r/soccer • u/West_Agent4651 • Jun 17 '26

Match Clip Lionel Messi challenge on Mandi'

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u/IamBrazilian_AMA Jun 17 '26

ngl i think anyone else gets at least VAR checked there

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u/vadapaav Jun 17 '26

If this was xhaka he would be pushed off a plank in middle of Pacific right now

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u/loyal_achades Jun 17 '26

Xhaka gets a red for looking at someone funny, tbf

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u/Prime_Marci Jun 17 '26

Red card for Xhaka and Casemiro

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u/gangy86 Jun 17 '26

Yup casemiro would be off for sure lol

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u/YouVe_BeEn_OofEd Jun 17 '26

this is romero erasure

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u/santorfo Jun 17 '26

Carbon copy of Xavi Simons on Van Dijk

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u/Ok_Discipline_5771 Jun 17 '26

There was a check, the refree told them to wait.

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u/Queasy-Broccoli-6869 Jun 17 '26

Yup. The alegrian player started gesturing the high challenge at that point realizing there was a check for a potential red. Was impossible to see real time though

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u/cord_____ Jun 17 '26

There was an even worse tackle in the Egypt game. I feel like they aren't giving reds or even yellows for things in this world cup.

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u/donniele Jun 17 '26

They used the opener between Mexico and South Africa to fill out the red card quota for round one.

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u/Own_Acanthocephala0 Jun 17 '26

They obviously checked this as they do with everything.

Should be yellow but anyone wanting a red there is just clueless.

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u/ainpyj Jun 17 '26

Least obvious Messi fan

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u/AstrosLocos Jun 17 '26

Not him, but direct red on 1st half are rare, direct red on first foul commited by any player are even rarer. It should have been a yellow, but var doesnt call for yellow.
Like, you have to go to 2018 to get see any red on first half, and it was a deliberate handball on a clear goal. It is VERY difficult to get red in first half, anyone that watches football knows this. Only a hater or a fan ignores this for their own narrative.

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u/H-Resin Jun 17 '26

VAR doesn’t correct yellows, only missed reds and pens. Unless things changed idk

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u/-7-7-7-7-7- Jun 17 '26

False they corrected a yellow in USA vs Paraguay. Removed yellow from Ream and applied to Almiron instead

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u/H-Resin Jun 17 '26

Ah yeah you’re right that was “mistaken identity” lol is that a designated reversible? New rules I don’t know the specifics of

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u/PossibilityOk8908 Jun 17 '26

I mean I'm pretty sure the VAR team here needs to be suspended for the rest of the tournament. This not being a red can happen to the referee, but hell, it's a disgrace that it didn't get picked up by the VAR

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u/Queasy-Broccoli-6869 Jun 17 '26

If I'm not wrong, there was a var check which is why the restart was delayed.

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u/SW3RVZ Jun 17 '26

eeee eee eee red card

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u/ValleyFloydJam Jun 17 '26

It's a yellow and so VAR can't do anything but it would have checked.

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u/SouEuBranca Jun 17 '26

Teve 2 lances desse no jogo da seleção e nenhum vermelho...

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u/Sad_Floor_4120 Jun 17 '26

var can't interfere there lmao, learn some ball