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9 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

As far as I know yes they are still competing, but I doubt they have any serious ambitions for Tokyo,their performances has not been at the required level for several years now.

 

In fact I am affraid we will have a small team in Atletics in Tokyo. We do have quite good amount of decent athletes but apart Matej Tóth none of them is so good to being capable of achieving those harsh standards

Volko can qualify though? And maybe some new talent in the throwing events?

I fully expect IBU to blow the individual race within the next Olympic cycle instead The last event where shooting REALLY matters...

2 minutes ago, vlad said:

 

Now sounds improbable but before the start of the tournament who thought that Benin will eliminate them? I guess nobody. I saw thepharoah's comment regard Germany vs Poland and I understand now the situation between Maghrebian nations

I could suspect Meghreb would be against Egypt tbh but guess it runs much deeper down there   I have to say Czech Republic & Slovakia are probably our best friends among neigbour countries, Germany ain't have a shot

Sounds like IBU wants to introduce some Ruka Triple-like Season Opener from 2020? Say goodbye to the usual mixed relay & sprint relay crap then and say hello to Kontiolahti Triple?

4 minutes ago, vlad said:

 

Well, it's understandable somehow because Morocco is a bigger danger for Algeria than Benin, at least on paper

Algeria could only play Benin in the final though? That sounds improbable

Just now, thepharoah said:

 

they support each other like u support Germany in Poland 

Edit: I could understand if this was "everyone dislikes Egypt" tho

The Veldakovas are still competing? Last hurrah until Tokyo?

Judging by bestmen's comments I guess Maghreb countries aren't exactly supporting each other much?

Seeding Kevin Anderson at #4 proved to be a complete joke like expected. He played like 6 matches since January

If you can't beat them you join them. Technically 2021 will be new rules but Mercedes could still dominate. And Max won't stay in RBR until the end of his career. He will get tired of being unable to win a championship and leaves.

46 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

 

So there was something wrong and not only losing fans complaining? 

 

Irrati was the VAR...the best one in Serie A for 2 years in a row, he's not incompetent and commits very few mistakes. I'd say some of the possibilities are:

a) a huge blunder, like he was looking elsewhere or something like that or

b) technology didn't work or

c) he got instructions to favor NED over SWE or

d) NED player is his girlfriend.

Choose the one that you prefer, I'm not certain.

If the ball's inside the area I'd rather think all three people in the VAR room are not looking elsewhere I think the ball trajectory suggested it was played by the Dutch defender, there was a very similar tackle in the group stage Italy vs Jamaica IIRC when BBC screamed bloody murder and outrage when a penalty was awarded for Italy (Jamaican defender clipped the ankle which went sideways and played the ball like it was tackled by the Jamaican player clean). Only after VAR replay the absolute idiot BBC commentator had to eat crowd and admit it was a stonewall penalty (I believe you watched that game since you're Italian).

Sadly this error clearly falls on Irrati who didn't even make the call to the ref on the pitch. Yes, I believe VAR replay could have given Sweden a penalty but it's all irrelevant now.

21 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

Yeah, nothing wrong 

 

https://streamable.com/hzjng

Italian ref was on VAR. Why didn't he signal anything?

There was nothing wrong with the referee here. Losing fans always blame the ref though 

USA wins 2-1. This was my predictions' result as well

Horrible tackle from Bright and she gets a second yellow and is off. This could have been a straight red too.

Lenghty VAR review gives England a penalty but Houghton has an absolute shocker of a shot.

Ellen White scores but she's offside.

Alex Morgan heads in on her 30th birthday. 2-1.

Press heads in after 10 mins. England defense looks overwhelmed already.

Rapinoe only on the bench for USA vs England. Seems like Jill Ellis is trying to outsmart Phil Neville here.