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So they rarely call it but decide to in one of the biggest spots in the game?
I get your point but this was as blatant a dive as you’ll ever see, astonishingly poor set up and execution, you’ll see better acting in a pre-school play. And he decided to do this while holding a yellow card. And it wasn’t even in the box. At some point the world has to take a stand against idiocy. Too bad, the yellow came out, the red came out, the ref did his job.
Yep. The reason was the ref blew the call initially and gave a yellow to someone who didn’t touch a player. The only person to blame in this is the Swiss striker who did the dive near midfield. It’s the second one this tournament so maybe a few learn now. Long overdue and I don’t feel sympathy for divers who get the card. You can’t say you hate diving and then cry foul when it’s actually enforced the way it should be. Don’t dive.
I'm fine with this but the lack of consistency was the problem
It's been an issue forever and the consistency of the call has always been the problem. Every couple of years they talk tough and don't follow through with it.
And soccer isn't the only sport that needs to crack down on the flopping. The NBA is almost as bad.
Soccer has issues like this rule. Like you said the 2nd one called in the whole tournament out of probably a hundred plays like this. Unacceptable and it undermines the integrity of the game. No, you should not dive but you can't allow it 95% of the time. It makes you wonder why it was called in this instance on the biggest stage? Again, if it was one of the superstars doing the diving who already had a yellow card then I highly doubt this is called. Are they throwing Messi out of that game? No. You simply cannot have this inconsistent double standard and expect to be considered a credible, unbiased sport.
The man down is just fine by me as it’s known established rule. Pro baseball had 2 sets of rules between the two leagues for decades. In Football holding could be called on just about every play but isn’t. Most agree with the inconsistency of the diving calls are an issue but the rest of that stuff is nonsense. I agree there. Balogun should not have played but corrupt leaders do corrupt things. The US and FIFA have corrupt leaders.
Of course it would be called regardless of who the player was...do you understand why it was called in this instance? If you did, you might understand the call better.
True but it was that way for decades prior to 2022. You can nitpick any sport with certain quirks, but the diving is just a scab non fans pick at because the governing bodies of the leagues and sport do not enforce it. That send off didn’t bother me one bit.
It was only called because there had been a yellow card given to the other team, so VAR is allowed to intervene. Otherwise, no.
Your comment made me look, and wow, I didn't realize the DH was dropped during COVID, then not put in fully until 2022. I would have guessed 2010...can't believe we still had pitchers batting in 2021.
I watch it to cheer for the U.S. Whether the red card rule had been around since God created the earth it still doesn't make it a good rule. It puts way too much power in the hands of the ref to dictate an outcome and is subjective to boot as evidenced by the Balogun one It is a red card.... no wait it isn't.
It would not have been called against Messi. The sport has an air of corruption.
Yeah so the ref is so bad he can't even identify the flop or dive and thinks it is real then has to go to a replay and reverse it and make a call that they call 2 out of a 100 times to essentially dictate an outcome The play had no bearing on the outcome of the game. It is not like a missed handball or a called phantom hand call leading to a PK. So it has no bearing on the outcome yet the refl does dictate the outcome. Whatever happened to let the players decide it on the field?
It's a pretty BS opinion to say "the ref is so bad"...he's one dude covering a field that big. He's not always going to be in perfect position or get a great angle on every call. He called what he thought was a foul (and what looked like a clear foul to me in real time)...thanksfully, VAR was able to assist and get the call correct.
So do you ignore the balk 99 out of 100 times and then decide to call it in a 1 run game to influence the outcome? Because that would be annoying as heck to any fan or coach.
I’ve seen worse BS in the NFL and college football. The no PI call in the Saints Rams playoff game was utter BS years back. Looked corrupt to me there. Good news for those who like the sport the red card isn’t going anywhere. There is no sport that is perfect, oh well.
I don't ignore it at all (in a serious game)...if a pitcher balks, I call it. Doesn't matter if it's the second batter of the game, or in a tie game with a runner on 3rd in the bottom of the last inning. If a team throws 150 pitches without a balk then does balk on the most important pitch of the game, it's on me to enforce the rule. It's the pitchers action that influenced the outcome, not my call (just as it was Embolo's action that influenced the outcome, and the official's correct enforcement of the rules).
Correct...seeing it from a different angle, it was a completely obvious dive. Are you trying to insinuate that it wasn't a clear and obvious dive?
We can respectfully disagree. You are obviously a knowledgeable follower of the sport so I don't mean to insult you. I don't like the red card rule and do not like that they decided to call the dive in a huge moment when it rarely is called. I guess if the yellow is not called on the Argentina player thus no VAR it could have been a play on. This variable complicated the situation and if it was blatant then the ref calls it but would it have been a total injustice if it was not called? I guess to the followers of the sport, it would have been.
Those that grew up playing and watching the sport know the rule is just fine and not going anywhere. I don't think he has the history on the double leg tackles that used to occur and players going after ankles and knees to send players off with an injury while just getting a yellow. Red cards help prevent those types of tackles/persistent fouls from killing the game and injuring players. They also help from blatant handballs impacting a game and keep the players upright and playing the sport. There should be no major penalties in hockey....it's not fair....what??? Get out of here.
Some of these suggestions are decent and some ridiculous. Some of what you are saying is analagous to making the soccer goal bigger or smaller. I doubt you want to do that.
