That's what I want to see from George and Santos!!

Get in George ! Second half mirrors first uncannily , in the KOs 😊

Incredible goalkeeping.....let's sign him 😆

4 minutes ago, Deino said:

He can't? Shouldn't the order of operations be -> call the foul -> check camera if tight decision -> 2nd check by var team if undecided -> call foul/non-foul?

He calls the foul. VAR referee checks it. If it's not a clear and obvious error, on field ref's decision stands

Commentators getting George and Acheampong confused. They look completely different 

5 minutes ago, STATS said:

It is based on H2H so any result in that game, we would have finished in second place and played Benfica.

ah - hadn't known that. Good stuff.

Benfica more winnable than bayern

Edited June 25, 20251 yr by nonotnowjim

Just now, STATS said:

Commentators getting George and Acheampong confused. They look completely different 

Also confused Nkunku with Santos..

4 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Jacko's scored better goals than that, didn't mean he was any good though..😂

Never feels deliberate with Jackson though.

Great to see Delap open his account. Hopefully the first of many.

Good to see George on the scoresheet as well!

Just now, STATS said:

Commentators getting George and Acheampong confused. They look completely different 

George and Saka I understand. Even my wife who know next to nothing just said he looked like Saka. But He looks nothing like Acheampong

Professional win. We need to improve if we’re going to progress in this competition - just going through the motions will end too soon.

On we go.

16 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Based on total nonsense. We all know the laws of the game. If it hits the opposition player and goes off its a corner. Why is there a need to change one of the most basic laws of the game

Er, I should have put a smiley face on my comment. I made it up. But, you never know with FIFA 😂

3 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

He calls the foul. VAR referee checks it. If it's not a clear and obvious error, on field ref's decision stands

But the obvious error is that he a)the player had no line of sight to the ball at the time b) did not have his arm in an unnatural position c) was even moving his arm away and behind his back when it hit the hand.

Therefore - clearly there was no intent, and he was not purposefully making his body bigger/unnatural. Decision to overturn justified based on those things (assuming the ref thought he did have line of sight or did do it on purpose or did have his hand in an unnatural position.)

4 minutes ago, Deino said:

Also confused Nkunku with Santos..

4 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

George and Saka I understand. Even my wife who know next to nothing just said he looked like Saka. But He looks nothing like Acheampong

Now now Jim, those folk all look the same, donchcha know ?

Well, you can only beat what's in front of you!

Origin of this phrase, slightly more interesting than the game : 2018 England versus Panama game from group G, which ended up 6-1 

According to Learn English Through Football 💤

Just now, The Rising Sun said:

Now now Jim, those folk all look the same, donchcha know ?

No. But George and Saka do look very similar.

1 minute ago, nonotnowjim said:

But the obvious error is that he a)the player had no line of sight to the ball at the time b) did not have his arm in an unnatural position c) was even moving his arm away and behind his back when it hit the hand.

Therefore - clearly there was no intent, and he was not purposefully making his body bigger/unnatural. Decision to overturn justified based on those things (assuming the ref thought he did have line of sight or did do it on purpose or did have his hand in an unnatural position.)

Intent is not a consideration anymore.

A rerun of any of the Conference League pool games. Fell in a hole with Enzo's replacement. George almost embarrassed by his goal.

1 minute ago, nonotnowjim said:

No. But George and Saka do look very similar.

I don't know which one is which.

2 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Intent is not a consideration anymore.

That's right.

1 minute ago, The Rising Sun said:

Intent is not a consideration anymore.

The rule clarifies that if a player's hand or arm is in a position that makes their body unnaturally bigger and the ball makes contact, it is likely to be called a handball.

ln this case, his hand was not in a position that makes the body unnaturally bigger. The ref saw that in the replay - and overturned his initial decision.

4 minutes ago, Bebe1980 said:

Well, you can only beat what's in front of you!

Origin of this phrase, slightly more interesting than the game : 2018 England versus Panama game from group G, which ended up 6-1 

According to Learn English Through Football 💤

The other one is...'you can only get beat by what's in front of you"

Edited June 25, 20251 yr by The Rising Sun

1 minute ago, nonotnowjim said:

The rule clarifies that if a player's hand or arm is in a position that makes their body unnaturally bigger and the ball makes contact, it is likely to be called a handball.

ln this case, his hand was not in a position that makes the body unnaturally bigger. The ref saw that in the replay - and overturned his initial decision.

Spot on. Intent is not a consideration.

Edited June 25, 20251 yr by The Rising Sun
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Match Day !

Come on Chelsea!!😀

Sorry, couldn’t resist…😀😀😀

Good win! Job done. Great for Delap to get his first goal. Santos got some minutes...

So we face Benfica then? Would have preferred Bayern from the two but it should be a good game.