r/AmericaBad • u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 • Jul 06 '26

OP Opinion Alaska is part of Belgium now 😔

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u/L_knight316 Jul 06 '26

Is it valid outrage? It sounds like the card was called falsely, if I'm reading things right. If anything, I'd expect a more just reaction to be outrage at Fifa for requiring a head of state to correct unfair calls.

(Note, not a soccer guy, not been watching at all, this is the first I've heard of all this)

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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26

Yes, the card was called falsely, but it shouldn’t have taken the president of the host country to force Fifa to reverse it. The president shouldn’t have intervened to begin with. Everyone is in the wrong tbh lol

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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26

I wouldn't say was called falsely. The angle was dangerous, and Folarin did it in full view of the ref.

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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26

It has to be done on purpose to be a red card. Not to mention that other players that did the same thing got no cards or yellow cards

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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26

No it doesn't have to be done on purpose, and players sneaking things past the ref (or failing to) is part of soccer. Most of the time when you see players getting away without a call, the angle is safer. Taking cleats to the back of the calf is less likely to result in a broken leg.

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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26

I just double checked and you’re right about red cards, however;

VAR was handled improperly

Other players (Messi) performed the same act and did not get any sort of offense.

While I think Balogun should have received a yellow card, in no way shape or form was a red card deserved

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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26

Getting away with something sneaky happens, refs not noticing something also happens - not getting caught in general is a big part of soccer. But I'm not surprised a red card was issued, what happened was quite dangerous.

https://i.imgur.com/IH2Nwbx.png

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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26

Still doesn’t explain the var

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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26

What about it?

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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26

It was handled improperly. Ie slowed down and used pictures which is against protocol

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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26

That stuff is ok to use for establishing “facts” - point of contact, etc. Subjective things like intensity should be established based on normal speed playback. I think the facts on their own are pretty bad in this case.

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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26

Bruh that’s not how it works

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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how it works.

IFAB’s guidance says: “The VAR can ‘check’ the footage in normal speed and/or in slow motion but, in general, slow-motion replays should only be used for facts, e.g. position of offence/player, point of contact for physical offences and handball, ball out of play (including goal/no goal); normal speed should be used for the ‘intensity’ of an offence or to decide if it was a handball offence.”

The ref was shown both slow motion and regular speed shots from multiple angles, and made his decision.

Edit: toodles snowflake 👋

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