World Cup 2026

[Sheilbh]

This is not great - feel the referee doesn't really have a grip. Some very odd decisions - Paraguay exceptionally lucky that German goal didn't stand.

[Sheilbh]

Wow

[Grey Fox]

After the Brazil scare, we are rewarded!

[Jacob]

Rough way to go out

[Sheilbh]

Yeah penalties are the worst (and as an old man I hate modern penalties). But of all the sides to go out on penalties - I don't think Germany have ever lost a shootout before.

Especially rough as I think there's no way that extra time goal should have been disallowed.

[HVC]

Edit: Incidentally the commentators mentioned a few times about Marsch "dividing opinion" a few times. Have there been controversies in Canada about him - or is it maybe just a legacy from when he was at Leeds?

Not to my knowledge, no.

Also, I didn't know but apparently Marsch was a serious contender to be coach for Korea, until the billionaire in charge of the local association decided to throw out the process and pick his own guy.

Two or three other international coaches too.

[HVC]

This is not great - feel the referee doesn't really have a grip. Some very odd decisions - Paraguay exceptionally lucky that German goal didn't stand.

Didn't watch the game but was it a bad ref or crooked ref?

[Sheilbh]

Everyone on BBC - including the ref advisor they have locked in a VAR cupboard - agreed it was a very, very soft decision.

The ref got it right andwere called to have another look by VAR. My slight sense is it was maybe one of those were VAR saying "you might have got this wrong, take another look" kind of made him just do it. Not sure if true elsewhere but in England it's taken a while for on-field refs to actually start sticking by their decisions - there was a while when it basically felt like if VAR reviewed something the ref would go along and this reminded me of that.

[Grey Fox]

I love when there is checking in my soccer game. 

[HVC]

They're doing everything they can to mess with the flow of the game. Too many VAR checks, midhalf commercial breaks.

[Zanza]

Did not watch the game, but sounds like a deserved exit in the news reports.

[crazy canuck]

To my uneducated eye, it sure looked like the offensive player interfered with the goaltender. Now that sort of thing might be allowed and it might be OK for an offensive player to rough up the goalie a bit and so from that point of view, it might be soft, but it definitely happened.

[crazy canuck]

Morocco was put the shot in net in the first half of extra time

[crazy canuck]

Another shootout!

[HVC]

I hate penalties. They should just keep playing until someone scores