🚨 Roy Keane on Belgium being awarded a penalty after Youri Tielemans went down in the second half of extra time:
🗣️ “That's a disgrace. Absolutely shocking officiating. I honestly don't know what the referee has seen there to give a penalty.”
“Tielemans hadn't even won the ball. There was the slightest bit of contact, but that's football. If we're giving penalties for incidents like that, defenders may as well stop tackling altogether.”
“These are the moments that ruin big matches. You've got two teams battling for over 120 minutes, and then the game is potentially decided by one incredibly soft decision. It's not good enough at this level. The referee has got that completely wrong, and I don't think VAR has covered itself in glory either.”
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on the penalty given to Belgium against Senegal:
“To be honest with you, I don’t believe that was a penalty for Belgium.
From my point of view, Senegal were robbed. The contact was minimal, the Belgian player made the most of it, and the referee bought it completely.
This is the problem with modern football. Attackers now understand that once they feel a little touch in the box, they go down and wait for VAR to reward them.
For me, a penalty should be clear. It should be obvious. It should not be one of those decisions where you need ten replays, three camera angles and five minutes of debate to convince people.
Senegal fought hard. They matched Belgium physically, tactically and mentally. So to see such a big knockout game swing because of a soft penalty is painful.
If that is a penalty, then defenders might as well stop defending in the box.
Football is becoming too soft.”
@omer1987@izharkishon מה שבטוח לא היה זה שהוא בעט בטילמנס. אולי הוא גירד לו את הרגל. טילמנס שם את הרגל שם בלי סיכוי להגיע לכדור כדי לקבל מגע שגם בקושי הגיע. בתכלס אפילו רואים שטילמנס קצת דורך על הרגל של הסנגלי
@UziDann@GrubmanHadar אני חושב שהכדורגל של מדינת ישראל כהישגיות של אליפויות וגביע *מדינה* התחיל כשהמדינה הוקמה. זה הגיון בריא לחלוטין.
כמו שאני חושב שמשחק שהוא לא בשלב הבתים הוא *משחק נוקאאוט*