[Football] England v Malta official match thread

[Coldeanseagull]

Well, well, well....Kane booked for diving! I like this referee, bucks the trend by having balls

 

[Guinness Boy]

Again, the point of VAR is…..?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Well, well, well....Kane booked for diving! I like this referee, bucks the trend by having balls

But not by being wrong

He was wiped out

 

[raymondo]

Well, well, well....Kane booked for diving! I like this referee, bucks the trend by having balls

Maybe I'm anti-Kane but I agree with the ref: Kane planted his foot into the keeper's path to try for the pen.

 

[Eeyore]

There is an irony about him being booked for that. On this occasion, it was a penalty. But his reputation has gone before him.

 

[raymondo]

His left leg always goes out at 45° when it follows his right. That's how people run

especially when in the penalty area

 

[kojak]

When we played Malta in the 70s
Gordon Banks only touched the ball once
Some kind of record I think

 

[jonny.rainbow]

But not by being wrong

He was wiped out

Do me a favour!

He went down like he’d been shot by a sniper after engaging contact with the keeper.

Classic Kane simulation. Good to see some refs and VAR know his game.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Malta have been the better side here

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Do me a favour!

He went down like he’d been shot by a sniper after engaging contact with the keeper.

Classic Kane simulation. Good to see some refs and VAR know his game.

If you leave a foot in and the keeper clatters him, it's still a pen

 

[METALMICKY]

Do me a favour!

He went down like he’d been shot by a sniper after engaging contact with the keeper.

Classic Kane simulation. Good to see some refs and VAR know his game.

This all day long. You need to watch how Kane deliberately stubs his right foot into the turf to produce the fall. He's a cheat!

 

[The Wizard]

England xG 0.02
Malta xG 0.06

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Do me a favour!

He went down like he’d been shot by a sniper after engaging contact with the keeper.

Classic Kane simulation. Good to see some refs and VAR know his game.

He was brought down but not a penalty, therefore not a yellow card.
i think your dislike of Kane is tainting your opinion.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

This all day long. You need to watch how Kane deliberately stubs his right foot into the turf to produce the fall. He's a cheat!

If you don't think it's a pen, you just don't understand football.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a more hopeless English midfield

 

[Coldeanseagull]

But not by being wrong

He was wiped out

Nope

Maybe I'm anti-Kane but I agree with the ref: Kane planted his foot into the keeper's path to try for the pen.

Yep


We all see the game differently, but in my correct opinion, kane placed his leg in a position which instigated the contact

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This all day long. You need to watch how Kane deliberately stubs his right foot into the turf to produce the fall. He's a cheat!

His left leg was trapped by the keeper’s armpit.

 

[AK74]

Paper planes being luzzed from the stands. Crowd must be bored.

 

[The Wizard]

Kane is a diving twat at times (clever because he’s English )but that is a stonewall penalty, anyone claiming otherwise is just being blinded by hate.

He’s not obliged to move his planted foot, if the keeper wipes that out when the ball is gone it’s a penalty.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Nope

Yep


We all see the game differently, but in my correct opinion, kane placed his leg in a position which instigated the contact

Which is still a pen.... the keeper came flying out

Kane had control of the ball