Kolek planning to go pro
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
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It was 1-0 at that point. Poland didn't score until the end.
Not sure how that's relevant. Both teams scored one fair goal.I get why the goal stood, but allowing a player to come on to the pitch behind the last defender as a ball is played back by the team in possession is inexcusable. The Hand of God was bad but things get missed in the run of play. This was a deliberate choice by the ref that dramatically altered the run of play.And while the pass wasn't anything special, teams play soft balls back to the keeper in every game in the history of the sport. The only way that pass creates danger is if the ref waves a player on who's behind the last defender. No other green shirt would've had any remote chance at that ball.
Not sure how that's relevant. Both teams scored one fair goal.
When the ref first signals the player to come back on, the ball was just coming of the Senegalese players head. The Polish player then hen time and space to take more than the one touch back to no mans land in between the last defender and the keeper. It was one of the unluckiest goals I've seen in recent history, but the ref was not at fault.
Wind absolutely fell out of Egypt's sails after the first goal. Really bad defending for both 2 and 3. Russia on to the knockout rounds. Only host not to make it is still RSA in 2010.
I get why the goal stood, but allowing a player to come on to the pitch behind the last defender as a ball is played back by the team in possession is inexcusable. The Hand of God was bad but things get missed in the run of play. This was a deliberate choice by the ref that dramatically altered the run of play.
Well it's not official that Russia will be in the knockouts. If Saudi Arabia beats Uruguay and Egypt, and Uruguay clobbers Russia enough to overcome the goal difference, Russia will be on the outside.But that's not going to happen.
I'm not an expert by any stretch...but looking at a replay of that goal, I think think your description is a little off. When the Ref waved the Senegalese player onto the pitch (see 0:24 of that video), the ball was actually high in the air moving toward the Senegal defense off a Polish header. At this point, the player has already been waved in, and is moving onto the field. Then a Senegalese player headed the ball toward the Polish defense. Then a Polish player, not realizing that the Senegalese player had been waved on, played the ball back to his keeper.You can see it unfold really well on the embedded Telemundo tweet on this page, but the timing of the ref waving the player on is easier to see on the link above. The wide angle shot that shows both the Senegalese player and the action on the field begins at 0:37. You can see he starts onto the field while the ball is still going toward the Senegal defense (0:44). He may even have gotten on-side, but it's hard to tell. In any event, asking from my soccer ignorance, would off-sides even be an issue there since the Pole played it back? I honestly don't know.In short, the Senegalese player was waved onto the field before the ball was played back to the keeper. In fact, when he was waved on, the ball was high in the air and closer to the Senegal penalty box than it was to midfield and moving toward the Senegal end. I'm not really sure how the referee could possibly have anticipated what the next two touches would be when he waved the player onto the pitch.
Since the Polish player was the one to play the ball last, the Senegalese player can't be offsides by rule. Also you can't be offside if you start in your own half and since you need to be at midfield in order to re enter the field he couldn't have been offsides. Very unlucky for Poland, but no violation of a rule occured.
This isn't technically correct. Yes, if the Polish player is the last to touch it nothing else matters. However, you don't have to re-enter AT the midfield line, just near it. In fact, in the video the player re-enters in the Senegalese offensive half of the field AND it appears he's behind the 2nd to last Polish player which puts him in an offside position(but since the other conditions for an offside call don't exist it isn't called). Further because he is off the pitch initially at that point he's not in an offside position(have to be inside the touchlines to be in an offside position) so even if a Senegalese played it forward with him off the field but with the ball in the air he came on to the field he wouldn't be called for offside either.To that last point, a player can step off the pitch at the end line to remove himself from an offside position so that his team can continue to attack the goal. It's a bit of a grey area because you require the officials permission to re-enter the field but you don't see people stepping out all that frequently and even less where the player re-enters in an advantageous position without the official inviting them back on.And not to get highly technical but offsides is American Football, offside is soccer.
Rooney to DCU. Still rumors of the Fire wanting Torres. Someone please tell me how this league is supposed to be legit and not a retirement league.
Because Rooney puts butts in seats which turns into revenue which then can be turned into contracts for up and coming players and development infrastructure.I'd be with you if they had signed 12 Rooney's to their roster, but having some well known talent isn't a bad thing.
Ug. I guess. Maybe I'm just cynical as a long-time Fire fan. IMO, I wish my supported organization would try and actually create long-term success through solid academy development and 2nd division team vs short-term gains for a "name". Examples: FC Dallas, NYRB, RSL
These are now officially dead. Torres heading to Japan.I always thought Ronaldo would retire at Real, but I guess the whole Neymar saga last year truly changes everything.
28 is too much. Keep it at 22 max and go to a promotion/relegation system to promote better competition.
I feel fairly confident that Ronaldo pulls a Zlatan and comes to the MLS, but not for maybe 4-5 years. In impact I think it would be more like Beckham's Galaxy move. He's made mention of it in the past, and I think for such a global icon, it makes sense once his elite European days are past.