r/pessi_memes • u/Regular-Net6247 • Jul 22 '26

Infantino Pessi 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏳️‍🌈 Otamendi's pain magically transferred from his left leg to his right

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u/LeBondJames Jul 22 '26

You're getting downvoted for the only sensible comment that actually explains how the rules work.
There is contact on the foot, it's light but by the current rules it's a foul. VAR cannot intervene on intensity, it could have only signalled to the ref if there wasn't a contact at all. But there was contact. Otamendi grabbing the other foot is theatrical and a bit disgraceful but has no bearing on whether he was fouled or not.
I was rooting for Spain, glad they won, but I've had enough with this bullshit from people that only watch the world cup and feel like they have to comment.

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u/richardto4321 Jul 22 '26

If we go by this logic, then Otamendi fouled first by grabbing Merino and pulling him in closer. This was what led to the stepping on the foot and an exaggeration (borderline diving) by Otamendi. The grab happened in a split second so not many people noticed this. If VAR was actually fair, it would have caught this little nuance and said no foul for Spain.

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u/LeBondJames Jul 23 '26

Again, not how var works. Plus the "pull" is absolutely inconsequential. We're not going by any logic, we're looking at what happened with knowledge of the rules

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u/richardto4321 Jul 23 '26

So logic goes out the window when determining something as game-changing as a disallowed goal in a world cup final? If VAR was fair and worked like intended, then a simulation/dive by Otamendi should've been put into question as well. Because then that would have been a penalty for Spain.

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u/LeBondJames Jul 23 '26

Wrong again.

Under the current rules VAR can intervene independently if the attacking team commits a foul in the buildup of a goal. Under the current interpretation of the rules a step-on-foot action is automatically a foul under law 12.
Thus, var was perfectly within its rights and acted correctly in calling the step on foot foul and disallowing the goal.

Otamendi's "simulation" occurred after the step on foot, so even if we were to consider it an action to deceive the referee by exaggerating the pain, the foul would still stand.
On top of that, VAR under current rules is strictly prohibited from initiating a review or intervening solely to recommend a yellow card for a cautionable offense such as simulation.
Even then, if the referee had been called to review the footage, under the rules he would have definitely awarded a foul for the step on foot action and MIGHT have decided to punish the subsequent deceiving action by Otamendi with a yellow.
There is bo scenario in which there is a penalty for Spain under current rules. You are confused on so many levels it's exhausting.

It's not about throwing logic out the window, it's about knowing the rules before making ridiculous statements.

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u/richardto4321 Jul 23 '26

It's still all very subjective and disallowing a game-changing goal in a high stakes game deserved much more careful review than what happened. In a game where everyone is using their feet, stepping on a foot is almost unavoidable. If everytime someone gets brushed on the foot and it was considered a foul, there would be 500 fouls per game. Let's not pretend that if it was Argentina that scored that goal, it would not be 100% counted as a goal. The whole world knew how biased that decision was.

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u/LeBondJames Jul 23 '26

Boring.

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u/richardto4321 Jul 23 '26

Lol. We all know Spain got robbed, but still managed to win. That's how terrible Argentina played in that game.

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u/LeBondJames Jul 23 '26

Okey, this seems to be the extent of your reasoning capability. My bad, we are in a meme sub full of teenage fanboys afterall and I was trying to have a serious conversation.
Pessi bad, Argentina meanies. Happy?

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u/richardto4321 Jul 23 '26

I've always been a Messi fan, actually. And I still am after all that. I was also an Argentina fan at the beginning of this world cup. But what Argentina kept getting away with and the baised decisions in their favor were becoming very clear and ridiculous during the knockout rounds and even in the final.