So Norway gets a goal taken away because of a two handed push. Then England two handed pushes a guy out of a header in the box, and that’s not a foul. Makes ZERO sense.
Easiest slam dunk of obvious corruption in the World Cup yet. This always completely undermines the call against Croatia.
The beautiful game ruined by faulty tech never used before, and can easily be used to manipulate games.
VAR has ruined this world cup.
It's almost disgusting how they can sit there and lie about it. "But but but our sensor!" Yea the entire Norway bench and players noticed it hit in real time, and we can all see it now. You lied and rigged the game.
The goal kick hit a camera wire in the buildup to Jude Bellingham's equalizing goal right before halftime 😯
There was no VAR check on the play and Norway couldn't believe it 😳
🚨🇳🇴 Dimitar Berbatov: “The Push Was Before The Corner Was Taken — Norway’s Goal Should Have Counted”
“I have watched the replay several times and I disagree with the decision.
The referee punished Erling Haaland for the push, but the problem is that the contact happened before the corner was even taken.
If we’re being consistent, you cannot go back and disallow a goal for something that occurred before the ball was in play. The restart had not happened yet.
Norway executed the corner, won the first contact and scored. For me, that goal should have stood.
Football is a game of moments and Norway had enough controversy to feel frustrated. First there was the debate over England’s equaliser, then there was this disallowed goal.
I understand why England are celebrating because they found a way to win, but if I were Norwegian, I would be asking serious questions about that decision.
Norway played with courage, they played without fear, and I think they can feel hard done by on that particular incident.
Sometimes a World Cup quarter-final is decided by tiny margins. This felt like one of those moments.”
#NORENG
🚨Ole Gunnar Solskjær on Norway’s disallowed goal against England after Torbjørn Heggem’s finish:
🗣️ “Norway have been cheated. I don’t say that lightly, but I genuinely don’t understand how that goal has been disallowed.
I watched the replay several times, and I don’t see enough contact from Erling Haaland on Anderson to justify cancelling the goal. Football is a physical game. Players are allowed to compete for position. If we’re going to disallow goals for every slight touch, then we’ll be ruling out goals every weekend.
Haaland didn’t push him with excessive force, he didn’t pull him back and he certainly didn’t do enough to make Anderson fall the way he did. For me, Anderson goes down far too easily, and the referee has rewarded it.
The most frustrating part is that Torbjørn Heggem did everything right. He stayed focused, finished the move brilliantly and should be celebrating one of the biggest goals of his career. Instead, the conversation is about a decision that, in my opinion, is simply wrong.
VAR is supposed to correct clear and obvious mistakes, not create controversy where there wasn’t any. I don’t believe this was a clear foul. I believe it was two players competing physically, which is something we’ve seen in football for decades.
These decisions change matches. At 2–1, England are under enormous pressure. Instead, Norway have a perfectly good goal taken away, and that is incredibly difficult to accept. If that’s enough contact to disallow a goal, then football is becoming impossible for centre-forwards. In my opinion, Norway deserved that goal, and they’ve every right to feel extremely disappointed.”
I honestly have never seen a WC game where so many refereeing errors and of such atrocious nature favoured the same team. British goal illegal. Norwegian second goal was no foul but even if foul it was before play started so not a foul. Third, clear penalty for Norway not given
🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on England’s equalizer through Bellingham against Norway should not have stood:
“I don’t care if it’s the 1st minute or the 90th minute. The laws are the laws. If the ball hits a camera cable and the trajectory changes, that is outside interference. The referee is supposed to stop play immediately.”
“People keep talking about Bellingham’s finish. Fine. It was a good finish. But the question is: should the attack have even continued? According to the rules, no.”
“Football cannot become a game where we ignore the law because the goal looks spectacular. If Norway scored the same goal against England, there would be outrage everywhere.”
“You cannot tell players to respect the Laws of the Game and then ignore them when it’s convenient. If the ball was affected by the cable, the correct restart is a dropped ball. No attack. No equalizer. No debate.”
The Norwegian goal kick hit an overhead cable and fell right in front of an England player and seconds later they converted for a goal. (Great by Bellingham.) No call, not reviewable?! But as we know, sometimes things can suddenly are reviewable and reversible...
🇳🇴 Norway manager Stale Solbakken with a strong response to Folarin Balogun's red card being suspended:
🗣️ Solbakken: "It is a big mistake by FIFA. It is not a great conclusion. He got a red card and the VAR concluded that it was a red card. That means you are suspended for one game.
I think what is really bad about that situation is, if the USA beat Belgium, they will always have that extra thing about it.
The Belgians will be furious. What about the next red card? What happens there? Will some committee take it away? It’s a bad, bad, bad, bad decision that will hurt the World Cup and the United States."
Norwegian journalist writes that all the best national football teams have scores of young players with foreign parents.
He’s upset that Norway is an exception and that almost all players are ethnic Norwegians.
Iker Casillas on Ørjan Nyland's incredible performance against Brazil:
🗣"I understand Erling Haaland will get most of the headlines because he scored the goals that won Norway the match, but for me, the real hero was Ørjan Nyland.
A goalkeeper can change the entire story of a game, and that's exactly what he did. He made save after save when Brazil were piling on the pressure, giving his defenders the confidence to keep fighting. Those weren't routine stops,they were decisive moments that kept Norway alive.
Saving a penalty at the World Cup is massive, but what impressed me even more was the composure he showed throughout the match. The save to deny Endrick from close range was world-class, and every time Brazil looked ready to score, Nyland had an answer.
These are the performances people remember for years. Haaland finished the chances, but Nyland built the platform for Norway's victory. Without him, I don't think Norway reaches the quarter-finals."
While Norwegian leftist media complains that the Norwegian football team doesn't have enough immigrants to make it a "superteam", Norway just beat Brazil 2-1.
Proving mostly homogenous teams are also superteams.
Now stop trying to make football into Netflix shows.
Patrick Berg’s game by numbers vs. Brazil:
100% successful take-ons
97% pass accuracy
38 touches
11 carries
8 duels contested
7 duels won
Outstanding. 🔝
Britain has the MOST ARRESTS in the world for social media posts.
And now they will be essentially forcing people to show their ID to be allowed to use social media.
Are you beginning to realize what's actually going on here?