I would consider awarding penalties that aren’t penalties and disallowing valid goals is the very thing I’m complaining about. Hell, even the missing yellow card you mentioned could have been pivotal another night. You even calling that out makes it very clear you don’t think its consistent as i agree, its normally an instant yellow.
Letting the game flow but getting these big decisions wrong means the former is worth fuck all.
That link is one of the most bullshit, biased “analyses” I’ve ever read. It shows multiple pictures of the the Egyptian player 1) holding onto the arm, 2) stepping on the foot, 3) then grabbing the shirt and pulling to the ground the Argentinian attacker… and then he says it probably wasn’t a foul because they both had to put their feet somewhere?? He also said it shouldn’t count as the start of the attacking phase because the Argentinian players didn’t run hard enough to get back on defense?? That is not what the rules say. Nearly every other thing I’ve read about that exact play said the right call was made. Watching the video is even more clear this was a foul, since ignoring the foot stomp you can very clearly watch the Egyptian player drag the Argentinian player to the ground by his shirt.
This whole story is about Egyptians feeling like the ref was biased against them. If the ref didn’t give Egypt a yellow that they deserved then it kinda discounts the claims made in this video.
Consistency isn’t consistency when “everywhere” isn’t calling it that way for the big decisions: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7430665/2026/07/08/egypt-argentina-world-cup-var-goal-ziko/?source=user_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.wFA.oB5U.dlT-PAMmQZCv
I would consider awarding penalties that aren’t penalties and disallowing valid goals is the very thing I’m complaining about. Hell, even the missing yellow card you mentioned could have been pivotal another night. You even calling that out makes it very clear you don’t think its consistent as i agree, its normally an instant yellow.
Letting the game flow but getting these big decisions wrong means the former is worth fuck all.
That link is one of the most bullshit, biased “analyses” I’ve ever read. It shows multiple pictures of the the Egyptian player 1) holding onto the arm, 2) stepping on the foot, 3) then grabbing the shirt and pulling to the ground the Argentinian attacker… and then he says it probably wasn’t a foul because they both had to put their feet somewhere?? He also said it shouldn’t count as the start of the attacking phase because the Argentinian players didn’t run hard enough to get back on defense?? That is not what the rules say. Nearly every other thing I’ve read about that exact play said the right call was made. Watching the video is even more clear this was a foul, since ignoring the foot stomp you can very clearly watch the Egyptian player drag the Argentinian player to the ground by his shirt.
This whole story is about Egyptians feeling like the ref was biased against them. If the ref didn’t give Egypt a yellow that they deserved then it kinda discounts the claims made in this video.