2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

[StensnessGOAT]

Must admit I was happy to see the reigning Asian Champions with a starting 11 consisting of 5 nationalised players

Not sure we can really talk about this lmao. Cumdog, Boyle, Souttar, we are almost an Australian-Scottish joint team. ?

 

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[marinermick]

Not sure we can really talk about this lmao. Cumdog, Boyle, Souttar, we are almost an Australian-Scottish joint team. ?

Mabil, Kuol, Deng etc

 

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[BrisRecky]

Mabil, Kuol, Deng etc

McAfriAussies

 

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[turbo]

Mabil, Kuol, Deng etc

That’s a bit of a different situation to what some of the Arab nations have been doing isn’t it? The Scots sure but not those blokes.

 

[turbo]

On another note I just caught the mini match and man the hosts were garbage. 1 decent chance, 2 if you’re generous and ignore a probably offside. Weren’t pressed hard at all but couldn’t hold on to the ball.

 

[marinermick]

That’s a bit of a different situation to what some of the Arab nations have been doing isn’t it? The Scots sure but not those blokes.

You’re right. Maybe France, Belgium, Holland etc

 

[turbo]

You’re right. Maybe France, Belgium, Holland etc

Yeah France was the one that came to mind for me. I’m happy with a diverse Australian team especially when there’s good news stories of families escaping bad situations and being able to represent their new home. It’s a far cry from buying up young talent to naturalise.

 

[StensnessGOAT]

Mabil, Kuol, Deng etc

At least they moved here at a young age for life though, not for football. That's legitimate. Cumdog, Boyle and Souttar were born, raised and playing their whole careers in another country, we just found out they had passport links to Australia and poached them. That's nationalising talent like Qatar are known for doing.

That's like Marnus Labuschagne moving to Australia at 7. Fully legitimate Aussie player because he moved over here for life and played all his junior cricket as an Australian.

 

[StensnessGOAT]

Italy are basically about to do that with Cristian Volpato lmao. Fully Australian. Born here. Raised here. Played all his junior football here. Only Italian now because they realised he has talent. ?

 

[sydmariner]

https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf

No Marco

 

[turbo]

That's nationalising talent like Qatar are known for doing.

Correct me if I’m wrong but what Qatar are doing is more a case of paying talent to move there to be naturalised. It’s not a hey this bloke has a Qatari grandfather it’s much more transactional.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I'm still pissed off with that VAR call. How on Earth was he interfering with play? And there were a couple more game transactions before the final header.

Did anyone see the new Rolex on the ref's wrist as he left in his Maserati?

There was a kick taken by A1, the free kick. The keeper came out and punched the ball - nobody was offside at the kick, though the keeper played it anyway. Keeper was challenged in the air by A2 - keeper punched the ball onto the head of A2. At THIS moment, we reconsider offside. The Hawkeye graphic showing a shin off, is drawn at this moment.

The ball then goes to a teammate who headed it, A3. At the moment A2 headed it, A3 was in an offside position.

Remember, to be onside, there needs to be 2 defenders between the attacker and the goal. Usually, 1 of those is the keeper. In this case, it wasn't. Hawkeye was drawn at the 2nd defender, showing the attacker offside.

For all the controversy, there was nothing particularly strange about it.

I'd say it highlights the issue of a lack of communication though - of course a lot of fans wouldn't understand the decision. Even most commentators didn't....although their level of the laws knowledge isn't better than that of most fans, usually...

 

[sydmariner]

concussion sub for iran.

 

[sydmariner]

Bellinghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!???????

 

[sydmariner]

SAKA!!!!!

 

[sydmariner]

3-0 Its' coming home!!!

 

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14 mins stoppage time.