I'm not seeing any of this. I saw one toss to explain which side they would kick at. It turned up green, so they went to left (as we're facing it), and Atkins pointed that way to make sure. The 2nd toss was to see which team won the toss and who got to choose. He again assigned colors, it came up blue, and then Japan chose to kick first. Elfath explained that Croatia would kick 2nd, they all shook hands, and they were done.
Ok, so, if the first half was a 7. The second half and extra time was a 9. Took it clean through kicks and had one of the most impressive squashings of a soft penalty shout that I may have ever seen. Good selections on cautions. By the end the players were buying everything he was selling. Just not quite the flare of the last game, but a solid job by growing into the game. So, what is it...?? 9. That's a review.
Well, it's now pretty clear that we need time stamps for the damn coin tosses if we're now talking about 3 different coin tosses immediately after the conclusion of the KFTM coin toss....
I can't believe I'm saying this given a lot of other factors both coming into and during this tournament, but it seems pretty close to a certainty. Faghani blowing himself up is the biggest outside factor in Team Elfath's favor. Add in that he's the hot hand with no issues in 210 minutes and some made-for-media moments, and it's just a no-brainer. I think the only thing left standing in his way is Seneme's desire to get a CONMEBOL referee on the final three matches. But that seems almost entirely contingent on Brazil being eliminated today. So I guess if you're an Elfath fan, you're not a Korea Republic fan.
1. Most popular ref in the tournament 2. World class ARs 3. “Good enough” technical skills 4. A+ VAR experience Collina was a big personality himself, I’m sure he is loving this.
Waiting to pounce from the top rope on anyone who says, "ya know, the teams were there to play and no CMI, so it just wasn't that hard of a game..."
It used to be the case. List had to be submitted to referee for the first five. Not sure when that stopped. PH
Thaks. I didn’t know that. Does help explain why some think it’s required. Anyone know if that was ever in the magic book, or was just ROC? (I know in my 70’s LOTG KFTM aren’t there, but KFTM we’re being used by then.)
FAQs At a penalty kick, the goalkeeper has one foot in front of the goal line and one behind it at the moment the ball is kicked. The goalkeeper saves the kick and prevents the ball from entering the goal. What is the referee’s decision? The amended Law 14 requires the defending goalkeeper to have at least part of one foot touching, in line with, or behind, the goal line until the moment the ball is kicked. Therefore, the goalkeeper has not committed an offence and the referee allows play to continue.
To clarify, I was talking about the requirement that the goalkeeper remains on the goal line (and not behind it) during the run-up to the kick. Goalkeepers are allowed to have one foot behind the line at the moment of the kick now, but IFAB included the following note when they made that change: "Explanation of this amendment should emphasise that the ‘spirit’ of the Law requires the goalkeeper to have both feet on/above the line until the moment when the kick is taken, i.e. the goalkeeper may not stand behind (or in front of) the goal line." Didn't wind up becoming relevant here, but I seem to recall there was at least one kick from MLS Cup that was exactly like this but went uncalled.
Jonathan Wilson (author "Inverting the Pyramid") has suggested for years to wipe out the group stage yellows after the Round of 16. That way there's never a game where a player can cynically commit a yellow card offense knowing it's going to be immediately wiped out