Round of 16: Germany - Denmark

[Gal]

That was one epic miss, second complete marvellous misses

Germany do deserve to win, but it’s nice seeing a small team give them a fight

Another incredible poor finishing now the other way lol

 

[Il Drago]

I know it was offside but that miss from Sane

 

[IM21]

hope Hojlund has 10 more chances so he scores 1.

 

[IM21]

.........well now he needs 20 chances

 

[Gal]

Over and out but it was fun while it lasted… another proof you need to score on your chances

 

[DiegoMilito22]

Game over

 

[Ethor]

Match over.

 

[Il Drago]

Sadly for Denmark it was Musiala and not Sane

 

[Ethor]

One thing I don't like about penalty kicks, is when hop, skips then stops by penalty kicker the goalkeeper must stay on the line. That should change especially if the penalty taker stops, that should allow the goalkeeper to move off his line.

 

[Dave54]

Germany it is.

 

[NimAraya]

Denmark's goal ruled out for offside.

 

[Native]

Gross.

 

[Jnr]

Yamal vs Musiala

Spain-Germany will be pre final. Winner will win the tournament imo.

 

[Kenny]

One thing I don't like about penalty kicks, is when hop, skips then stops by penalty kicker the goalkeeper must stay on the line. That should change especially if the penalty taker stops, that should allow the goalkeeper to move off his line.

absolutely, the present rule is so unfair to goalkeepers.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

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Denmark's goal ruled out for offside.

I've spoken about this elsewhere and it seems I'm on a bit of an island with my opinion so I won't bother writing 15 lines about it again...I'm just gonna say I disagree with the implementation of semi-automated offside technology - there were two directions we could've gone in from the "drawing lines on TV" phase, one was ditching drawing lines entirely, the other was this - and feel this kind of nitpicking is so far removed from the original spirit of the offside rule, but I know a lot of responses will probably be "offside is objective, either you're offside or you aren't" and in a technical manner that's true. My feeling is just that there's fundamentally no advantage being gained in this type of situation by the attacker, this isn't something any linesman in the world is ever going to see, and if a goal like this was scored pre-2019 or whenever offside review became part of the game that people either wouldn't really notice it or at least wouldn't feel aggrieved if it went against them.

I'd so much rather the VAR check be an eye test, if you see CR7 offside by a full foot against Bayern then by all means change the call because anybody can see that, it's plainly obvious and a mistake by the linesman. Not for this stuff though, not for that Lukaku goal from a week or so ago that got nitpicked away. Not for the goal we got lucky was erased against Monza because Bastoni apparently has a skinny ass. Not a fan, never will be. It's hard enough to score goals in this sport, there's no need to be making it this much more difficult.

 

[ElDuccio]

Yamal vs Musiala

Spain-Germany will be pre final. Winner will win the tournament imo.

Possible, but they are anyway not that good. Before the penalty it was 50-50%, lucky offside call and penalty has changed the game.

 

[Native]

I've spoken about this elsewhere and it seems I'm on a bit of an island with my opinion so I won't bother writing 15 lines about it again...I'm just gonna say I disagree with the implementation of semi-automated offside technology - there were two directions we could've gone in from the "drawing lines on TV" phase, one was ditching drawing lines entirely, the other was this - and feel this kind of nitpicking is so far removed from the original spirit of the offside rule, but I know a lot of responses will probably be "offside is objective, either you're offside or you aren't" and in a technical manner that's true. My feeling is just that there's fundamentally no advantage being gained in this type of situation by the attacker, this isn't something any linesman in the world is ever going to see, and if a goal like this was scored pre-2019 or whenever offside review became part of the game that people either wouldn't really notice it or at least wouldn't feel aggrieved if it went against them.

I'd so much rather the VAR check be an eye test, if you see CR7 offside by a full foot against Bayern then by all means change the call because anybody can see that, it's plainly obvious and a mistake by the linesman. Not for this stuff though, not for that Lukaku goal from a week or so ago that got nitpicked away. Not for the goal we got lucky was erased against Monza because Bastoni apparently has a skinny ass. Not a fan, never will be. It's hard enough to score goals in this sport, there's no need to be making it this much more difficult.

Exactly this. It makes everything feel soulless and artificial. In many cases, there's not even a reason to cheer for a goal anymore - you won't know until after 3-4 minutes if there isn't gonna be another VAR intervention taking it away, based on some 2 millimeter measurement no human eyes would have ever been able to perceive. It might be objectively correct, but it sucks and ruins the fun.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

Exactly this. It makes everything feel soulless and artificial. In many cases, there's not even a reason to cheer for a goal anymore - you won't know until after 3-4 minutes if there isn't gonna be another VAR intervention taking it away, based on some 2 millimeter measurement no human eyes would have ever been able to perceive. It might be objectively correct, but it sucks and ruins the fun.

The goal against Juventus from the game in February, I had my concerns immediately about whether the goal would stand. I don't remember if it was due to offside concerns or handball concerns - the murky state of handball legislation is its own serious problem in the game today - but yes, I was immediately in "wait and see" mode, and by the time the goal was cleared, well, the whole spontaneous moment to celebrate was gone.

At the time, that was 1st vs. 2nd with only one point difference in the table. That was an enormous goal. Would've been nice to have been able to enjoy it.

 

[Glass box]

One thing I don't like about penalty kicks, is when hop, skips then stops by penalty kicker

It should be banned

 

[Hikonyán]

While Germany probably deserved to win, the refereeing in this game was a bad joke. Generally pro-germany all the way.

There is absolutely no way in hell that Denmark goal which was ruled offside by about 0,5 nanometers would have been called offside if it was Germany that had scored it, also if it had been the other way around Denmark would never have gotten a penalty on a handball like that if a german player had done it.

UEFA corruption at its finest. Obviously in their best interest to see the home nation go far.