FIFA World Cup 2018 - Final [15 July] **spoilers**

[mike62]

Exactly, so it's not a decision which VAR should be used for.

Exactly. Was it clear? No, because he took so long to make the decision, therefore no penalty.

 

[robfosters]

Perisic would do absolute bits in the premier League.

 

[Azza]

Damn those are some insane reactions

Also your arms coming down as you land from a jump is hardly unnatural

God damn gravity!

 

[manic111]

I would literally appeal for a penalty every corner if this is the way football is going, it's a joke.

 

[mike62]

Get up you cheat.

 

[FoxEye]

How the **** do half of you expect to react to a player missing the ball a yard in front of you and withdraw your arm behind your back? Have you jumped whilst running before?

I don't think some people here even understand how natural body movement works.

Was never a penalty. Players who don't want to give away a penalty instinctively bring their arm closer to their body if the ball is coming near it. Bad decision.

That's exactly what happened. He was clearly trying to move his leg to the ball and his hand away.

Never an intentional handball.

 

[MooMoo444]

France trying to stall until half time, tsk

 

[Yadda]

Exactly, so it's not a decision which VAR should be used for.

I disagree. More analysis shrinks the mystery. Some cases come down to pure intent though, and no video analysis will confirm that.

 

[Kenai]

Saw at least 8 attempts at handball there, arms moving as people jumped, terrible

 

[spook2575]

Perisic would do absolute bits in the premier League.

So hoping he is signed. Think the league needs more traditional wingers

 

[manic111]

Such a good chance

 

[Purdy]

I would literally appeal for a penalty every corner if this is the way football is going, it's a joke.

At the same time you’ve had teams like England getting massively shafted even with VAR. As it turns out refs are a massive problem

 

[explicit4u]

Croatia are going to get another one from one of these corners, the French look clueless trying to defend them.

 

[mike62]

Croatia are going to get another one from one of these corners, the French look clueless trying to defend them.

France have looked pretty clueless all match, it's just the ref handing it to them at the moment.

 

[MooMoo444]

Thunderstorm for the final

 

[Kenai]

Croatia are going to get another one from one of these corners, the French look clueless trying to defend them.

Even if they do, France'll probably get gifted another to make up for it

 

[Jokester]

He didn't have time to get his hand out the way - it's all very well letting it hit your hand, but if you see it a fraction of a second earlier what else can you do?

That ball came in from the wing, without a deflection so there’s no defence of not having time, because ultimately if your hand is away from the body it’s deemed to be in un-natural position, which is considered enough to be deliberate.

Not seeing the flight of the ball isn’t even an excuse, otherwise wall’s at free kicks would just turn round...

 

[FoxEye]

I would literally appeal for a penalty every corner if this is the way football is going, it's a joke.

Yup, my interest in this joke of a sport is definitely declining.

Can't even get video refs right. Joke.

It's not just this match, even. The whole tournament they've been giving joke penalties. Most of them extremely controversial, and that's being generous.

 

[Purdy]

How isn’t that a yellow card for thand foul of mbappe?

 

[neoboy]

France have been very unimpressive so far and fortunate with two goals.