@iMiaSanMia Their comms strategy clearly is "don't admit any grave mistakes during the tournaments"--but fans hate to be gaslighted like that in clear daylight.
UEFA declared Anthony Taylor's decision to be correct because "Cucurella's hand was not in an unnatural position at the time it was hit by the ball". This is what the referee guidelines, issued before the tournament, state
In a meeting on 12 June, UEFA referee chief Roberto Rossetti gave a number of examples that justify and do not justify a penalty. In an example most similar to the Cucurella handball, Rosetti said there should be no penalty
That means if a defender is hit by the ball with his arm close to his body and in an almost vertical position, there's no penalty. In comparison, the penalty given to Germany against Denmark was different. According to UEFA guidelines, the difference lies in the position of the defender's hand. Joachim Andersen's hand "unnaturally enlarged his body" in that situation
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Vollkommen egal ob beim DFB, UEFA oder FIFA. Man kann sich sicher sein, dass du verbände irgendwelche fadenscheinigen Ausreden finden um von der Unfähigkeit ihrer Schiedsrichter abzulenken.
@SkySportDE Den Quatsch hat die UEFA unmittelbar nach dem Spanien Spiel bei der EM auch verbreitet. Ein halbes Jahr später, war es dann doch ein Handspiel.
The real headline from the birthright‑citizenship case isn’t the outcome. It’s that four Supreme Court justices signaled they believe a president can effectively rewrite the Constitution through executive order.
The Constitution barely survived today.
By a 5-4 vote, Trump’s Supreme Court declined to let him rewrite the Constitution and end birthright citizenship.
We’re hanging on by a thread. The fight to defend our democracy is far from over.
SCOTUS came within 2 votes of allowing the president to effectively overturn the 14th Amendment. Anything less than 9-0 on birthright citizenship would have been a scandal in earlier period. A significant decision today, but far, far too close a vote.
2014 gewann man im 1/8 Finale 2:1 nach Verlängerung gegen Algerien. Die Leistung galt als unterirdisch. Tahs 2:1 wurde zu unrecht aberkannt.
So können Winzigkeiten timelines ändern. Grausam
#GERPAR
Ich verstehe die Kritik an diesem Tweet nicht. Soll der deutsche Bundeskanzler die deutsche Nationalmannschaft nach einer Niederlage in die Pfanne hauen?
Die Deutschen kriegen in jedem Zweikampf einen Ellenbogen ins Gesicht, 50 rotwürdige Fouls von Paraguay, aber das hat der VAR jetzt gesehen.😂
So ein Arschloch. 🤣 #WM2026#GERPAR
Herbert Hainer on Germany's disallowed goal against Paraguay after the VAR review:
🗣️ “I am absolutely stunned by that decision. This is the FIFA World Cup, not a competition where goals are taken away for the slightest touch. Germany have been robbed of a massive moment, and I cannot understand how the referee and VAR arrived at that conclusion.”
“VAR was introduced to eliminate clear mistakes, not to invent controversy. There is simply not enough there to disallow that goal. Decisions like this damage the credibility of football and leave millions of supporters questioning what the rules actually are.”
“You cannot ask players to compete at the highest level and then punish them with decisions this soft. Germany earned that goal through determination and quality, only for it to disappear because of an interpretation that many people simply won't accept.”
“If this decision costs Germany a place in the next round, it will become one of the biggest talking points of this World Cup. The referee and VAR have placed themselves at the centre of the match, and that should never happen.”
“For me, Germany scored a perfectly good goal. The players deserve better, the supporters deserve better, and football deserves better than decisions like this.”
Robbed, these referees need investigating after this world cup, genuinely every single day there is a piss poor referee performance and no one seems to be talking about it, that disallowed goal was a fucking disgrace, i hope Paraguay get battered by France.
Schiedsrichter kommen einfach nie mit der südamerikanischen Spielweise klar. Die foulen hart und heulen dann bei allem gegen sich rum als wäre sonst was. Das ist pure Unsportlichkeit aber Schiris fallen immer drauf rein
#DFBTEAM#GERPAR
This is not Titanic with Kate Winslet and Leonadro DiCaprio it’s Germany vs. Paraguay and a penalty.
VAR opens the door for manipulation, it’s not objective or fair and destroys the game.
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