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This angle was not shown on the broadcast for whatever reason but it looks like this is the angle that VAR used which explains the speed of their decision. It’s pretty cut and dried. Agreed that the rule is fine as it is. It was unlucky but there's no do-over for slipping nor should there be.

UEFA statement on VAR decision at Atlético de Madrid vs Real Madrid match The video in UEFA's statement shows an angle where the double touch is clearly visible. Also,

It was the correct decision to rule out Alvarez's penalty.

Brugge down to 10. Should be a walk in the park for Villa from here. Atleti/Real looks to be the game to watch.

Barcelona are probably the most entertaining team to watch right now. Their attack is on fire scoring 56 goals in their last 17 games and while they've only conceded 17 goals during that time, that crazy high line of Flick's gives opponents big chances on the counter. Makes for good viewing.

Speaking of PSG's midfield, Vitinha and Neves were superb. Liverpool got PSG at the wrong time - the standard of their play has improved significantly over the past few months compared to earlier in the season. A night and day difference compared to the abject and toothless display against Arsenal earlier in the campaign.

Tbf, Nuno Mendes was absolutely fantastic in both legs and kept Salah quite. And without Salah, there goes 90% of Liverpool's attack. PSG were just the better side over the two legs. Liverpool were fortunate that PSG were so poor in front of goal otherwise this would've been a thumping - saw a stat that over the two legs Liverpool accumulated an xG of 1.98 while PSG's was 5.33.

Because it's not so easy to sell those shit players that the previous management overpaid for and put on high wages that no-one else is dumb enough to pay and selling for below the amortised value would result in accounting losses and mean breaching PSR and points deductions. Pretty much why United are prepared to listen to offers for Rashford, Garnacho and Mainoo as those sales would be pure profit and give some breathing room with PSR. I think some restructuring of the workforce was needed since it looks like United was being run very inefficiently (United's operating costs is around £85m/year more than Arsenal's for instance) but I'm far from convinced that sacking ~450 people was necessary. United is in need of austerity measures but rather than sacking such a big percentage of the work force and cutting charity initiatives, they should have put stricter restrictions on the transfer budget for the next few years (something like £50m plus player sales) while looking to sell as many high earners as we can and running down the contracts of those we can't.

FIFA also want the WC final in 2026 to feature a half-time show like the Super Bowl.

Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Government Investigation.

Another blow to Newcastle. Botman ruled out for around 8 weeks with a knee injury.

Lewis Hall ruled out for the remainder of the season.

The obvious truth is that Zelenskyy was 100% correct not to grovel to an administration that had no intention of aiding Ukraine and instead expected them to accept becoming a Russian vassal state. That you don't like this obvious truth is totally on you.

Yes to the bolded. It's the extreme levels of polarisation at work. The MAGA faithful will believe whatever Trump says while the right wing propaganda machine will drill home Trump's narrative to their viewers/listeners/readers.

I don't think we need to look to deeply into the behaviour of Trump and Vance. This was quite clearly a setup designed to insult Zelenskyy and attempt to make him look weak. They wanted him to grovel while never intending to provide any material support to Ukraine and got mad when he didn't take the bait. MTG's boyfriend was there to insult Zelenskyy's attire while somehow a reporter from one of Putin's top propaganda outlets gained entry to the Oval Office while apparently not being on the approved list (totally not suspicious at all).

Agreed. But it started getting really bad when Obama was elected and the Tea party rose up.

Grace needs to start coming from the right. The pattern which has been increasingly prevalent since Obama was elected (which is when Republicans lost their minds) has been Democrats repeatedly reaching across the aisle while Republicans repeatedly spit in their faces while Centrists ask: why are the liberals so mean? Overtures for reconciliation has been overwhelmingly one-sided and has gotten the left nowhere.

Claims to want to engage in "legitimate discussion" but doesn't bother answering any questions asked in good faith then pretends to be the victim. Just your typical MAGA voter with a persecution complex. Even less surprising is one of the boards "enlightened centrists" showing up to berate the liberals for not being "gracious" enough even though the overwhelming majority of antagonism and downright violent rhetoric comes from the right. The "fuck your feelings" crowd really are the biggest snowflakes.

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats. Never thought that Russia would conquer the US without even firing a shot.

Pathetic that that had to even go to VAR. Oliver is useless. Also, he didn't even bother to stop play for what was an obvious possible head injury which is what refs are supposed to do. Finally, Millwall fans really are the most despicable bunch in all of English football - they were chanting "let him die" as Mateta was being stretchered off.

This is nothing. Reports are that another 150–200 staff are on the chopping block. That's in addition to the 250+ staff that were sacked last year. United used to be the biggest employer in English football with over 1,100 employees. 400–450 lay-offs in less than a year would represent around 40% of the club's workforce - it should be no wonder that there's been so many reports saying that morale at the club is at rock bottom. United were in need of some austerity but that should have primarily come in the form of a significantly reduced transfer budget in addition to trying to offload as many players on big contracts as we can or letting those contracts run down for those we can't. The men's team is where the vast majority of the wastage is.

A squad full of donkeys open up an 11 point lead. Fucking farmer's league!

Anyone (reasonable) still think that Liverpool aren't walking the league?

I think we can all agree that the consistency is terrible. This is how it was adjudicated on this occasion. Young's reputation for diving in addition to his theatrical reaction clearly worked against him. Not surprising that it was overturned all things considered.

Yes. The consistency is appalling. There's no conspiracy against any particular club though. I'd wager that the 'big clubs' especially the big clubs around the top of the table get a lot more 50/50 decisions in their favour compared to the smaller clubs. Eta. Wrt this particular decision. I'm not surprised that it was overturned. Young flopped like a fish which he has a long history of doing. There was a slight tug on his shirt but the way he threw himself to the ground did not look good. VAR calling it a dive is hardly an egregious decision imo.