Alex Goncalves @ ‘tugascout’
France v Portugal. Sunday 11th October 2020
Nelson Semedo - 8
There was no real single standout player for Portugal in this one, who put in a very strong team performance, but Nelson Semedo was perhaps one of the contenders for man of the match for Portugal. He...
Mmmmmmm - Ryan Bennett at RWB . Not my preference but it is Sheff Utd and Nuno did play him there at Man City in the LeagueCup. And he can head Rui’s goal kicks. And we conceded to a headed set piece last time out
I recently spoke to a friend in Canada.
He told me that he had been at Molineux for an FA Cup replay in 1976 when Man Utd had come from 2 - 0 down to beat the Wolves 2 - 3
I was at that game
It reminded me that my first visit to Molineux had been in the mid sixties when the Wolves had played Man...
I was pretty sure that Doherty had handled and I’m pretty sure that the Ref thought so too. (I think he stayed in the Norwich penalty area ready to give the free kick)
So, through gritted teeth, thank you VAR
Look at the photo of the VAR offside being circulated. Look at Pedro's body in the photo. Would love to see that VAR photo 1/10th of a second later. Ball would still be showing on Jota's foot but Pedro would have been well on-side.
But does this apply only in the penalty area, and also, only immediately before the goal was scored - if not - how far back in the flow of the game do you look ?
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