1st 5 mins was OK… The rest was pretty meh, let’s hope Croatia can at least get into the penalty box for a dive/deflection/dud shot or whatever as long as it hits the back of the net.
Mind you another boring 45 mins might also be OK for us. 
Fold’n should have scored mind you, I though it was definitely hitting the Croatia keeper and going in… 
It’s never called, but the Croatian defender gets zero touch on the ball, clatters through Kane, who misses the shot because of it. That should be a pk. The whole you can do anything to someone as long as they get a shot away is one of the weirder rules in soccer.
I dunno, even the commentators on the beep said it was an excellent block and the reply seemed to confirm that and no-one seems to be complaining about it apart from some USA dude
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commentators said something about a block here too but there was no actual touch on the ball that I could see. goal kick called.
That’s because no angle has been shown yet that’s a clear cut view, but you do you.
They showed four different replays man. None of them shows a touch, goal kick called. Come on.
It’s not a big deal. That kind of play is never called. I just find the de facto rule weird.
Huh? They showed like 3 replays on the feed.
Non of them shown here showed a clear cut view and I’ll take ferdinands/Lampards & linkers view over yours any day of the week
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There was no obstructed view, all were super clear. As said, it’s never called a penalty and that’s the entire point being made.
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You’ll take a view from 60 yards away over 3 or 4 different angles of close up replays. Well, “you do you” then
Kind of a shit game tbh.
I seen 2 replays, 1 from the side and one from the other side at an angle, non were clear cut to me and hearing the views of the commentators was pleasant.
I must have been typing here when the clear view was shown and even then its still not a penalty as by the rules so what’s CN on about again?
Are you saying it’s a penalty too?
Croatia are just old/slow now. No mandzukic or rakitic and everyone else is 3 years older.
No one is saying it’s a penalty bro. It’s just weird that the de facto rule is that you can clatter into someone who takes a shot, and as long as they get a shot off it’s not a foul. People get away with stuff that’s an auto yellow in the midfield as no foul all the time in that situation.
I mean, you were super clear about this and somehow it’s needed like 6 further explanations. Just bizarre.
That’s what I was defending in case it wasn’t clear… Saying the rules should be different is kind of saying “Penalty” if the rules were fair.
Scotland suffer from this a lot and Scottish teams in general get stuffed by this so I can see the point, but ye don’t here me saying everytime there’s a challenge inside the box “penalty” because football is a contact sport, no?
I guess the stones incident should have been a penalty also, lol.
Jesus dude take a lap