This was a topic on a podcast called American Scandal. Can highly recommend, although the episodes on lobotomies were quite hard to listen to since it was so gruesome like you said. It made me very sad. Still, a very good listen and though horrible also very interesting.

I agree, my example and this situation don’t compare. I was just wondering about where the line is. At what point does actual interference matter?

Honestly I think the biggest controversy about this was how long the VAR took. They spent multiple minutes to make this decision which seems a bit crazy.

I’m biased but just to play devil’s advocate: where is the limit?

Imagine everyone is on one half of the pitch except for three players: an attacker with the ball 40 meters from goal, the goalie who is 25 meters from goal, and another attacker who is right next to the goalkeeper, blocking the goalie’s path to the goal.

The attacker with the ball shoots the ball through the air into the empty goal, with not even a tiny chance the goalkeeper could ever make it. Is it offside?

I would argue it isn’t and I think almost no referee would say it’s offside simply because the goalkeeper didn’t stand a chance to get anywhere close to the ball.

This is an extreme case, but I feel like today Maignon also would never have gotten that ball.

It’s difficult because you can’t always know if a goalkeeper would have been able to reach the ball without any interference, but there’s gotta be some sort of line between true interference and irrelevant interference that would never change the outcome of what is about to happen.

I probably agree it’s offside. As a Dutch person I’m frustrated now, but if I were French I’d be annoyed if the goal had been allowed.

Yeah it’s a yellow according to the rules so fair enough. I just find it so unsportsmanlike that I wouldn’t mind this being a red.

Only saw the highlights. Plenty of chances for Belgium, unlucky with the two disallowed goals. Silly way to concede though and now it’s a pretty crazy group with the two strongest teams on paper in the bottom two spots.

Was hoping Austria could score but honestly they didn’t really come close to a goal (in the second half anyway) and France had a few opportunities to make another.

Ridiculous what Mbappé did when he came back on to the field just to sit down and waste time. Would be happy if they changed the rules to make that a straight red.

Too bad Serbia couldn’t score. I only watched the last half hour or so and they were creating quite a few chances.

Better late than never, right?

Don’t like Real Madrid either but rather they win it than PSG, Man City, Chelsea, etc.

But yeah actually I think of the remaining teams I’d love it if Dortmund would win. Bayern rather than Real, Real rather than PSG.

Real Madrid I at least have some respect for as a club and institution. Not that they haven’t done morally and legally questionable things, but PSG and City are operating on a whole different level in that regard.

Yeah this is basically an ad.

Also to note: all they say about the built-in password manager of Firefox is that it lacks the feature to save credit cards. But I don’t care about that and am perfectly happy using Firefox (alongside pass (https://www.passwordstore.org/) on my laptop).

Silver lining for Arsenal is that they can focus on the league, but now for City (and probably Liverpool) the same applies.

And just like that there were no English teams left.

Only watched the penalties. Modric of all people to miss (actually I don’t know his penalty record), but in the end it didn’t even matter.

Happy to see City out. Hope PSG get eliminated too. Other than that don’t really care who wins.

and “killing the baby”, you mean like later in life to eat?

At least in the Netherlands, the species of dairy cows are focused on dairy. If a bull is born it is raised for about half a year, then slaughtered and most often the meat is exported since calf meat isn’t popular here.

At that point they are basically still babies, or at least the meat is called “calf meat”.

I used ‘reader mode’, or whatever it’s called, on Firefox and that worked well.

I understand most people here don’t care much about Henderson as a football player anymore and rather about his actions off the pitch, but as an Ajax fan this is big news.

The squad is a mess and at least on paper Henderson is perfect. Great addition to a very young and often invisible midfield as well as an experienced player who could be a terrific influence on a group lacking true leaders and role models.

Honestly though I don’t really know him and am just repeating what I’ve read. I realized the other day I have confused him with James Milner in the past.

I’m hoping Henderson will be a big success of course, looking forward to seeing him.

Yeah that’s right. In fact I’m gonna head over to my home gym now to recreate this OK Go music video with my siblings.

*alley

This is good news. Not because the super league is a food idea, but UEFA should definitely not have a monopoly on football in Europe.

UEFA has created a system that is inherently unfair and functions purely to make money. In practice it means that a group of extremely wealthy and popular clubs from big countries are made to play as many games as possible while UEFA and the owners of those clubs make obscene amounts of money. The super league is an idea by some clubs so keep even more money, but UEFA is essentially doing the same just with slightly more clubs.

For the vast majority of clubs, fans, and let’s not forget players, this system does not work. The problem is that UEFA and large clubs have a lot of power, influence and money.

Fuck UEFA so hard. I hope the whole organization can be replaced by something more equal and equitable. The super league isn’t the answer to the problems of modern football, but UEFA isn’t either.

I really think PSV can beat Dortmund. They’re doing amazingly well this season in the eredivisie and the only game they’ve lost all season was in London against Arsenal.

Good luck to him, hope he does well. Should never have gone to England, the Bundesliga suits him way better. €11 million isn’t a bad price assuming he gets fit again. I do wonder what Frankfurt can offer in terms of salary. He’ll be earning a fortune at United.