FIFA World Cup 2018 - GROUP H [Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan - 19/24/28 June] **spoilers**

Have to say col vs Poland is easily game of the tournament so far. The skill level of some of their players is crazy.

There were several moments of last night's game where I was very much 'oh wow he actually just did that' as there dribbling round 3 players and taking shots like it's nothing.

I know Poland were poor but I think Colombia are the team to watch going forward.
 
Real passion from the Colombians singing the national anthem. Senegalese in comparison looked like they didn't want to sing it but were told to at least try.
 
That was so close to being a penalty. He probably gets the ball 1/100th of a second before taking the man out.
 
mmj_uk said:
The defender made contact but the ball moved about 2 inches, if Mane wasn't fouled then why wasn't he booked for diving?
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Because he won the ball just before making contact with Mane? You can still tackle and the player goes down without it being a dive?
 
Whether its right or wrong, touching the ball before taking the player is regarded as winning the challenge and not a foul. Changing it to be 'cleared the ball/win the ball/knocked it x meters away' would making officiating impossible, so he won the ball and Mane didn't dive.
 
It thought if you tackle from behind but win the ball it's still a foul, guess that rule changed then.

And lol at the dive comment, you do know that you can get brought down and it not be a dive don't you?
 
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