Women’s World Cup France 2019, 7 June - 7 July

ill go one further and say sterlings 94th minute goal shouldve stood

spirit of the game

I think giving teams 2 VAR challenges per half is a great idea

if i do say so myself

only the ref should have a var call

and it should never be mandated

and any player asking for it should be shot

or yellow carded

deems otm

yeah i think that would work

envisaging legions of keyboard tacticians angrily condemning this or that coach for using all their VAR challenges by the 80th minute when everyone of course knows that marginal calls are statistically more likely after the 82nd etc etc and then putting my head in the oven

it is kind of hilarious given how extremely relaxed refs are

always amazing to me how, with the fate of nations riding on games, no one ever really knows how much time's left. eight minutes of added time? sure, why not. one side is pressing forward when that ends? we'll just let things go until they score or turn the ball over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0JFuWqwFg4

inverse of this is Clive Thomas refereeing Brazil-Sweden in 1978 WC and electing to adhere to injury time so specifically as to blow the whistle exactly as a corner is headed in. love to see it

(also enjoying the "great protests from the Brazilians" in fact being the players looking a bit pissed off then walking off the pitch as normal)

Not stopping the clock and refusing to keep accurate time to add at the end is so ridiculous. It’s simple to track the exact amount of time play was stopped and display that time to the audience and players.

lol exactly. bad form to blow the final whistle with the ball in the air heading towards the box.

still think each half should be 30 mins actual time with clock stopping every time ball out of play but then i think about what TV would do with the stoppages and i see enough of ray winstone and lads lads lads and everyone at half-time and can do without it during the actual game.

Also maybe goals should count for two points, one if they bounce

as an American it's kind of weird to watch a sport on TV with no commercial breaks (besides the one)...like, when am I supposed to go get a beer

not complaining though

er indoor will grab you one on her way to do the messages

you get get food/drink when there is a lull in the play which is basically most of the time. then u rush back when the crowd gets louder.

At my local MLS team's games, i sit in a premium section where the food and beer is free and we're allowed to take two at a time. Solves that prob easily.

out of curiosity is anyone in the uk even the tiniest bit offended by alex morgan sipping tea or is it just american trump supporters

loads of uk fans are performatively outraged but that's a symptom of how social media has made idiotic cunts of us all tbh

It seems more RuPaul’s Drag Race than Boston Harbour but idk if anyone cares either way.

I’ve warmed to her since finding out she was once reprimanded for being drunk and disorderly at the EPCOT Centre.

reprimanded for being tired and emotional, surely

Funnily enough some people were talking about in work this morning and one woman was all, "What a cheek!", she's an older lady, of Pakistani heritage, actually born and grew up in East Africa.

She probably just thought it was ill-mannered.

StuWall got angry and immediately tried to rebuy his seat three times only to be told itd been sold

I figured it was entirely directed at Piers Morgan

But he's Irish.

can u fuckin not

ffs the usa will win the final by more goals than the last final

They only beat England by one and these two both look better than England

Yeah I don't think the US were that impressive last night. They didn't need to be.

nah

england would beat these both

typical sassenach arrogance

Pretty dull this though.

aye a snoozefest

bashing england's men's team is a noble ilx pastime but cmon the women's team is obviously better than all bar the usa and maybe france, englischer penno bottling aside

calm down, john bull

They made maybe 3 chances in the second half, including the ridiculous penalty.

against the best team in the world

second half been a bit more interesting.

i sense a goal before the clock strikes 75.00

just realised that England will in fact have the chance to beat one of these and prove me right or wrong!

I've never been wrong before, this is a blow

well it can't prove me right as I said England would beat them both, but they'll only be beating the loser of this

but it can certainly prove me wrong lol

Extra time beckons I reckons.

So whoever wins will be knacked for the final.

At least the Dutch have got the sense to get the ball wide, watching England trying to thread it thru the middle of a back 5 last night was teeth-grinding

sweden would be winning this if they got their shots on target

Would be nice if Jonathan Pearce could go more than two minutes at a time without mentioning England.

In the pub where there's no sound mercifully

Nicely done.

Sweden looks shattered.