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Originally Posted by iwantaskyline
The Japanese ref for this game I noticed was constantly out of position (he was sprinting A LOT during the match).
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Yeah, apart from a few of the horrific miscalls, that was one of the things that stuck out to me most. While over the 90 minutes Brazil was certainly the better team (maybe not 3-1 final scoreline better, but better nonetheless), the referee played a significant role in that aspect. Let's face it, that penalty was one of the softest I've seen in the past year and a ref with either better positioning to see the foul or the balls to actually call it should have red carded Neymar before he ever scored. That was a ridiculously blatant arm strike to the face of Modric, it's one thing to make contact with someone from the air (like a few moments before that when Paulinho's elbow made contact with Perisic coming down after jumping for the ball that Perisic didn't really challenge for but instead just got under the Brazilian) but it's another to from the ground just straight arm your opponent in the face. I know the stage is huge and refs don't want to be the headline (he hadn't screwed that up, yet..) but that's a red to me:
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