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FIFA WC 26 - Other Nations LIVE Match Thread ⚽

Decentric said:
I was astonished a pen wasn’t awarded too.

I understand you are an experienced ref too, NCB?
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No I think Faghani got it right. However, it only seems to be people in Australia that seem to think along the same lines as me. What I did find weird about it, was the wording on the VAR check "attacker initiated contact." I just thought it was a blatant dive along the lines of Almiron's against USA when there was that whole "Mistaken Identity" thing.
 
NicCarBel said:
No I think Faghani got it right. However, it only seems to be people in Australia that seem to think along the same lines as me. What I did find weird about it, was the wording on the VAR check "attacker initiated contact." I just thought it was a blatant dive along the lines of Almiron's against USA when there was that whole "Mistaken Identity" thing.
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Always good to get experienced refs’ views!

You’ve convinced me, NCB!
 
highkick05 said:
I reckon England might go close if they are up for it. Usually not the case, but I really think they should give it a red hot crack
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I anticipate a slow opening game. Hope I'm wrong as I'm investing a late night in this one.
 
In what seems like a lot of surprising draws, I'd be curious about how many points have been dropped in total in all games so far.

These surprising draws set up a lot of outsiders to potentially land on 4 points making the 3rd place race tighter.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
DR Congo only had 25% possession throughout the match as opposed to Portugal who had 75% possession.
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Yep amazing effort by the DR as mentioned.
First WC goal in 52yrs I read.
Good luck to them.
In the meantime the press questioning should CR7 start next games.
Also he didn’t hang around to thank their support

The Portugal players gather in the centre circle and applaud their fans. Well, not quite all of them. Have a guess who had already gone down the tunnel...
 
England and Croatia now underway in their World Cup group L opener, with England kicking from left to right and Croatia kicking from right to left.
 
Penalty given to England in the ninth minute of the match after Luka Modric commits a foul on Noni Madueke in the penalty area, which is saved.
 
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