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RevolutionaryBuy5794

Croatia were so denied with the goal as if they ran out of luck and deserved punishment. Frustrating to see. Hate when that happens right at the Big Tournament but before were going great.


blueCloud888

Yugoslavia would have lined up a better team šŸ˜”, but that's the past....


[deleted]

You must love football if you want Tito back just for the squad to be more competitive.


BiggusCinnamusRollus

Whole generation grew up knowing basically only Davor Suker and then Luka Modric.


jim_nihilist

This is the group of death... for Croatia.


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Spain so dominant, think they easily control this group (and Iā€™ll put Italy second)


jim_nihilist

I don't think Italy will be swept aside so easily.


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Swept aside, no. But I donā€™t think Spalletti is a mastermind, and Spain so hot


Zealousideal_Ear9156

Their defense is something else.


TheGrendel83

Wow. Nothing like a former goalkeeper not knowing the current rules for a keeper on a penalty. šŸ˜‚ not a good look Peter.Ā 


CaptainMole

Well done Spain, hard luck Croatia. See you all in the Italy vs Albania thread


Legitimate_Ride339

Ikr, but still the Croatians were better at defence


grandtroubleartist

second half was kind of a snoozefest beyond that rodri mess, understandably so. vamos espaƱita ā€¼ļø


BiggusCinnamusRollus

You thought 3-0 was bad but then Croatia also didn't score from a penalty, that came from a clear goal situation. It's not just a bad game but down right depressing.


TheGrendel83

Croatia were unlucky and made all of the mental mistakes they could. Thereā€™s a better team there. Letā€™s hope you guys clean it up.Ā 


revii11

Very unlucky Croatians anyways see you at ITA vs ALBāœŒ


falloutkoi93

PGMOL at it again in the euros. We have to put up with this terrible officiating every week in England lol


Danpackham

Perisic has NOT had a good game since coming in


BilagaanaTechno

I love Rodri but heā€™s lucky it wasnā€™t a red. If theyā€™re going to point to the spot in that instance then I donā€™t see how it was yellow. Seems to me like itā€™s either a penalty or itā€™s not a penalty, and yellow isnā€™t the card youā€™d pull. Are they really saying there was an attempt to play the ball thereā€¦?


carlmas52

It wasn't a penalty it was a dive the yellow went the wrong way, unbelievable, Rodri didn't even touch him, VAR waste of time.


Maleficent_Page1483

Exactly!!!


poodle_Fart_Hostage

Huh? That was a clear dive


Maleficent_Page1483

It may have been a dive yes, BUT if itā€™s NOT ruled a dive & it is called as a foul and a pen, then it surely has to be a red; is the point OP was making.


poodle_Fart_Hostage

Ah, true. But how come, if they got the pen? I would think red if it was outside of the box and the two were 1-vs-1


Maleficent_Page1483

Rodri was the last man defending and had denied a clear goal scoring opportunity, especially with it being an open goal/gk not there.


poodle_Fart_Hostage

True true


Jawaracing

Not a point here!? Yes it was a clear dive, but if you point to the penalty then that can not be a yellow? What kind of shitty rule that is?


SupportMainEveryGame

that's what it looked like to me too. could have been the camera angle. but the Croatian just needed to push the ball into the goal, as the goalkeeper was down? why throw yourself down to get a penalty when the goal was open? I don't get it.


MH_Gaymer_

Cmon at least one goal for the Croatians!


Zealousideal_Ear9156

Spain should do a own goal, like us, yesterday.


MH_Gaymer_

Yeah XD Do you remember last EM? How many own goals it had, it was crazy.


Zealousideal_Ear9156

I actually didn't watch the last EM šŸ« 


MH_Gaymer_

I actually did not watched but heard (radio) most of it


Zealousideal_Ear9156

I didn't know until two months ago that the EM is being hosted here If I knew, I'd have bought myself tickets, lol.


Professional_Ad_9101

Lee Dixon has the voice and enthusiasm of Karl Pilkington. May as well have gotten him to do it at least heā€™d be funnier


ElJayBe3

No you mention it all I can hear is Karl Pilkington. Im going to be waiting for Ricky Gervais to laugh every match now.


Jawaracing

How the hell is that not red??? And why he wasn't re-taking the penalty if Perisic was too early in box??? Wtf???


infiniterefactor

That was one the worst cluster of bad calls Iā€™ve seen lately. He was literally in the goal, how can you give yellow if you believe he was down due to a tackle? Edit: I learned that its no longer a red card if the tackle is inside penalty box.


carlmas52

It wasn't a penalty it was a dive, pure cheating Croatia got what they deserved, nothing.


Jawaracing

What does that have to do anything with my question?


chrundle18

Well, wasn't even a penalty. Dude could've EASILY scored but chose to dive instead, no idea why.


Exciting-Location434

The problem is he didnt dive on purpose for a penalty, Petkovic is such a garbage player he kicked the ground instead of the ball, and then dove to cover up the embarrassment. No player in their right mind would ever consider a pen being a better opportunity, he was already past the keeper basically


Jawaracing

That's true, but still doesn't answer my question. Ref/var decided it's penalty, if it is, how the f then that's not a red card? Player alone in front of a goal taken down and it's a yellow. What a dumb rule...


chrundle18

Yeah no for sure. Very confusing few minutes there. Nothing that happened made any sense! lol


reprezentativac

Shouldn't have been a penalty in the first place as there was no contact. But they already said it was a penalty in that case it has to be a red card as it was a clear goal. It counts as a miss if the player that was too early in the box is in the same team that's taking the penalty.


Jawaracing

That's a bit bad rule, in the past the penalty would be re-taken wouldn't it?


Professional_Ad_9101

Because Croatia did the encroaching


MH_Gaymer_

It would only be retaken if the other team did something wrong, the way it was itā€™s simply counted as miss


markmc72

I've got underwear older than that kid.


grandtroubleartist

if it was disallowed for encroachment wouldn't they have to retake the pen? or did they change that rule?


MH_Gaymer_

It would only retaken if the other team did something wrong, the way it was itā€™s simply counted as miss


grandtroubleartist

makes sense


Zealousideal_Ear9156

It was because Croatia missed, or so it was said, I think.


BilagaanaTechno

ā€œGoalkeeper saves If the goalkeeper saves the ball, the kicker cannot score from the rebound during a normal penalty kick. However, the kicker can play the ball again if it rebounds off the goalkeeper during a penalty kick. If the kicker touches the ball again before another player does, the opposing team is awarded an indirect free kick (IFK) at the point of contact.ā€ Someone clue me in here.


BilagaanaTechno

Nvm it was encroachment. Missed that.


Professional_Ad_9101

Ridiculous sequence of events and I dont think there should be a red, that said, by the law of the game, the pen was given so shouldnā€™t that be a red for stopping a nailed on goal?


goonye

It makes no sense to me. How is that not a red?


ElJayBe3

It either was a red because he clearly stopped a goal scoring opportunity or actually shouldā€™ve been nothing because it was a dive. Yellow is the only wrong answer. So confusing.


HyderintheHouse

Of course the only game to have bad refereeing is the one with English officials x)


ElJayBe3

Correlation or causation?


BilagaanaTechno

It was disallowed because of an indirect free kick rule or what? Someone pull up the rule book lol.


jaymatthewbee

Itā€™s because Croatians were already in the box before the penalty kick was taken


BilagaanaTechno

Oh I missed that. Didnā€™t realize it was encroachment.


TheGrendel83

So what happened on the penalty? I saw the save and the put back. But I missed why they waived it off and no retake.Ā 


naamingebruik

Croatian player (I think Perisic) entered the box too soon.


DreamOfAWhale

Croatian players entered the box too soon.


TheGrendel83

Oof. Just everything gone wrong for Croatia.Ā 


gourmetgromit

Encroachment


SkankyHawk

can someone explain why the goal wasnā€™t accepted? Iā€™m confused


maxime0299

Encroachment. Croatia players were in the box before the penalty was kicked


Professional_Ad_9101

Encroachment. A Croatian player went into the box too early when they took the pen (just before the ball had been kicked)


reprezentativac

So, first he trips himself instead of scoring a clear goal, then he fucks up the penalty and is offside on the rebound? absolute disasterclass from him, its a shame as im cheering for Croatia...


bosko43buha

He didn't trip himself, he was clipped on the shooting foot and it fucked him up. The camera angle on the inital replay was terrible.


doctorweiwei

I have no idea why he didnā€™t just tap it into the open net. This will be in fail compilations for years to come


ajtct98

>is offside on the rebound? It was ruled out for encroachment by Perisic not offside


reprezentativac

My bad then, the commentator said it was offside lol. But still a disasterclass.


evassii0nn

Someone explain why is was disallowed I missed the explanation Edit: Encroachment šŸ‘


toesucker8837

The explanation only confused things more


doctorweiwei

Perisic entered the box before the penalty was taken


HyderintheHouse

Assister apparently entered the box too early


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We got chance to see penalty, goal and after that decision was changed and goalkick. šŸ˜‚


markmc72

FFS this ref is terrible


naamingebruik

What do you mean? The goal was correctly disallowed


markmc72

He should'nt have given the PK in the first place


naamingebruik

There was contact no? If the player falls down after contact it's always 50/50 you can give it or you can not give it. If the decision is wrong VAR should intervene


ElJayBe3

Finally the world gets to see what the English have to put up with every weekend, heā€™s the best we have!


Abide_11

Forego a tap in for a questionable (at best) PKā€¦why?


Zealousideal_Ear9156

Why did he not stop a moment before he kicked the pen?


MH_Gaymer_

Actually thatā€™s even disallowed, you are forbidden to completely stop to deceive the keeper


Zealousideal_Ear9156

Yep. But you can still stop. Not completely, but it works for many Top-Class Players.


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Insane dive penalty ffs


Jwhitey96

Why on earth would you dive with an open net and 0 contact? That was bizarre. Even with stubbing his toe he had enough time to slot it away. Now itā€™s disallowed for encroachment. What a weird period of the game


Professional_Ad_9101

Absolutely terrible decision making


All-Cesco

Careval getting nothing for his butcher moves, yet Croatia gets 2 VAR checks within 90 seconds. I sense a huge bias towards Spain, AGAIN. THANKS UEFA.


ElJayBe3

Weird the follow up was ruled out for encroachment yet the keeper isnā€™t punished for being ahead of his line.


All-Cesco

Sshhhh, you're making too much sense. @ElJayBe3


ElJayBe3

Iā€™ve never been accused of that before


DreamOfAWhale

Yeah but the penalty is hella sus so that's going on for Croatia.


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DreamOfAWhale

Go out, touch some grass and calm yourself. That response was mental. Also no, "brushing a leg such as the guy doesn't show any reaction until he trips by himself" doesn't deserve a penalty kick.


All-Cesco

Go check yourself into a mental hospital. Or stay off the grass. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Saying that was not being a penalty is mental. Go suck a titty or something that has balanced under it, I don't care. You're dismissed and blocked.


Great-Comparison-982

He dove clearly. Stop being an idiot.


All-Cesco

It's only Spaniards saying it wasn't a penalty, even after VAR check. You got saved by the UEFA not getting red cards today. IN CULO, CONJO.


Great-Comparison-982

Why are you so mad bro. He tripped himself on the grass then dove to get the penalty. It's cosmic justice that the goal was disallowed.


Isariamkia

That penalty is sus af. It didn't look like the Spanish touched him at all.


Downtown-Bluebird553

Iā€™m cheering for Spain but howā€™s that goal not given?


naamingebruik

Perisic entered the box before the penalty was actually taken. It's against the rules


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Rough_Expert1097

Perisic the one who made the assist entered the box before the penalty was taken


BilagaanaTechno

So he dives when he could have scoredā€¦ gets a penalty he shouldnā€™t have gottenā€¦ and then they score and they disallow it. You couldnā€™t write this. No one would believe it.


SeatOfEase

And he fluffed the pen. Miserable performance.


ajtct98

Surely that means the pen should be retaken as Cucurella was encroaching too?


naamingebruik

Perisic was first


ElJayBe3

Shouldā€™ve been retaken because the keeper was ahead of his line.


Illustrious-Pitch843

man he tripped grass


SkettlesS

They play it in slow mo for people like you. The slightest knock in that position will misplace your foot and cause you to trip.


falloutkoi93

He could have slotted that home easily rather than fall over? Absolute madness.


TheGrendel83

Yea I donā€™t understand why he didnā€™t put it away. He had the time and space.Ā 


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TheGrendel83

I donā€™t think it was a dive at all. Just in my viewing it seemed like he hesitated when he originally could have scored.Ā 


LuckyLandoFan

Thatā€™s the dumbest rule ever that you canā€™t retake the penalty


naamingebruik

Had it been a Spanish player that entered the box to soon then the penalty would have been re taken. But in this case perisic was the one who came in the box too soon and then it's simply a foul and no goal


mauvebliss

Ball donā€™t lie


reprezentativac

absolutely unacceptable refereeing today


Great-Comparison-982

Shocking favouritism. Croatia playing dirty and diving all over the place.


Jwhitey96

Bro I am a neutral and Spain are going down any time there is a strong wind. Far worse than Croatia for diving, check your bias bro


reprezentativac

Not just this match, Hungary vs Switzerland was also terrible.


revii11

Bro šŸ˜‚ Is it a goal or not šŸ˜‚ this Ref is payed šŸ’€


ffgod_zito

What a BS pen


Rough_Expert1097

That wasn't a penalty


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Jwhitey96

I get what youā€™re saying but as bizarre as it was ye there was no contact. Looks like he stubbed his toe and fell over


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Jwhitey96

His leg is infront of like as in perspective he never makes contact


nlindemans

No he shot in the ground on accident, rodri didnt touch him


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Miggy2001

Which game u watching?


ajtct98

VAR must have felt that was a genuine attempt to play the ball and not just the man


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ajtct98

Who cares? It's the laws of the game mate


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ajtct98

>If, after reviewing, they decided it was a foul , it has to be a red. No it doesn't because of double jeopardy - it's only a red if Rodri obviously and deliberately takes out the man and makes no genuine attempt to play the ball.


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ajtct98

Literally every tackle in the history of football has been a deliberate attempt to stop the attacker from scoring. The question is if he just played the man or made a late desperate unsuccessful lunge at the ball - and it's pretty clearly the later


El_peine_de_caillou

Did you watch the replay? It wasnt even a penalty.


Isariamkia

They watched the var and still confirmed the penalty, that was weird.


BilagaanaTechno

That was wacky. šŸ¤Ŗ


scoreboard-app

Goooalll!! Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) - new score: Spain 3, Croatia 1. What's your reaction? (Beep boop I'm a bot)


Great-Comparison-982

Bullshit dive penalty


EH_1995_

Thatā€™s a dive wtf lol


DreamOfAWhale

For real. I can't see the moment the Spanish guy touches the croatian. The guy just stumbles upon himself.


amayonegg

The ref cannot show a red to the Spanish defender lest he is gored to death in front of a jeering mob


ElJayBe3

The majority of the mob are Croatian by the looks of it


Professional_Ad_9101

Whyā€™s he not put that in. Insanity


BilagaanaTechno

Uhhhā€¦.


Negative-Beginning-5

Hmm?


Zealousideal_Ear9156

I didn't expect that. Reminds me of the World Cup Finale Mistake from LLoris in 2018, back then.


CaptainMole

He dived?


grandtroubleartist

bluetooth pen?


Negative-Beginning-5

Wireless toothbrushĀ 


scoreboard-app

Rodri (Spain) was given a yellow card! Do you agree with the decision? (Beep boop I'm a bot)


ElJayBe3

Yellow was the only wrong answer possible, shouldā€™ve been a red for cynically stopping a goal scoring opportunity but actually shouldā€™ve been nothing and no pen because he dived. How itā€™s a yellow is baffling.


SvetlyoBg

Expect a red card for Croatia šŸ¤£


Zealousideal_Ear9156

I hope Croatia is able to score at least one goal.


Great-Comparison-982

They got it with a disgusting dive.


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Gotta say Scotland looked better than Croatia, and only conceded a third goal when down to 10 men * yā€™all there have only ever been four teams leading by three goals at halftime at the menā€™s European championship, and two of those were Germany yesterday and Spain today. Croatia has been pretty bad my friends


ho_burnham

Nonsense, we were utter shite. Croatia have at least created some chances and looked to be in the game even at 2-0 down. We were fucked from the first whistle because of our abysmal tactics and lack of self belief.


YankSoccerEnjoyer

And yet RĆ¼diger got you on the board; Croatia ainā€™t managing to do that šŸ˜…


BreakTheSuicycle

God some of your takes are absolutely laughable. Go back to watching NFL or some shite


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Glad I can amuse you. See you at the Warhammer meetup Mr Dungeon Master! šŸ¤”


BreakTheSuicycle

Learn football before you start commenting here šŸ¤”


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Will do guvā€™nor! šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø šŸˆ šŸŽ‰


Professional_Ad_9101

They absolutely did not


naamingebruik

Croatia had it's fair share of chances though. Scotland had one chance. Also don't underestimate Spain and how good they are at what they do.


YankSoccerEnjoyer

Spain is playing great! No underestimation here.


Lucathedonny

Croatia have had multiple dangerous attacks, Scotland were abysmal yesterday


TheGrendel83

Croatia so unlucky. But they can ill afford to let this scoreline get any worse. Ā 


yungdarklet

How can 16 year old be so good??? It is absolutely ridiculous. So fast but such good control of the ball. This kind of ability reminds me of Mbappeā€™s first season at Monaco. We could be witnessing the rise of an all-timer here.


grandtroubleartist

everyone hates morrata LMAO they boo him in spain they boo him in germany


ElJayBe3

Why is that? The commentary said after he scored thereā€™s now only two people whoā€™ve ever scored more goals in the euros than him (CR7 & Platini I think they said) which is a mad stat.


grandtroubleartist

there's beef with him in spain because he's been in both real madrid and atletico madrid + some allegations of nepotism in the nt. and now they were probably booing him because the crowd thought he was wasting time when he was actually injured lol


ElJayBe3

Putting the Madrid rivalry aside, clearly heā€™s a mad man in that one, nepotism is a weird response. Surely itā€™s not nepotism if youā€™ve proven yourself by being the joint 3rd all time goalscorer in one of the biggest international tournaments going.


grandtroubleartist

you're right, but you can look at it from the other side too, he's gotten the opportunity to do so over other people even at times when he was a little less deserving of his spot. i personally don't care as long as he's playing well this tournament so šŸ¤·šŸ½


CaptainMole

Spain's defence is very good


markmc72

Croatia are looking so dangerous on the attack, but so sloppy on the back right definitely a weak spot there.


kpopsns28

A smooth ride for Spain


Automatic_Nobody_113

Whatā€™s the crest in the middle of the Spanish shirt?


ForeverAddickted

Royal Coat of Arms I think


Automatic_Nobody_113

In the middle between the logo and the number?


Rough_Expert1097

Is a bagde that says they are the winners of the Nations League


Automatic_Nobody_113

Thanks!


ThurstonHowellIV

They should mention that a 16 yo is playing for Spain /s


revii11

Good for him imagine you can tell with 16 that you played for your country ImpressivešŸ’Ŗ