World Cup Thread

[DevilMayCry]

Own goal Mandzukic, so it’s 1-0 for France

[RedJ]

1-1

[DevilMayCry]

1-1, goal Perisic

[RedJ]

2-1. Not convinced that was deliberate handball, but it's subjective.

[Cantley Rover]

Croatia are being cheated out of this.

[NickDRFC]

For me it’s a handball, his hand comes down and blocks the ball coming through.

[DevilMayCry]

2-1. Not convinced that was deliberate handball, but it's subjective.

It wasn’t deliberate, but now the rules says it’s handball if the hand is not in a normal position (it doesn’t matter if it’s deliberate or not)

[GazLaz]

Going on previous decisions given in the tournament that was a penalty.

[Akinfenwa]

Look how chuffing fast the ball travels. No way is that a deliberate hand ball.

[Scooter]

Reading all over social media people saying including Match of the day pundits that it wasn’t a free kick or a penalty.

100% contact on griezmann although he was already diving
100% handball as his hand moved towards the ball

I think the ref has it spot on

Anyone who disagrees imagine if rovers had these decisions impact upon them
This is why football is ace

Shearer and Rio saying they are bad decisions is a joke they would be the first players to appeal for these

[GazLaz]

https://twitter.com/263mj/status/1018522287857758208?s=21

Watch this replay, definitely a penalty.

[Filo]

Penalty for me, hand to ball, not ball to hand

[since-1969]

Penalty for me, hand to ball, not ball to hand

His hand tracks the movement of the ball so a penalty.

[RedJ]

The more I see it, the more I think it is.

I think the problem - for want of a better word - is the law is very subjective.

[Akinfenwa]

https://twitter.com/263mj/status/1018522287857758208?s=21

Watch this replay, definitely a penalty.

He's jumping and the player immediately in front misses it. Play it full speed and then tell me how he can get out of the way.

I don't see how anybody can make a concious decision to deliberately handle (or not handle) the ball in a quarter of a second.

IMO it's over-analysis gone mad, all this.

[mushRTID]

It’s never a penalty.

[Copps is Magic]

Thank god Croatia's soul destroying technocratic approach to football won't win this world cup.

[Filo]

Crotia have been the best team and find themseles 3-1 down

[Colemans Left Hook]

Barely bet these days but gone a fiver on 3-0 and 3-1 France ! Probably a waste of one of the fivers !

i expect the froggies who by the way drew 0-0 at home to mighty Luxembourg in the world cup qualifiers to beat the "thugs" by 3 goals  (someone might even monopolise the scoring) let's see if the croats DARE damage the french in the first half  with their fouls like they did England

please can we have 2 goals  more for greezeman 3 for mbabbe or is it 4 for pogba 

[DevilMayCry]

4-1 Mbappe

[Filo]

Lol@ Lovren, he thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, your team has shipped four goals in the World Cup final, think again 😀😀😀😀😀

[Colemans Left Hook]

Lol@ Lovren, he thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, your team has shipped four goals in the World Cup final, think again 😀😀😀😀😀

and he behaved like an Agentinian/uruguyan 1966 animal on Englands black players in the first half of the match and no bookings

[Donnywolf]

Barely bet these days but gone a fiver on 3-0 and 3-1 France ! Probably a waste of one of the fivers !

.... or both Fivers. They did offer me £40 to cash outand I tried to eke it out to see if it made £60 as I was on for £130

[Donnywolf]

Lol@ Lovren, he thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, your team has shipped four goals in the World Cup final, think again 😀😀😀😀😀

and he behaved like an Agentinian/uruguyan 1966 animal on Englands black players in the first half of the match and no bookings

How he did not get Carded for the first 2 Fouls he did is beyond me - mind you how did that bloke get away with the pull back on Mbappe in added time of first half ? Cast iron Yellow not given

[Filo]

Lol@ Lovren, he thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, your team has shipped four goals in the World Cup final, think again 😀😀😀😀😀

and he behaved like an Agentinian/uruguyan 1966 animal on Englands black players in the first half of the match and no bookings

It's debatable wether he's the best defender at Liverpool, never mind the World

[Colemans Left Hook]

Barely bet these days but gone a fiver on 3-0 and 3-1 France ! Probably a waste of one of the fivers !

.... or both Fivers. They did offer me £40 to cash outand I tried to eke it out to see if it made £60 as I was on for £130

my very happy bank manager doesn't mind if there is extra time anything to get greaseman 2 goals

[NickDRFC]

Lol@ Lovren, he thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, your team has shipped four goals in the World Cup final, think again 😀😀😀😀😀

and he behaved like an Agentinian/uruguyan 1966 animal on Englands black players in the first half of the match and no bookings

It's debatable wether he's the best defender at Liverpool, never mind the World

“Debatable” when they’ve got Van Dijk haha, think you’d struggle to find anyone to have that debate with!

[Al4475]

Pity for Croatia -  best (maybe 'most dominant' is a better word/phrase) side in the final - they deserved better in that game - and wouldn't it have been nice to say 'at least England were beaten by the winners? Lol - but fair play France -  job done.

[RoversAlias]

Lol@ Lovren, he thinks he's one of the best defenders in the world, your team has shipped four goals in the World Cup final, think again 😀😀😀😀😀

Four Croatia defenders and I think Lovren was the worst of them today.

Also, I think it was a penalty. He moved his hand towards it albeit probably instinctively. It didn't affect the outcome of the game because France were ruthless in the second half and clearly a side with more quality up front and a better understanding of how to approach these big games.

Worthy winners of the tournament. Their knock-out run took in Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium and Croatia. Not bad at all, that.

[drfchound]

Nobody is suggesting we’re going to have players of the quality of de Bruyne and hazard.
But when they were the same age as rashford, Ali, Loftus-Cheek cheek. Nobody would’ve been suggesting they would be the players they are now.
Lineker, Shearer and Owen were better than some players on your list, add to that Robson, Gazza, sheringham, these were all amongst the worlds best players

Gerrard, Beckham, Rooney and Scholes, off the top of my head are a match for some of the players on BSTs list too.