Round of 16

[Losmeister]

btw, falcao hilarious playing the race card. puto

[Pudpop]

Agendas have to be met.

Ospina must be the only keeper ever that is criticised for letting a penalty in. Wtf

Lmao at the irony

[Va-Va-Voom]

btw, falcao hilarious playing the race card. puto

Tbf what is a Yank doing refereeing a WC match?

[NJ_Gunner]

USA ref or not, Colombia is a dirty team. They are just looking for an excuse. They deserved to lose, and lose. Kane got fouled in the box. End of story. They got the call right. And if he didn’t, VAR could have fixed it, which isn’t Americans. So falcao can fu** off. He’s a pile of trash now anyway.

[Angelito]

btw, falcao hilarious playing the race card. puto

Colombia deserved to lose.

Imagine going anti-football against England of all teams.

[Yago]

USA ref or not, Colombia is a dirty team. They are just looking for an excuse. They deserved to lose, and lose. Kane got fouled in the box. End of story. They got the call right. And if he didn’t, VAR could have fixed it, which isn’t Americans. So falcao can fu** off. He’s a pile of trash now anyway.

Did they deserve to lose? Why? They had more opportunities to score over the full 120 minutes.

[Losmeister]

colombia lucky they didnt have yellows during teh protest of the pen, whcih was shambolic, wasting like 4 mins...

refs should have tasers, ffs...

[Va-Va-Voom]

Agendas have to be met.

Ospina must be the only keeper ever that is criticised for letting a penalty in. Wtf

Lmao at the irony

Ospina going 1 for 5 in a shootout is a bit different than Cech going 0/15 across three seasons.

[Zenith]

btw, falcao hilarious playing the race card. puto

Tbf what is a Yank doing refereeing a WC match?

FIFA prioritise political correctness and geographical diversity over competence and ability.

Thing is, over 80% of world's most experienced referees are European and as an organization FIFA can't afford to let a world cup be officiated by almost solely European officials, without causing a huge shitstorm in Asia, Africa Central, North and South America.

Having said that, while the officiating hasn't been perfect, with the help of VAR, but particularly GL-tech, the amount of errors and subsequent controversies have reduced drastically.

[Royal Gooner]

If anything being from the Americas, surely he'd have favoured columbia?

Maradona complaining we robbed them, the irony of that coming from him! Just bitter that he's lost his regular cocaine dealers!

[Ach]

USA ref or not, Colombia is a dirty team. They are just looking for an excuse. They deserved to lose, and lose. Kane got fouled in the box. End of story. They got the call right. And if he didn’t, VAR could have fixed it, which isn’t Americans. So falcao can fu** off. He’s a pile of trash now anyway.

Did they deserve to lose? Why? They had more opportunities to score over the full 120 minutes.

Cos they couldn't get the ball in to the net more times than us?

[Ach]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44716774

What a c***

[UFGN]

I'm baffled that the Columbians can have any complaints

Imagine for a minute if someone like Michael Oliver had been referee in that match. They'd have all been sent off for descent let alone the fouls

[Losmeister]

btw, falcao hilarious playing the race card. puto

Tbf what is a Yank doing refereeing a WC match?

FIFA prioritise political correctness and geographical diversity over competence and ability.

Thing is, over 80% of world's most experienced referees are European and as an organization FIFA can't afford to let a world cup be officiated by almost solely European officials, without causing a huge shitstorm in Asia, Africa Central, North and South America.

Having said that, while the officiating hasn't been perfect, with the help of VAR, but particularly GL-tech, the amount of errors and subsequent controversies have reduced drastically.

he's reffed other world cup mathes as well.
apparently he's considered a good ref, as i would expect of them all regardless where they come from.

[UFGN]

btw, falcao hilarious playing the race card. puto

Tbf what is a Yank doing refereeing a WC match?

FIFA prioritise political correctness and geographical diversity over competence and ability.

Thing is, over 80% of world's most experienced referees are European and as an organization FIFA can't afford to let a world cup be officiated by almost solely European officials, without causing a huge shitstorm in Asia, Africa Central, North and South America.

Having said that, while the officiating hasn't been perfect, with the help of VAR, but particularly GL-tech, the amount of errors and subsequent controversies have reduced drastically.

Your argument goes out the window when you consider that only referees from countries which did not qualify are chosen

Referees from most of the high profile leagues in Europe cant be selected

And I don't see why a Scottish referee for example would be any more qualified than an American. The Scottish league is toilet.