If Germany and the Netherlands play against Sweden or Denmark, they beat them like they stole their country's budget. Yet, at the 2026 World Cup, both Germany and the Netherlands were knocked out within a few hours of each other.
I saw Kimmich's statement after the match. He said Germany struggled badly against teams that aren't world-class, as if Europe is full of world-class teams. Right now, France are the only European team I'd consider truly world-class.
I don't think I'd be wrong to say European international football is overrated. It's too easy to stat-pad against many of the opponents there.
VAR took 5 minutes (!!!) to draw their own imaginary line to cancel Cubarsi's goal at this same stadium against this same team weeks ago yet nobody said anything. They also had a clear red card not given for a foul that was way worse than Martin's one. Atleti were quiet. Nothing.
VAR refs should see some punishments for mistakes like this. Other than the real time job of classic refs, they have all the tools, time, and capacities to expect near-zero mistakes for actions like this.
This is an unbelievably bad job done by the Spanish VAR refs
If the roles were reversed and the likes of Huijsen and Trent dominated La Liga then went to the PL and looked out of their depths, we’d never hear the end of how La Liga’s a “farmers league.”
Almost like that’s not how things work at all 🙃
@TurakinNigeria Do you know who's even more useless? The over 200 million citizens who sit back and allow just 1,280+ individuals to get away with the nonsense they're doing! Enough is Enough. Power belongs to the people, not the few!