Fifa World Cup 2026

The next game England are playing in Mexico and apparently that stadium is in a high altitude how do you think that's going to affect the England players?

the iconic stadium is located roughly 7,220 feet (about 2,200 meters) above sea level
 
stefan9 said:
Since when is Inter not the spotlight. Was also good at napoli his first season.
Simple facts are at club level only Antoine Conte has been able to get the best out of him.
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Yes, Inter are big, but it aint a £75 million move to United (9 years ago) or a £98 move to Chelsea and the expectations that came with it. And while Napoli have been competitive in recent years, they are not even the biggest club in Italy.

In terms of cumulative transfer fees over a career, he is the second most expensive player in history (only Neymar has cost his clubs more). On the body of his club performances, he has not lived up to that.
 
thestaggy said:
Yes, Inter are big, but it aint a £75 million move to United (9 years ago) or a £98 move to Chelsea and the expectations that came with it. And while Napoli have been competitive in recent years, they are not even the biggest club in Italy.

In terms of cumulative transfer fees over a career, he is the second most expensive player in history (only Neymar has cost his clubs more). On the body of his club performances, he has not lived up to that.
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It was a €75 mil transfer at the time, still remains a club record. Lets also not try and dimmish expectations of wearing the Inter nr 9 shirt and being expected to be the man to overcome the juve dominance at the time.

What you will find when you look closely at all his transfers the clubs were he failed weren't very stable or well run at the time. He has blame for not succeeding but the club environments he was in wasn't exactly great either.
 
rietrot said:
He doesn't get to the ball just clearly takes out the players legs. That's always a penalty.
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Lol
stefan9 said:
Agreed was a reckless tackle. Especially dumb in the box.
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Nothing reckless about it.

Watch this clip from five seconds before the collision.. or better yet, watch the full replay if you don't believe me. The defender doesn't even know where the attacker is because he's focused on the ball the entire time.

Context matters. VAR and the referee seemed to judge only the moment of impact, without considering how the play developed.


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split second later, still just focusing on the ball

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Just before the impact.

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The attacker came from behind and from the side. The defender never went into him. it was the other way around. This is never a reckless foul. Looking at the collision in isolation led to the wrong decision. Full stop.

here is a better view, from atop.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2072453246786920735
 
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Adenoid Hynkel said:
Lol

Nothing reckless about it.

Watch this clip from five seconds before the collision.. or better yet, watch the full replay if you don't believe me. The defender doesn't even know where the attacker is because he's focused on the ball the entire time.

Context matters. VAR and the referee seemed to judge only the moment of impact, without considering how the play developed.


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split second later, still just focusing on the ball

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Just before the impact.

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The attacker came from behind and from the side. The defender never went into him. it was the other way around. This is never a reckless foul. Looking at the collision in isolation led to the wrong decision. Full stop.
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I said this about the Bafana Bafana Red card, I don't know how you can foul someone coming from behind you while trying to play the ball.

Other situations like this, in the box (see England) there is no card or penalty.
This game is so confusing to me.


 
Adenoid Hynkel said:
Lol

Nothing reckless about it.

Watch this clip from five seconds before the collision.. or better yet, watch the full replay if you don't believe me. The defender doesn't even know where the attacker is because he's focused on the ball the entire time.

Context matters. VAR and the referee seemed to judge only the moment of impact, without considering how the play developed.


View attachment 1918949

split second later, still just focusing on the ball

View attachment 1918950

Just before the impact.

View attachment 1918952

The attacker came from behind and from the side. The defender never went into him. it was the other way around. This is never a reckless foul. Looking at the collision in isolation led to the wrong decision. Full stop.

here is a better view, from atop.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2072453246786920735
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He leaves his feet. No reason to that from where he was placed. Whenever you leave your feet as a defender you are taking a chance of something going wrong.
So agree to disagree.
 
purple face said:
The next game England are playing in Mexico and apparently that stadium is in a high altitude how do you think that's going to affect the England players?

the iconic stadium is located roughly 7,220 feet (about 2,200 meters) above sea level
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Not that bad. It's like playing at Ellis Park.
 
Adenoid Hynkel said:
Lol

Nothing reckless about it.

Watch this clip from five seconds before the collision.. or better yet, watch the full replay if you don't believe me. The defender doesn't even know where the attacker is because he's focused on the ball the entire time.

Context matters. VAR and the referee seemed to judge only the moment of impact, without considering how the play developed.


View attachment 1918949

split second later, still just focusing on the ball

View attachment 1918950

Just before the impact.

View attachment 1918952

The attacker came from behind and from the side. The defender never went into him. it was the other way around. This is never a reckless foul. Looking at the collision in isolation led to the wrong decision. Full stop.

here is a better view, from atop.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2072453246786920735
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If he has no clue there's an attacker near him, he really needs to stop playing football.
 
stefan9 said:
He leaves his feet. No reason to that from where he was placed. Whenever you leave your feet as a defender you are taking a chance of something going wrong.
So agree to disagree.
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Agreed. If he wasn't aware of anyone behind as is the claim, he would've just hoofed it out, not lunged in.
 
The Voice said:
If he has no clue there's an attacker near him, he really needs to stop playing football.
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The Voice said:
Agreed. If he wasn't aware of anyone behind as is the claim, he would've just hoofed it out, not lunged in.
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Of course he knows there are attackers around him. The point is that at that specific moment, he’s focused on the ball and looking in the opposite direction. He doesn’t see the attacker approaching from slightly behind and to the side wanting to breath down his neck.

Watch the 15–20 seconds leading up to the contact instead of judging one frozen moment ffs.
 
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