2018–19 UEFA Nations League and UEFA 2020 qualifying thread

Ah lads. VAR

That is absolutely shocking

Not watching but that sounds very funny. The Swiss are some lads to make the most of themselves. Ronaldo scored a cracking free kick earlier apparently

Farcical scenes there

Should be 2-0 to Portugal but instead it’s 1-1

How’s he justifying that mate?

Seemed like they made the right decision

How was that a penalty?

Quite obviously clipped the attackers heel.

There was nothing obvious about it except the Switzer clipping his own heel

He had 10 slow motion replays and he was still none the wiser.

2 replays, can’t make up your mind no pen. They’ll have to cut this shit out.

If you’re looking for a reason to give it you’ll find a foul in almost every situation that goes to var.

Did the Portuguese defender not clip his foot causing the Swiss lad to trip himself? Looked like that to me although the replay I saw wasn’t conclusive

None of the 10 camera angles were conclusive

https://streamja.com/zrOR

On the second slower replay here I think it actually is quite conclusive that he gets clipped

As you say yourself it wasn’t conclusive

There may have been an incidental feather touch by the Portugee

But it was not clear, not obvious, not deliberate

Either way, it ain’t worthy of a peno

Precisely, it’s there to overturn clear, obvious mistakes.

Fucking hell they’ve made a farce of it.

Joao Felix had a very poor night.

He definitely clips him, and that clip is enough to bring him down when he’s in a decent position to score a goal. Clear penalty for me

Do you actually think that or are you winding ?

It isn’t

I’d say the ref gave it to drum up a bit of controversy and interest in this fledgling tournament

Look at that video I put up, its the third replay actually I think that shows it conclusively. He’s running at pace, one of his feet is in the air and he gets clipped from behind just as he has a decent chance to score, don’t see how its not a penalty

Thank fuck @the_man_himself wasn’t the ref when Shay Given barged into Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2001

Or should I say when van Nistelrooy barged into Given