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Archives for June 2018

Virtual Assistant Referee (“VAR”) The 12th Player – Swipe Left or Swipe Right?

June 29, 2018 By Amnon Zohar Leave a Comment

Virtual Assistant Referee (“VAR”) The 12th Player – Swipe Left or Swipe Right?

Virtual Assistant Referee (“VAR”) The 12th Player – Swipe Left or Swipe Right? The introduction of VAR technology to the World Cup merits an early evaluation now that almost half of the matches have been played and all the teams now have two matches under their belt. The argument to be debated is that “The Read More

Colombia (1) advances over Senegal (0)>>>Despite a loss to Poland’s first win (1) Japan (0) advances on a weird tie breaker>>>In a meaningless scrimmage between England’s B Team (0) and Belgium (1) B Team the team that lost – won? >>>Tunisia (2) made its country and supporters proud winning over Panama (1)

June 29, 2018 By Amnon Zohar Leave a Comment

Colombia (1) advances over Senegal (0)>>>Despite a loss to Poland’s first win (1) Japan (0) advances on a weird tie breaker>>>In a meaningless scrimmage between England’s B Team (0) and Belgium (1) B Team the team that lost – won? >>>Tunisia (2) made its country and supporters proud winning over Panama (1)

Colombia (1) advances over Senegal (0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USSf0wAEy2A&feature=onebox It took 75 minutes and one and only shot on target in the second half for Colombia to advance over a nimble Senegal. Colombia was the technically better team especially featuring the triumvirate of Qudrado (again the man of the match) James Rodrigez and Falcao. Senegal was fast Read More

No! you cannot believe it! Germany (0) loses to the Korean Republic (2) in the upset of the 21th century – Germany out of the Group Stage awaiting a hostile home coming>>>Can you believe it? Sweden (3) are through beating the hot Mexicans (0) and are top of group F (!)>>>Brazil (2) is still Brazil despite physical and some serious pressure by Serbia (0)>>>Switzerland (2) All you need is a tie and on we go over Costa Rica (2)

June 27, 2018 By Amnon Zohar Leave a Comment

No! you cannot believe it! Germany (0) loses to the Korean Republic (2) in the upset of the 21th century – Germany out of the Group Stage awaiting a hostile home coming>>>Can you believe it? Sweden (3) are through beating the hot Mexicans (0) and are top of group F (!)>>>Brazil (2) is still Brazil despite physical and some serious pressure by Serbia (0)>>>Switzerland (2) All you need is a tie and on we go over Costa Rica (2)

No! you cannot believe it! Germany (0) loses to the Korean Republic (2) in the upset of the 21th century – Germany out of the Group Stage awaiting a hostile home coming The list of the 10 underdog upsets in the history of world football has just been updated. South Korea not only beat Germany Read More

Uruguay tames the Russian Bear 3:0>>>Spain saved by the VAR to tie Morocco 2:2 on 2 come from behind goals>>>Portugal concedes at the death for an unimpressive 1:1 tie with Iran>>>In a friendly Middle East war Saudi Arabia (2) beats neighbor Egypt (1)>>>Predictable outcome. No harm no foul in first scoreless tie France 0 Denmark 0>>>Peru (2) playing for pride send the Aussies (0) back for a long ride home>>>Argentina (2) dodges the bullet in the last ten minutes to advance over Nigeria (1)>>>Croatia (2) win 3rd in a row over courageous Iceland (1)

June 27, 2018 By Amnon Zohar Leave a Comment

Uruguay tames the Russian Bear 3:0>>>Spain saved by the VAR to tie Morocco 2:2  on 2 come from behind goals>>>Portugal concedes at the death for an unimpressive 1:1 tie with Iran>>>In a friendly Middle East war Saudi Arabia (2) beats neighbor Egypt (1)>>>Predictable outcome. No harm no foul in first scoreless tie France 0 Denmark 0>>>Peru (2) playing for pride send the Aussies (0) back for a long ride home>>>Argentina (2) dodges the bullet in the last ten minutes to advance over Nigeria (1)>>>Croatia (2) win 3rd in a row over courageous Iceland (1)

Uruguay tames the Russian Bear 3:0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MTC-V9wrUU&feature=onebox Russia came into the match full of confidence with 2 wins, 6 points, a place in the round of 16 and an 8:1 goal difference. But it became obvious from the start that beating the “little guys” like Egypt and Saudi Arabia will be a ticket out of Read More

Was it GREAT England (6) or LOWLY Panama (1); Japan (2) comes from behind twice against Senegal (2) for an entertaining tie; The free spirit of Colombia (3) beats the angst and frustration of Poland (0)

June 24, 2018 By Amnon Zohar Leave a Comment

Was it GREAT England (6) or LOWLY Panama (1); Japan (2) comes from behind twice against Senegal (2) for an entertaining tie; The free spirit of Colombia (3) beats the angst and frustration of Poland (0)

Was it GREAT England (6) or LOWLY Panama (1)? What can you say about this match? Was England that good or was Panama that poor? Most likely the latter. England will have to do better scoring from open play. Four of the first five goals came from classic English football set plays. England will have Read More

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