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Surprised that no one has mentioned that the players/teams should be on the middle line, but at opposite sides of the pitch. It makes for nice drama to have them slag eachother off but the way it played out between for example Argentina and the Netherlands... well, for shame. Players about to take a penalty and the goalies should not be allowed to be spoken or gestured to by opposite players either. There should be only two possible touches of the ball after the penalty taker puts it on the spot: the shot and possibly the save. At any other moment, the ball is considered to be held by the ref. Any other deliberate attempt to touch the ball should yield a yellow. In general: stop messing about ^^

5/10. Most games were entertaining, there were some fantastic shocks. Would give it 9/10 based on that. But: Qatar. And: refereeing. Had this tournament played out in a proper football country that isn't incidentally a murderous dictatorship, my rating would have been much higher.

Nah, 'lack of grit' consolation prize for also took part teams tbh

MESSI!! MESSI!!! MESSII!!!! Official GOAT now.

Haha, fully correct. How unlucky.

Yellow, lucky Paredes. That is a conspiracy I subscribe to. The refs have been paid not to show him red.

Messi! Messi! Messi!

Dive, hooks his foot into the defenders leg. Never a penalty, yellow correct.

Wow!

Martinez almost got it. Now then, are France going to invest something in attack?

That pen is as light as the other but correct. Horribly defended.

Pen was correct. Light touch and dive = penalty, sorry. French are killing themselves. At what point did they even threaten to score or put any pressure on the Arg defense? France play for the counter. I find it rather sweet that they ran into one. Didier better come up with another plan.

Wow, that is almost insulting to the players subbed off. It's not on them, Didier. It's your tactics.

Brilliant counter

There we go, pen. Nothing dubious about it though.

I prefer Argentina because Messi. Vamos!

Thieves will be thieves

The ref was actually terrible, but they really can't complain, the Croats have more reason to. Reminds me of Arg-Ned. Messi complaining he did't get three yellows, basically

Well, Morocco can go home (their homes all over the place ^^) heads held high. Brilliant tournament for them

Ooooh!

Dutch commentator trying to add drama: 'will these be the last minutes for Modric on this WC?'. I'd say that's rather certain

Never had control, was just lucky there were no hard decisions to make. As soon as there were, he got shown up. But who would have expected otherwise? No doubt he's doing his best, but his best is Qatari league level.

Now all this needs is a dubious penalty for Morrocco ^^

Yes

Nice, subtle shot