Sweden v South Korea

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

This South Korean side is on par, about the North Korean which played a few years ago. Judging by the game so far. And Sweden are no Portugal.

[ursus arctos]

We are out of town and I have only been watching bits here and there, but I hadn't realised that Budweiser was still an official sponsor. Are they also promoting other InBev brands?

[ad hoc]

This K-pop heartthrob in goal is excellent

[anton pulisov]

What these lads need is Rory Delap.

[ad hoc]

We are out of town and I have only been watching bits here and there, but I hadn't realised that Budweiser was still an official sponsor. Are they also promoting other InBev brands?

https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/1008685733492805632?s=19

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

I have trouble with fast Rikssvenska sometimes, so Frändén can be difficult. The Scanian guy talks the most clearly for me. Almost like listening to English.

Watching without sound so haven't had a chance to listen to the ref yet (the other two I have heard many times before).

I'm born here and of course I understand, but they are not for telly. Lousy choices. Like listening to some of those twats shouting out what bids are in and which is next at an auction.

[ursus arctos]

Uzbek flag behind the Korean goal
I wonder who they are supporting

[Jah Womble]

But South Korea are really terrible. Probably the worst side I've seen so far.
[enter the jinx]

Worse than Saudi Arabia? I think not...

[Gangster Octopus]

Pently?

[Incandenza]

This ref is bad. Why wait to check VAR until South Korea are bearing down on goal during a counter attack?

[Gangster Octopus]

Pently?

Yes, eventually...

[anton pulisov]

penalty given by most unnecessary tv review

[Jah Womble]

'VAR works' shock, horror. Stonewall pen.

Yes, eventually...

Or 'evently'.

[ad hoc]

This ref is bad. Why wait to check VAR until South Korea are bearing down on goal during a counter attack?

He checked it because the bloke in his ear told him to. That's how it works

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
Decided with VAR but that was probably the most obvious penalty so far.

[anton pulisov]

I'm born here and of course I understand, but they are not for telly. Lousy choices. Like listening to some of those twats shouting out what bids are in and which is next at an auction.

My 'problem' is that I learned Scanian so can't understand all these upper class types trying to sound like they are from Östermalm. Unfortunately that's most of SVT.

[anton pulisov]

He checked it because the bloke in his ear told him to. That's how it works

so you are saying he wasn't going to give that penalty without VAR?

jaysus.

[longeared]

That was crap use of VAR. The ref's been blowing for everything in this game and as soon as he had a serious decision to make he bottled it and left it to the video refs.

[Ray de Galles]

He checked it because the bloke in his ear told him to. That's how it works

He's meant to make the call himself if it's obvious though. I think there was an argument to say it might have looked from his angle that the defender had got a touch of the ball but he can blow up and have that checked, can't he?

[anton pulisov]

pub league defending from the koreans to give away that corner

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

You all don't understand VAR culture.

The thing is that they are probably sure but with VAR the ref can allow play go on, meanwhile he gets info in his ear phones and then can decide to check where most often what was suspected by the ref and by us watching turns out to be the decision. VAR is not replacing the ref. It is making sure the ref has an even better tool than the tools which used to be stood behind the goals.

[Incandenza]

Seems like he didn’t want to make the decision himself. It was shown to be a penalty, but I don’t know how it wasn’t called at the time, and there seemed to be a lot of time before he stopped to listen to the review.

[ad hoc]

He can but if he thought it was a fair tackle it's also his job to let play continue.

(I mean obviously he might have bottled it and thought "well if it is a penalty they'll tell me")

[ursus arctos]

Nice to see Aguilar supporting the tradition of crap CONCACAF referees in the absence of US representatives.

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

VAR has been used in Seria A entire season and everything has turned to the better. Less offside goals for Juventus, pnelaty where there should have been one and not where it shouldn't. If hocket fans can get used to so can we.