Group B Matchday 3 - 25 June - Iran 1-1 Portugal, Spain 2-2 Morocco

[Stan]

Just now, DeadLinesman said:

And that’s why VAR will never be 100%. It’s all about individual interpretation with decisions like that.

yep.

[Stan]

Superb penalty to be fair. 

[Guest]

Just now, DeadLinesman said:

And that’s why VAR will never be 100%. It’s all about individual interpretation with decisions like that.

What I've always said. You can't make it perfect.

Today VAR has been awful, although I can't discredit how its done this tournament.

Quieroz deserves more. He's done an excellent job at Iran.

[nudge]

6 minutes ago, Bluewolf said:

I want to know if @nudge is watching both these games at the same time...

In fact, yes... One on TV another on the laptop

[Carnivore Chris]

How did he hit the side netting then?

 

I thought that was in

[Stan]

Just now, Blue said:

What I've always said. You can't make it perfect.

Today VAR has been awful, although I can't discredit how its done this tournament.

Quieroz deserves more. He's done an excellent job at Iran.

and I don't think any of us have ever said it will be perfect or that it's perfect right now but that gets conveniently ignored

 

[DeadLinesman]

My wife said she’d give me a beej if Iran won. I’m in fucking tears right now.

[Stan]

@Cicero Aspas scored for Spain.

[The Artful Dodger]

4 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said:

Worked out quite well for Portugal, I think they'll beat Russia.

Sorry @Machado @ASF

[Machado]

What a turn of events lol !

Spain almost out and then Portugal so close to being.

[6666]

Thought Iran won it there. 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Just now, DeadLinesman said:

My wife said she’d give me a beej if Iran won. I’m in fucking tears right now.

I hope Iran pull this off, partly because it's one of my countries... partly for you mate.

[Stan]

Spain on the brink of going out now they're topping the group  

[Stan]

Cedric just had a go at the ref and got booked again  

Santos and Quieroz having a heated conversation.

FOOTBALL. WHAT DRAMA.

[Guest]

Iran can go home with their heads high. They've played an excellent tournament.

Won against a very good Morocco side, drew Portugal and nearly good a result against Spain.

Work in progress and they did what we and Morocco should have done. Fair play to them.

Spain play Russia no? They will go through. Portugal play Uruguay, which is a very difficult game for them but an intriguing one.

[Carnivore Chris]

Spain will be happy with that as Uruguay are no mugs and they wouldn't want to play against them at all, whereas they should beat Russia, even though Russia could still cause an upset.

 

Portugal vs Uruguay will be very intriguing due to the way both sides play. It could go either way and will no doubt be full of drama.

[The Artful Dodger]

1 minute ago, Stan said:

Cedric just had a go at the ref and got booked again  

Santos and Quieroz having a heated conversation.

FOOTBALL. WHAT DRAMA.

So he's sent off?

[6666]

Second half of Portugal/Iran was ridiculous and it was great to watch.

[Stan]

Just now, The Artful Dodger said:

So he's sent off?

it looked like it. I only caught a glimpse of it right at the end. It looked like Cedric went straight for the ref and Pepe was having a go at him for doing so and telling him to go away. Referee definitely brandished a card to someone though.

[Guest]

That result couldn't have gone any worse for Portugal. Not only do they play a good side in Uruguay, they will more than likely confront Germany, Brazil or France in latter stages 

That result has hurt them more than I thought. Or at least it likely will.

[Kowabunga]

Without Koke Diego Costa is utterly lost. Given how fragile the Spanish team is, Hierro can boil himself in his soup of Thiagos and Silvas (especially the later).

[Fairy In Boots]

Absolutely bottled it there the ref, scandalous decisions and scandalous behaviour from the players. 

[Marc]

This ref has been abysmal, bad decisions, never a handball and he just hasn't had control of the players or managers.

VAR farcical 

Portugal v Uruguay is the battle of two team that just do enough each time. Fancy Portugal because they have more match winners. Spain to hammer Russia.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Gutted Iran are out - it was expected, but still... gutted.

It's a shame for them too because Carlos Queiroz has been a very good manager for the national team and this is most likely his last match in charge (although if the Iranian FA could somehow get him to stay longer, I am absolutely fine with that). It's ironic because I used to think he was a pretty poor manager, remember his time with Portugal?

At least Iran got a win this world cup, and then played 2 great European sides and didn't immediately roll over and die, like some sides might have. Good mentality for them, because even though Iran's got a pretty big population, investment in football is something that was neglected from the revolution until pretty recently.

[Dan+]

In a World Cup of abysmal refereeing that ranks right at the top. Absolutely disgraceful pair of decisions at the end. The fact Ronaldo can be punished when the referee has seen the Iran defender feigning injury is laughable and the fact he's given a penalty at the end makes a total mockery of the whole idea of VAR. Time to get it binned in time for the knockouts.