto for extra time and possibly PKs.

[John Pranjić @ThatCroatianGuy]

Okay, now put Croatia back in the tournament…

[Benjamin Cowen @benjamincowen]

Still feel bad for Croatia, that should have been a goal.

[Brian Lilley @brianlilley]

Offside my ass!

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Even if you have complete faith in this tech 🙄, it requires having similar faith in the FIFA officials who interpret it & announce the results. The lack of transparency at every step makes it hard to believe it wasn’t a transparent robbery to guarantee Ronaldo in the next round.

[Foundring 🇺🇸 @foundring1]

World Cup matches are probably one of the most filmed events of all time, from every angle imaginable. They haven't released a single image of the ball hitting the head of the Croatian player.

[Geronimo Morgans @GeronimoMorgans]

Croatia going home because the ball apparently grazed a hair follicle.

This is genuinely the worst decision I've ever seen in my life.

Over-scrutinising football to the point of absurdity. It's killing the game, honestly. Nothing left to say.

[Martin Litwak @MartinLitwak]

Solo alguien sin conocimientos técnicos puede creer que un sensor inalámbrico metido dentro de una pelota —que es pateada durante horas con una tasa de muestreo pésima— es capaz de detectar un pelo en su superficie en milisegundos, pero mágicamente inmune a la onda de presión si alguien la falla por un milímetro… todo transmitido por el aire en tiempo real a cientos de metros.

Es un acelerómetro. Capta vibraciones y cambios de presión de todo lo que esté cerca, hasta un insecto. Después la @FIFAcom decide qué pico cuenta como “toque”.

Y si el microchip marcó el “toque de cabeza” del croata… ¿por qué en la gráfica no aparece después el impacto clarísimo contra el defensor portugués?

Esto no es tecnología. Es un robo descarado. Uno de los más escandalosos de la historia del fútbol.

Y eso que han habido varios…

#Mundial #CopaMundial #FIFA #WorldCup #Fútbol #VAR #TecnologíaFIFA

[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.

[ᜰ 🇦🇷 @markklfc]

Zlatan Ibrahimović blasts the referee and VAR after Croatia's last-minute goal against Portugal was ruled out:

🗣️ “That is daylight robbery. Absolute daylight robbery. Don't tell me football is better because of decisions like that. The referee and VAR have stolen the biggest moment of Croatia's World Cup.

If you need five minutes, endless replays, slow motion and lines drawn across a screen to find an offside, then it isn't a clear mistake. The referee has hidden behind VAR instead of having the courage to make a football decision.

Croatia earned that goal with heart, courage and belief. They celebrated, millions celebrated with them, and then a group of officials sitting in a room erased all of that. That's not justice that's killing the emotion of football.

This is the FIFA World Cup, not a science experiment. Fans don't travel across the world to watch officials freeze frames and measure millimetres. They come to witness unforgettable moments, and tonight one of those moments was stolen.

I don't blame Portugal I blame the referee and VAR. Croatia deserved to have that goal stand, and instead they're going home wondering how football's biggest tournament ended with the officials becoming the main characters. For me, that's one of the worst VAR decisions you'll ever see.”

[Rad Dad @RaddyDaddy__]

@uttdkola Croatia

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

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Intelligence test for you: if this was meant to just target Billionaires, why did they write this in?

[Rad Dad @RaddyDaddy__]

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[Rad Dad @RaddyDaddy__]

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