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@edward_m0nday @billbarnwell Yes, an outlier, the best three players ever, 5’8, 5’7, 5,6 Notice a pattern?

@billbarnwell Not saying I totally disagree but as you know, and outlier doesn't necessarily disprove a general point. Yes, if you have god-like footwork, feel, and quickness, you can do what he does at a small size. IN GENERAL adding better athletes will improve a team.

Why the "What if America's best athletes played soccer..." stuff is irrelevant. A 5-foot-7 39-year-old who has spent half this World Cup walking was the best player on the pitch.

@MielkeRage @StatesideShow It’s obviously onside, why waste everyone’s time

@StatesideShow It looks like it, but it's also close enough it's probably worth at least the automated review to show us, the fans at home

I mean- it’s clearly onside if you look at the field lines

@USMNTCORNER This is not a harsh decision. This is a penalty every single time

This call has us going through the "offside situation" from a couple weeks ago. It's a fractional type of decision, so everyone and their mom thinks it should be fixed. Fact is, this is sports. I could go through almost every sport and give examples of harsh decisions like this.

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole All I can tell you is watch more, and you’ll get it more. That does not mean every ref call is correct. The ref wasn’t very good in that game, but that specific call was correct and is a foul every single time. And generally speaking anytime some karate kicks someone it’s a foul.

@nh8checkmate @MWIIIFan @SamENole You refute the point by saying some defense on why it is a foul, that could also be applied to many other contacts throughout the game that aren’t called. So the entire game is decided by when the ref feels like calling a foul

PKs being worth 1 with regular goals being worth 2 would make sense too. Exceptions for egregious fouls and intentional handballs etc. still being worth 2. It makes no sense that an entire game could be won because of an accidental kick to the leg to a guy that doesn't even have possession.

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole No, we have refuted the point, about ten times, then you choose to not accept it, or say it’s dumb.

@MWIIIFan @nh8checkmate @SamENole You can’t refute the point that’s why you say I’m wrong lol

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole When a player kicks another player, it is a foul.

@nh8checkmate @MWIIIFan @SamENole You say this as if it’s unanimously agreed that it was a foul. As if every foul is uncontroversial

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole When the Spain player was fouled, he had “possession” of the ball. He was the last to touch it and would have continued dribbling toward goal had he not been kicked. You don’t need to physically be touching it for it to be yours.

@MWIIIFan @nh8checkmate @SamENole Explain how I’m wrong. You refuse to do so lol

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole With all due respect. If you have this much difficulty understanding this incident, I don’t know how you can be expected to accurately evaluate the refereeing, but I hope you keep watching and learning.

@MWIIIFan @nh8checkmate @SamENole The funniest thing is that even if you’re right, there’s no consistency in the officiating. None of these controversial calls that have been brought up have had unanimous agreement over the right call. And yet the ref has so much power in what they do/don’t call a foul

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole This isn’t a bump, he kicked another player, this isn’t complicated.

@nh8checkmate @MWIIIFan @SamENole Explain how I’m wrong. Every time I see 2 players going for the ball they inevitably bump into each other and 1 of them goes down. Nearly every single time

@burgahmeister @MWIIIFan @SamENole You already said that. I’ll help you out. You don’t understand soccer at the level you think you do. It’s nice that you’re a fan. But you are wrong in this instance. You should thank MWIIIFAN for trying to educate you. Read what he said. Go forward with a broader knowledge base.

@MWIIIFan @nh8checkmate @SamENole Soccer is a sport where players are constantly bumping into each other, because they have to use their chest/head/legs to control the ball. You simply can’t control the ball from a distance because of the restraints of the game. This makes nearly every single duel a foul

@burgahmeister @IncrediBhoi @suppaslappa @SamENole No the Spain attacker gets to the ball first, then gets kicked

@IncrediBhoi @nh8checkmate @suppaslappa @SamENole But that’s exactly what you want to have happened here. The Spain attacker runs through the French defender

@burgahmeister @SamENole Here’s a helpful way to figure out your ‘thin’ line If you kick someone it’s a foul. If a foul is in the box it’s a pk.

@nh8checkmate @SamENole Accidental contact in a sport where you have to use legs and your head to control the ball is gonna happen every single time. And with it being as subjective as it is, it’s not a sport that truly rewards better players. It just rewards players good at drawing fouls

@JosinaAnderson If you kick someone it’s a foul. This isn’t hard.

I changed my mind: Actually, the more I watch this, the more I see both* players were tracking the ball with their eyes & then both committed to a football moment at the exact same time. I feel these simultaneous actions should cancel out any penalty. One score in this game is too consequential.

@suppaslappa @IncrediBhoi @burgahmeister @SamENole If he wasn’t fouled he was in on goal. I don’t really understand your protestations at all. If your awareness is so lacking that you don’t know a player might be nipping into your space and beat you to the ball so that you naively kick them, yes you deserve punishment.

@IncrediBhoi @burgahmeister @nh8checkmate @SamENole You shouldn’t be if your opponent is intentionally jumping in front of the bullet hoping they get hit

@advorkovich Total chess championship = rapid World Cup = rapid Fide circuit = many rapid and blitz Why are 6 players qualifying the classical candidates by performing well in rapid and blitz? We already have a fide rapid and blitz world championship We have a total championship for that.

The qualification system for the FIDE Candidates Tournaments is one of the cornerstones of the FIDE World Championship cycle, and it is essential that it continues to evolve alongside the game itself. These changes have been carefully developed to make the qualification process more balanced, transparent, and performance-based. By introducing the Total Chess World Championship Tour as a new pathway, refining the allocation of the FIDE World Cup places, and placing greater emphasis on results achieved during the cycle, we are ensuring that every route to the Candidates rewards sustained excellence at the highest level of competition.

@Thisisjdf @anishgiri They don’t want that, they only want Magnus to play.

@nh8checkmate @anishgiri If the goal is to kill classical chess, which seems to be what everyone in charge wants despite the fact that no real people want it, it is a great idea

I understand the reasoning behind all of these changes, but dropping this on the chess community without any warning is bound to lead to some backlash.

@GMJacobAagaard One of the few times I agree with you. This was one of the premier events in the chess calendar. Now it’s just another random rapid event.

FIDE had one asset. Classical chess. It cannot be done on a computer screen. The qualification to the classical World Championship will now be mainly through rapid events. This is exceptionally sad. x.com/FIDE_chess/sta…

@chess24com Why did you use an exclamation point? Who wants this? It was one of the great events on the chess calendar, now it’s just another random rapid event.

FIDE has approved an all-new format for the FIDE World Cups in 2027, with the traditional knockout used only for the Last 16, while the qualifiers are decided in a Swiss group stage! chess.com/news/view/fide…