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Mexico hired Tata without even giving Gregg Berhalter an interview

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@ScouTurk You just keep taking Ls 😭

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@diggonotdiego Point me to the law of the game that makes it a “by the book” red card. I can point to fifa protocols that were NOT followed here but can you point to something that makes this a by the book red card?

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@will_boling VAR shouldn’t have been applied in the first place. Not clear and obvious. Once VAR was applied slow motion replay shouldn’t have been used per the laws of the game. It was. Egregious mistakes. What’s the point?

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@Jermainejunior Love you Jermaine

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@phl43 The problem is the review, genius. In real time what is clear and obvious about missing this call? Nothing. Of course slowing it down and watching it 50 times makes it looks worse. Never a fucking red. Never.

[Zach Osterman @ZachOsterman]

VAR introduced that specific kind of red into the game and it’s much worse for it.

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@_jokeocracy @ClayTravis Retard

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

It’s impossible to defend this call. Impossible. Ref should be fired and investigated for corruption.

[Jeremy Radcliffe @jradbo]

Absolutely ludicrous. Their guy can intentionally truck Tyler Adams and not even get a yellow and our best player steps on a guy’s foot and we’re man down and he’s out against Belgium if we somehow hold on?!? Great job FIFA. What a clown show

[Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon]

Mind boggling red— especially when the ref didn’t even give a yellow in real time

[steve ceruti @Ceruti]

I genuinely hate blaming refereeing overall. I think it’s loser behavior. Having said that there needs to be a lot of questions directed at this crew. It’s been a complete mess.

[Mike Conti @MikeConti929]

VAR is supposed to correct only “clear and obvious errors.” That was not a clear and obvious error, not even close.

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

Taps the sign: tackles aren't made in slow motion so the first replays the VAR looks at shouldn't be either. Full speed shows the context - never a red card.

[Ross Dyer @RossDyerTV]

Have said this for years:
VAR is backwardly conceived.
Instead of giving the referee extra help and authority when he requests (or with a manager challenge system), VAR does the reverse — it puts pressure on him, removes his authority & adds additional human error to the equation

[SethOfficial🇵🇹 @UTD_Seth001]

🚨 Patrice Evra on Folarin Balogun’s red card during USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina compared to Lionel Messi’s challenge against Algeria:

🗣️ “This is exactly why people are losing faith in VAR. One incident is punished with the harshest decision possible, another similar incident is brushed aside. Explain to me how that makes sense.”

“I watched the Balogun challenge and immediately thought about the Messi incident against Algeria. Football fans are not blind. They remember these moments, and they compare them.”

“What frustrates me isn’t just the red card—it’s the lack of consistency. If you’re going to be strict, then be strict with everyone. If you’re going to let the game flow, then let it flow for everyone.”

“The USA have every reason to feel hard done by. You’re playing a World Cup knockout match, you lose a player, and people are left wondering why the same standard wasn’t applied elsewhere.”

“You cannot build trust in VAR if supporters leave every big game arguing about different decisions. The technology should remove doubt, not create even more controversy.”

“People keep saying the laws are the same for everyone, but nights like this make that very difficult to believe. The biggest stars should never receive different treatment from everyone else.”

“If football wants credibility, then every challenge has to be judged the same way, whether it’s Balogun, Messi or any other player on the pitch. That’s the only standard fans will ever accept.”

[Matt Adkins @mattadk]

Miserable day from this head referee, been lost all game. Misses 3-4 yellows, then goes to a straight red only because VAR told him to go look at a slow mo reply. Potentially tournament changing decision for the United States.

[Jeremy Peterman𓅪 @SportsGuyJeremy]

Balogun's red card is a prime example of why studs to the leg/ankle/foot should not be an immediate sending off. The context of the play matters. Now contrast that play to Dzeko's clotheslining of Adams in the first half.

[voriai5 @voriai5]

Dzeko issued a straight up NFL block on a blindside player and no one in VAR thought *that* was a dangerous play that showed disregard for player safety?

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It’s time to fucking end VAR

[Ryan Rosenblatt, Back to Back World Series Champ @RyanRosenblatt]

The best thing that VAR can do is just not.

Game after game, year after year, we learn that the best VAR is no VAR and for much of this World Cup, they seemed to understand that. Then in the last two games they suddenly decided VAR should be involved and guess what? It sucks!

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Where’s the 6 or 7 million slow motion replays of this @FIFAcom you fucking cowards

[Dave Denholm @TalkSoccer]

This…THIS is far more of a dangerous play deserving of a red card than what Balogun “did”.