How will Poland do in Euro 2024

Fingers crossed for VAR

No goal

....hach ja.....before were more goals....and less VAR....

VAR is a bit of an albatross

I don't get it. Some of these subjective rules don't make sense to me.

@AntV
The Dutch player was obstructing the keepers line of sight. It is significant cos he was in an offside position when the ball was struck. The goal would have stood if he had been onside

@Barney

Thanks.

Yes but even if the French keeper threw himself he wouldn't have been anywhere near the ball.

I bet if Man City scored such a goal it wouldn't have been dissalowed.

The English referees in the VAR room seem to be hell-bent on eliminating Poland.

:(

That's a good point

...a Nil : Nil won't help Poland....ach menno.....

That's it for Polska.

Yeah....to bad....maybe they did draw without goals with purpose? 😕

The first game without any goals in this tournament!

@Crnogorac3
Probably, but the Dutch guy was off side.

But he didn't touch the ball. He was deemed to interfere in play by obstructing the sight of the French keeper but even if he wasn't there, there's no chance the French keeper would have saved that shot.

Yup, even in the very unlikely event that they beat France, Polska is gone...... I didn't expect them to win any games in this group but there came a point in the Austria game that I did raise my hopes.

@Crnogorac3
But he was there and interfering with play.

The English referee Anthony Taylor made a very dubious and questionable call as this poll shows.

b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti/33406/anketa-pravila-su-pravila-ili-preterivanje-video/vest

70% of voters think the goal should have stood.

Who knows....if the goal had stood Poland would had made it....na ja....next time!

'night all!

@Crnogorac3
VAR team made the decision it would take too long to have a public vote on VAR decisions.

Why post a link in some incomprehensible language?

I think VAR made the right decision this time.

I'm new to the game so I'm trying to understand the rules better. It seems you are saying that another part of the equation VAR considers is whether or not the goalie would indeed been able to make a play on ball if other player didn't impede goalie. Is this correct?

Fiddly rules about things like that. The offside rule in particular is something worth reading up on. There are a few odd rules however that is the trickiest.

And cricket is a whole level apart.

@jon357

I have! I've talked with people from both Europe and States about it also. It seems to vex everyone.

@AntV
It certainly vexes me.

Nice that the Dutch player has a Scottish name, Dumfries. In fact a Xornish first name and a Scottish surname.

Not so good news for Poland today. Nic nie się stało, literally.

I'd be delighted if Austria draw with Netherlands...

Poland is the first team to be eliminated from the Euro.

b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti/33412/poljska-prva-eliminisana-sa-euro/vest

The reason is unlike in the World Cup where goal difference matters now that Holland and France have 4 points each and Austria has 3 points, even if Poland wins against France in Dortmund and Austria loses against Holland at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, and both teams are equal on 3 points, Poland will be out due to the Head to Head record of having lost to Austria.

@AntV
VAR is video assistant referee. It comes into use for important decisions like verifying goals or penalty decisions. Before it was introduced a few years ago the on field referees decision was final. They can still overrule VAR recommendations but rarely do so. The same arguments still happen but the most egregious decisions are mostly gone now. The biggest argument against VAR is that it slows the game down.

There are also directives on how the rules are interpreted which is perhaps more damaging to the flow of the game.

Don`t worry Poles! Serbians will follow soon. In sh*t for Poland if need be.

France vs Netherland 0-0 Netherland goal is correct Analysis of all reactions Euro 2024

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Cesc Fabregas & Wayne Rooney agree it's a goal.

Poland was robbed.

No, I don't think so.Poland were just too poor.

The Poles did their part



first match

decisive match

match for nothing (match for dog$hit)

@Crnogorac3

Let's be brutally honest.

The Polish football team is rubbish.