World Cup Spoiler

[malaise]

A beauty
Norway 1 England 0

[sarisataka]

1. That was impressive from the young Norwegian

Glad to see VAR make the support the on-field call, there was not enough to say Kane was fouled

[malaise]

3. Damn

1-1

[sarisataka]

8. Seems VAR F-d that one

The ball struck the camera cable and should have been declared dead, disallowing the goal.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Hubby decided he's going for Norway (prior to the goal you just mentioned)

because one of England's players is a trumper? Is that right? He's actually pretty knowledgeable about soccer but not as knowledgeable as he is about other sports like baseball or football or especially hockey. I'm clueless, but we watched the national anthems together on Telemundo.

[Ponietz]

4. Kane played golf with Preznit Pedo

Kane said it was “surreal”. I don’t think Kane is MAGA but we don’t know all the details yet.

[underpants]

5. I agree. I wouldn't but he makes his own choices

Not much in details.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49331547/england-captain-harry-kane-details-surreal-golf-round-donald-trump-world-cup

[Ponietz]

7. Team captain and perhaps Mi6 picked his brain

[shanti]

9. Apparently

Harry Kane met up with Chump to play golf. Kiss of death?

[malaise]

12. Me too

Come on Norway
Phew - no penalty

[underpants]

6. Two great shots 1-1 at half

[kentuck]

10. I looks like Norway has a chance to win it all.

Just a hunch.

[malaise]

11. Holy Shit spoiler

England 2 Norway 1
Nothing fair about football😀
Lots of time still

[malaise]

13. Spoiler -meh!

England win 2-1
Their last WC win was when it was stolen from Germany 60 years ago.

[kentuck]

31. I guess it is pretty obvious I know nothing about soccer.

[sarisataka]

14. Norway ran out

of time, gas and luck. England will need to be better in their next game

Sorry to see Norway go

[PCIntern]

15. Yes...

Hell of a game though.

[sarisataka]

18. It lived up to my expectations, just wished it had gone the other way

hopefully Argentina/Switzerland will be as good

[malaise]

19. Me too

I hate England

[Ponietz]

16. Another spoiler, er, spiller that is

Can’t blame the refs for Nyland’s error.

[sarisataka]

21. For the most part I thought the officials did a good job

except for England's first goal.
They can tell when the ball brushed a Croatia's players hair but can tell when it hits a wire

[Ponietz]

23. I'm not convinced

The replays I saw were from the camera behind the Norway goal. I’d need to see it from several angles. But, also, in any open air stadium, the prevailing breeze can absolutely modify the trajectory of a high kicked ball. I suspect the wonky roof in Miami exacerbated it.

[sarisataka]

24. The view from behind the goal isn't very helpful

the blurry zoom is worthless. I saw a sideline view where it appears the ball takes a nosedive, but the wires are lost in the background

I did not hear about wind conditions. That could be an explanation; I have seen wind to very strange things to a ball in flight.

[Sympthsical]

28. Here ya go

https://streamff.com/v/29958caa

Ask and Reddit shall provide.

[Sympthsical]

27. Better angle of wiregate

It's a normal trajectory and doesn't hit anything. The camera angle people saw with the ball moving away from the lens just made for a weird perspective.

https://streamff.com/v/29958caa

[Ponietz]

29. Thanks

[sarisataka]

30. That is a better angle

Can't see the wires but the ball is clear. It looks like an uninterrupted parabola so credit to the VAR crew, they were right.

[mcar]

17. My kids are at the match!

What a game!

[malaise]

20. One of my nephews too

He was a decent midfield player - school and club.

[mcar]

25. My son played defense

Won the FL state club championship when he was 18.

[rollin74]

22. Very exciting game

congrats to England!!

[highplainsdem]

26. Enjoyed the game. Loved hearing them sing Wonderwall again. Video:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1034165873