@meghanapolis I think it means you only want to show off your true self when you're in control of who gets to see it and when. As in, you're pretty guarded irl, especially in situations where it's mostly not very close friends or family.
@urn1231@herculezg Hahaha no it wasn't. The Bosnian player started the contact from behind Balo knocking him off balance and then he landed on the ankle as he was coming back down to the ground. Actually watch the whole play not just the end. And then there is this:
@CADQUESO@ChelseaFCSkye@herculezg Literally no one is saying the inconsistency is Messi's fault. Why do you keep bringing that up? They're pointing out the ref inconsistency. The fact that it's Messi is either irrelevant or an example of a no call because he is Messi. Neither should've been a card.
@KMeierNSICU@coachchetmanley@herculezg That doesn't matter at all in terms of how it should be officiated. There was clearly enough pressure to damage ligaments by Messi before he pulls back. But even that doesn't matter.
@coachchetmanley@rodrigofante@KMeierNSICU@herculezg Neither should be. This is the enforcement guidance to refs. And Balogin got run into to start that whole contact so there should've been a foul against the Bosnian player, if not a yellow.
@amoneywilson@AlexanderL10631@herculezg This was the point I had to make to many on social media. They were like "the rules don't mention intent!" And I said, yes but the referee instructions do and this isn't even a yellow. Intent matters in how the call is supposed to be refereed and people just couldn't fathom it
@Erik_Hultstrom@herculezg It isn't FIFA. If you watch the US National teams when they play any teams south of the US border with refs from below the border our players just get abused and no calls and when we create a stiff breeze near an opponent we get a yellow or more. It's terrible regional bias