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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
One thing that was odd about the Brazil game was that there was a Swiss foul on the corner and it was clearly caught on camera, the swiss forward knocked the Brazilian defender down and then headed the ball into the net.
Why would they not review that? It seems a very arbitrary decision as to wether they go to the VAR booth.
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TSN interviewed Howard Webb afterwards and he basically just said that that kind of contact happens all the time, it wasnt enough to warrant calling for a foul.
Now thats more or less just refs sticking together I think and I'm partly bitter this season because I've seen plays where people have been called for less, but it was a pretty minor shove.
That being said though it was a good goal, forget the tiny shove and just actually look at the Brazilian positioning on that corner. It was atrocious. They had 10 guys defending 5 attackers and he got a free header at point blank range and the keeper didnt move at all.
Why couldnt Alisson have taken care of that? It was like 3 yards from the goal and directly in front of him, if he was strong and took control of his box he could easily have come out and dealt with it, get a hand on it, get a punch in, put the player off, something.
What is really telling is that after that goal Brazil jut really couldnt regain their rhythm. They looked like a totally different team and whats most concerning was that they ran out of ideas other than 'give it Neymar.'