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Assuming Im not being blind and this is the only thread, let's discuss.
The Dutch have followed through and clattered the US player on just about every tackle in the first ten minutes. To the point where if can't be random, misjudgements or over-ethusiasm but has to be a deliberate attempt to physically intimidate. Fortunately the ref appears aware and has brandished a yellow card to Spitse already. Hopefully that deals with it.Last edited by Janik; 07-07-2019, 15:22.
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Originally posted by Janik View PostAssuming Im not being blind and this is the only thread, let's discuss.
The Dutch have followed through and clattered the US player on just about every tackle in the first ten minutes. To the point where if can't be random, misjudgements or over-ethusiasm but has to be a deliberate attempt to physically intimidate. Fortunately the ref appears aware and has brandished a yellow card to Spitse already. Hopefully that deals with it.
They have previous in World Cup finals....
Lavelle is fantastic to watch. Dunn is also having a good game. Dutch keeper looks suitably up for it.
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Originally posted by Janik View PostAssuming Im not being blind and this is the only thread, let's discuss.
The Dutch have followed through and clattered the US player on just about every tackle in the first ten minutes. To the point where if can't be random, misjudgements or over-ethusiasm but has to be a deliberate attempt to physically intimidate. Fortunately the ref appears aware and has brandished a yellow card to Spitse already. Hopefully that deals with it.
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No, but they tend to be clean. The Dutch ones were not. The US are just stronger physically than all the other Women's sides, which is why their players come out on top of one-on-one tussles for the ball so often. That is the big advantage they still have, and a major reason why they are no.1. The others have caught (but not passed) the Americans on technique, its conditioning where they have the edge.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostWas that a dive from Morgan, USA fans?
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Oof.
Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View PostHow the hell was that not a penalty to the US? the point of a shoulder charge like that is that you emerge in control of the ball. Otherwise it's just a push.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostTrue. But she flopped like a fish.
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Originally posted by Janik View PostOof.
Quite. FIFA has got scared by the number of penalties that were being given. So, apparently, the rampant cheating by defenders in such situations is not going to be clamped down on after all. Forwards will have to keep diving, then.
Talking of rampant cheating, did you see the yellow card for a professional foul when the Dutch were attacking on the break?
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