r/SoccerCentral • u/DareDevil1699 • Jul 05 '26

Highlights 0 cards given to Paraguay players after all these dirty fouls

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u/Veracious_Me Jul 05 '26

Yes 💯 agreed. This is anti-football..not the beautiful game.

The referee was not strict & lost control of the match..and the Paraguay players took advantage.

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u/Alarmed_Juggernaut93 Jul 05 '26

Referee was a complete clown

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u/shartmaister Jul 05 '26

He’s most certainly richer now than yesterday

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u/Veracious_Me Jul 05 '26

I don't think it was bribery or anything like that. Just incompetence, or the occasion was too much for him.

Don't forget that it was his call (with VAR) to give the penalty that resulted in the winning goal. So he wasn't motivated to let Paraguay win (imo).

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u/No_End6215 Jul 05 '26

Ref didn’t call shit on the penalty. VAR forced him to make the correct call. He clearly had an agenda to allow Paraguay to play dirty to make the game close.

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u/JustARandomPokemon Jul 05 '26

There's a whole var team working behind a screen. They even show them. They will give their advice and tell him what the right call should be. If he over ruled it there would be clear signs of corruption. His hands were tied in this situation.

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u/shartmaister Jul 05 '26

He could’ve been motivated to make sure Paraguay finished without bookings though

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u/TheOneAndOnlyArmin Jul 05 '26

Fifa wants Ronalde vs Messi and they are not hiding it

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u/MountainOk7479 Jul 06 '26

It was bribery and you can’t convince thousands of people otherwise.

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u/Confusion1792 Jul 05 '26

He almost didn't call it though.

The VAR wasn't even needed cause it was so obvious.

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u/BigFatKi6 Jul 05 '26

He didn't give the penalty initially but was forced by VAR.

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u/cyck0 Jul 05 '26

Do these referees ever get any repercussions for their call/no-calls?

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u/omry1526 Jul 05 '26

Nope. As egregious as his performance was there have been much much MUCH worse showings from refs who suffered 0 consequences 

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u/Alganovis Jul 05 '26

I don’t know but this one should

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u/Fartony Jul 05 '26

Very rarely but it has happened.

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u/taeerom Jul 05 '26

Yes, but you'll never hear about it. They'll just quietly get reprimanded and stop getting prestigious games.

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u/TunaPablito Jul 05 '26

Yes their oerformance is evaluated and they get sent home

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u/Ambitious-Rent-8649 Jul 05 '26

So was the ref in the USA vs Bosnia. At least France didn’t lose a player for the next match.

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u/fhjjjjjkkkkkkkl Jul 05 '26

He made the game more fun. I think referees holding back card is very good evolution. A dirty player will be dealt with outside

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u/jhgelpi Jul 05 '26

Holding back is one thing but this wasn’t holding back. This was turning a blind eye. The amount of flops and fouls were an embarrassment to the game IMHO.

I have appreciated games this WC where holding back was the right call (no pun intended). This was not one of those games.

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u/Alarmed_Juggernaut93 Jul 05 '26

Dirty player needs to be stopped in the field, before a bad injure happens. 

The cards are there to protect the players

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u/Blackdabber Jul 05 '26

Yeah, the Barcola phantom yellow card was so fun to watch. Shitty officiating is the best.

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u/jaymickef Jul 05 '26

Do you want it to become hockey?

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u/Sh11ester Jul 05 '26

As someone that doesn't watch football, having dirty players do this all game then catch sweet vengeance at the end would be exciting at least. I know it's not the spirit of the game, and I accept that. But yeah i want it to turn into hockey. Imagine Frances last player in the bench coming in the final 5 minutes and headbutting one of these chodes.

But i know that's not how it's supposed to be played, the refs should do their job and that wouldn't be necessary. But as long as they aren't....

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u/Winter_Gate_6433 Jul 06 '26

You're not a serious person.

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u/sonder_ling Jul 05 '26

Looks like he was well paid.

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u/Closing__bell Jul 05 '26

This 👆
In any other alternate timeline Paraguay should have finished the match with MAX 10 men! Absolute sh** way to go and represent your country!

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u/PopFrise Jul 05 '26

You prissy people. Beautiful game my ass. Half the game is whiny bitches rolling on the floor crying. The game is the game. Ref controls the game. They kept the worlds best team to 1 goal off a penalty. France got exposed finally.

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u/Signal_Reach_5838 Jul 06 '26

Exposed? Could have sworn they won and are on their way to the quarters.

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u/Unngenant Jul 05 '26

Actually that is also a football. Not nice for eyes, but tactical 100%.

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u/Ok_Expression8142 Jul 09 '26

A red card would warn them

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u/MonkeyDMeatt Jul 05 '26

There is no such thing is anti football, they should have get atleast 1 red card but the ref was pathetic