Steven Reda

@ManagerTactical Bro, the fact you still think it’s the refs after what you just witnessed again speaks to how stupid you really are

Spain 🇪🇸 vs 🇦🇷 Argentina on Sunday 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

@Jacobtheclipper That’s terrible defensive awareness and yes it’s a foul to kick the other player. Just like in hockey when you hit a players skate on your follow through and trip him.

So if the ball is in the air you can just run into the foot of a player just winding up to kick it and you get a penalty?! This sport is a JOKE and why us Americans will never really care about it. We don’t reward stupid tactics like this ✌️

@ManagerTactical This ref lets them play, should be a good physical match

Oh lord… CONCACAF’s finest…

@Underdog @ManagerTactical Calling Messi a winger is hysterical.

Combined XI for the four remaining teams at the World Cup, per @ManagerTactical

@ChiT0wnSports23 @ManagerTactical Deschamps?? A middle school teacher could coach that France squad and win.

@ManagerTactical Here me out: we build a time machine and bring in Prime Alex Ferguson or steal Didier Deschamps by holding Elon Musks and Jeff Bezos fortunes as ransom through proposed taxes amd legislation.... But its probably going to be Callahan or Cherundolo or like Pellegrino Matarazzo

Ok, assuming Pochettino does not stay… who would you want to take over the USMNT 🇺🇸? Keep it realistic, Guardiola ain’t coming.

@nitepsychotrp @ManagerTactical Mid teams make the semi finals ??

@StevenReda @ManagerTactical they’re a mid team 😂

Nah man This team 🇦🇷 sacrificed Maradona for 2 World Cups 🏆…. No way..

@Imstilljon simulating a foul is an automatic yellow

That is an absolute disgrace It’s not a yellow on Paredes, it’s a dive by Embolo But there has to be some level of common sense that you don’t give a second yellow for simulation It just feels wrong The Argentinian-FIFA conspiracy theories will reach a fever pitch now

@GoferBender @smclaughlin9 The ref gave paredes a yellow because this guy dove like he got a machete to his leg. If the idiot doesn’t dive like an IED blew off his leg and played it straight none of this happens. It’s all Embolo’s fault, if you see it any other way i feel bad for your outlook on life

@StevenReda @smclaughlin9 Only reason VAR stepped in was because the ref gave a yellow. It should have been a play on. VAR has to hook someone if a yellow card was given. So they had no choice because of the refs mistake

I guess this is a hot take, but I think it's the right call. Clear dive = clear yellow. His first yellow was clear as day, too. We all want soccer to cut down on blatant flopping, so I'm not going to be selective about it. Embolo knew he was already on a yellow. That's on him.

@GoferBender @smclaughlin9 You just said the right guy was booked, VAR did its job. Get the calls right, get this flopping out of the game. Harsh lesson but a solid one for the future of the sport

@smclaughlin9 My issue is if the ref didn’t make the wrong call upfront it would still be 11 on 11. The refs wrong call made VAR step in. Which means one of them had to be books. The right guy was booked, but in reality it should have been nothing and a play on.

@NoThoughtsMate @JacobsBen He cant, the rules clearly state that any simulation that results in a wrong card being given is an automatic yellow.

@StevenReda @JacobsBen I get that, but it was very soft. Give him a warning in the quarter final of the World Cup.

The problem with the new ‘mistaken identity’ rule is that it sets a dangerous precedent. Breel Embolo dived, so if called on the field it’s a second yellow, but that wasn’t the decision. Yet an amendment to IFAB wording before the tournament states: “When the referee shows a yellow or red card but has clearly penalised the wrong player of either team for the offence in question; the offence itself cannot be reviewed except in the context of mistaken identity.” We saw the same with Tim Ream (originally booked for a foul) and Miguel Almiron (eventually booked for diving) in USA vs. Paraguay. In both instances, the right decision was reached when revisiting the incidents. Yet it’s massively open for debate as to whether this is actually ‘mistaken identity’, and that’s the issue. It’s just a mistake by the referees. Both got sold by a dive. They didn’t mix up players. They just made a bad call on a regular foul and wrongly handed out a yellow card. So really it’s just a rule allowing VAR to intervene on more minor on-field calls, and that’s the part a lot of people will feel uneasy about.

@AnfielddCentral @JacobsBen So just let paredes keep the unwarranted yellow?? which was caused by a simulation of a foul. how about these clowns stop diving? maybe now they will

you’ve nailed it 👏 that’s not “mistaken identity” at all. they didn’t book the wrong player, they just got conned by the dive calling it that just lets VAR creep into every yellow/red. dangerous precedent like you said rules should protect the game, not re-ref every 50/50. refs need to be brave on field

@NoThoughtsMate @JacobsBen He already had a yellow. he deserves the 2nd one.

@JacobsBen Very harsh yellow. If VAR is here to stay then the rule needs to be worded better so players don’t dive. It’s a World Cup quarter final, give him a warning.

@ManagerTactical hahahaha eat shit Tac.

The Swiss 🇨🇭 just have to hold another 15 mins… to maybe.. just maybe… win the pk shootouts.

@kenhll555 @jasonjwilde because argentina is good and they hate that lol. no other reason

@jasonjwilde People complain about flopping in Soccer then they actually catch someone red handed and now everyone is mad about it!

So if the official doesn’t give the yellow card to Paredes initially and calls it a normal foul or no foul at all, then it doesn’t go to VAR and Embolo is still playing, yes? So this essentially happens because the ref blew the call? Help me understand.

@jasonjwilde Well Embolo helped him blow the call by acting like his leg got decapitated.

@MoMajesticSalah @ManagerTactical @wstrojan It 100% is but if you been following Tac you would know he’s butt hurt that Argentina is actually good and Brazil stinks.

@ManagerTactical @wstrojan So is it not a 2nd yellow?

The “over use” of the VAR has been a problem this World Cup. I am not against the VAR but it’s been too much and at times misused. It honestly hurting the game and I am for having the VAR.

@ManagerTactical @wstrojan It’s an automatic yellow for simulating a foul moron

@wstrojan Sure, then the other players gets a yellow for a flop while others get away with a flop just because the other guy didn’t get a yellow. Is that fair?

@ManagerTactical You sound so stupid right now, they had to use VAR because the wrong player got carded. Once that happens the guy that dove like a moron gets an automatic yellow. Learn the rules.

@BenVolin Not questionable at all, simulation of a foul that causes someone else to get a yellow card is an automatic yellow

Hey what do you know, Argentina benefits from an extremely questionable ref decision