Wow! Japan beat Spain to win their group. They beat Spain and Germany both! Now they play Croatia.
Spain Plays Morocco. They were much better than Japan, but did not finish well.
Wow! Japan beat Spain to win their group. They beat Spain and Germany both! Now they play Croatia.
Spain Plays Morocco. They were much better than Japan, but did not finish well.
Yep head to head isn’t a tie breaker in the WC.
That was a fun 90 seconds when Japan and Costa Rica were going through.
M2 (12-01-2022)
Big controversy in Japan - Spain. The ball looked to have barely crossed the end line before Japan kicked it straight to the goals scorer. It looked clearly out to me. They did a VAR check and said the goal was good. This is after two totally marginal offside calls versus Morocco and Croatia that reversed a goal and a Pk.
Correct me if I am wrong, but if any part of the ball is in bounds, the ball is in bounds, correct? I saw one view (and I can't find it right now) that it looks like a piece of the ball was directly over the line. You could see green in between the ball and the line, but it doesn't mean the outside of the ball was in.Originally Posted by Betterread
Looking at this angle absolutely looks like a goal for Japan.
M2 (12-01-2022),RedTeamGo! (12-01-2022)
Turns out you are correct. Of course the World Cup doesn't use the head-to-head as the 1st tiebreaker like other tournaments.
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Clint Dempsey aptly noted that they can tell you if a ball grazed Cristiano Ronaldo's hair, but not if it's over the end line.
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022...y=75&auto=webp
This is the best perspective I have found. Green around all sides of the ball.
M2 (12-01-2022)
Gotta cross the plane though. I honestly can’t tell, it’s very close.
I was really bummed about that Croatia reversal because it robbed us of a Modric vs. Courtois PK.
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Betterread (12-01-2022)
Somehow I think Spain was plenty happy to not be playing Croatia.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Probably, though Morocco can play disciplined and hit them fast like Japan did. The thing that keeps jumping out to me is Gavi is struggling. He's getting bypassed more often than not, can't figure out how to influence the game. Pedri is playing great, but they need someone else cracking open those half spaces with him.
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Korea, Japan and Australia all make it. Lots of people watching these games very early in the morning.
Also, I think Croatia is plenty happy to not be playing Spain.
The Dutch are putting on a clinic in tactics and quality in the final third. The U.S. have had most of the ball. They've won the ball back quicker. They've shown good tight control, especially Dest.
Yet the quality of the Dutch is on display. They are losing the midfield, but they're keeping the losses to a minimum by going man-to-man on the MMA. That's smart tactics by Van Gaal. He set his team up to minimize the strength of the U.S. team (and now he's swapped in two new middies to keep their legs fresh). Their back line gives up no holes. And the quality of the cutbacks from Dumfries (player of the match so far) has been the difference. The U.S. rarely picks anyone out. Dumfries found late runners in stride.
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