Give Spain some credit. Their defence nullified the French.
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Give Spain some credit. Their defence nullified the French.
Yes, I do. I thought Spain, in the 1st half played too much like the ole England team ie passing sideways and backwards, rarely having a go. However, what they did worked.
I still say France was disappointing even though I was rooting for Spain.
Wasn't it Spain, and Pep in particular, who developed Tiki-taka?
Depends on how you define "old" but the "old" English way imo was hoof it forward.
AndyRM
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Aye, Del Bosque came up with it, then Pepperoni turned it into an art form.
No, that's old old
.Let me rephrase it, the old Liverpool way. I hope our new manager is more adventurous, as he was at Bourmouth.
matticus
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Spain were the better side. After watching them against Belgium I expected them to have a better chance than most pundits, but I'm still surprised that they nullified the French so well!
I'm glad they didn't win just with that penalty. IMO it wasn't remotely a foul in the spirit of the game, and a "sensible" ref could have awarded handball against Spain.
T4tomo
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really ??> despite the fact it didn't hit anywhere near the defined (in the laws of the game) area of the arm it has to hit to possibly be a handball???
It was defo a foul, despite Yamal pretty much being on his way down as he got kicked. You could argue he was taking defensive/ protective action as he could see the defender was taking a wild swing at the ball.
matticus
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Re: handball - it's not important, but if you imagine the same incident before replays from 4 angles and VAR, if the ref gave handball and said "Sorry Yamal, you delibreately played the ball with your upper arm, not the (permitted) shoulder area, that's handball." everyone would have shrugged and got on with the game. Just one of those things.
BUT: it's clear to me the defender did nothing wrong. He made a legitimate attempt to play the ball. He could not have intended to kick a player that he wasn't aware of. He wasn't reckless.
It's a foul by technicality! :P
The ref agrees with you, so I know it's pointless me arguing here!
BUT: it's clear to me the defender did nothing wrong. He made a legitimate attempt to play the ball. He could not have intended to kick a player that he wasn't aware of. He wasn't reckless.
It's a foul by technicality! :P
