Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 There will be a few tears coming from Japanese eyes this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Bit of a joke that. Was really hoping for a Senegal goal, farcical way to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMBER MACHINE Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Pundits are rattled due to the way this ended [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren1872 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 should be banned for that shite alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMBER MACHINE Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Japan did the smart and right thing. They are through. Top decision making from the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I hope Japan get an absolute beasting in the next round. They're fucking shite to watch.Unless they are playing England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I have to feel sorry for Senegal in a way. With not watching their game against Colombia I am not sure how well they played today and if they deserved to progress or not, but to lose out on the number of yellow cards picked up as a separation criteria does seem bizarre and not something I have seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 It would have been a coin flip if it weren't for the yellow card rule wouldn't it? Not sure there's much in it in terms of fairness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 It only went down to fair play because everything else was level. It's not like it was the first tie-breaker; it's actually pretty damn unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said: It only went down to fair play because everything else was level. It's not like it was the first tie-breaker; it's actually pretty damn unlikely. This. Has it ever happened to eliminate a team before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Don't really get the fake outrage over the way the game was played out. Every team tries to play out results, the only difference here is that both did it at the same time so it looks worse. If England are winning tonight and decide to just keep possession for the last 10 minutes no-one is going to criticise them for not trying to add more. Obviously Japan weren't winning, but their current result meant qualifying, if they thought keeping that result was their best bet then I see no issue with that. Equally with Poland, if you're effectively offered a 1-0 win with 15 minutes to go, you'd be pretty stupid to say no, keep playing and risk losing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: Don't really get the fake outrage over the way the game was played out. Every team tries to play out results, the only difference here is that both did it at the same time so it looks worse. If England are winning tonight and decide to just keep possession for the last 10 minutes no-one is going to criticise them for not trying to add more. Obviously Japan weren't winning, but their current result meant qualifying, if they thought keeping that result was their best bet then I see no issue with that. Equally with Poland, if you're effectively offered a 1-0 win with 15 minutes to go, you'd be pretty stupid to say no, keep playing and risk losing it. Oh yeah, this. If Japan had tried to commit a few players forward for an attacking move and got hit on the counter attack to go out, it'd have been devastating for them. Huge stakes to stay in when it's so finely balanced. Safe to say if they'd conceded a second a lot of the same pundits bitching and moaning about the way they saw the game out would doubtless be making noises to the effect of "WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST PARK THE BUS, THEY WERE THROUGH? CRAZY FROM THEM TO LEAVE THEMSELVES WIDE OPEN AT THE BACK SO LATE ON" The Japan team are here to win and progress, whatever that takes; they're not here to entertain neutrals. The onus was on Senegal, not Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I also don't get the outrage. A team content with the score as it stands will always run down the clock and keep the ball in the corner. It's simply unusual for both sides to be happy with the score at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 8 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Japan’s equivalent of Dundee rewind? Get some photos. Minus the fat mutants. My phone died sadly but I was interviewed by the local news station so there will be some footage for the "horrific nightclub* photos" thread! *Pub in this case! 7 hours ago, Dee Man said: Fucking wanks. Missus picked 1-0 Colombia and 1-1 in this game. Whale hunting c***s. I wouldn't recommend the whale.....I only tried it to piss off my Greenpeace loving Aunt off! PS - Even the Japanese in the pub were a bit embarrassed about the farcical end to the game last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 This. Has it ever happened to eliminate a team before?No as it is the first time it had been used at the World Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Have two teams ever finished exactly equal on points/GD/goals/head-to-head result in the group stage before? The closest I can think of is 1994 when Mexico, Italy, ROI and Norway all finished on 4, and Norway finished bottom due to goals scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Japan stop playing in a meaningful way for the last fifteen minutes and go through on the fair play rule. Is that called irony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 12 hours ago, nsr said: Have two teams ever finished exactly equal on points/GD/goals/head-to-head result in the group stage before? The closest I can think of is 1994 when Mexico, Italy, ROI and Norway all finished on 4, and Norway finished bottom due to goals scored. ROI & The Netherlands at Italy 1990 finished exactly 2nd/3rd on GD, goals scored and head to head. Both were through though as their record was good enough to be amongst the 4 best 3rd placed teams. However, 2nd was still an advantage as that team would play Romania as opposed to 3rd place who were due to play West-Germany. It went down to drawing of lots and the Irish finished second. They then beat Romania (on penalties) while The Netherlands got knocked out by Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Marten said: ROI & The Netherlands at Italy 1990 finished exactly 2nd/3rd on GD, goals scored and head to head. Both were through though as their record was good enough to be amongst the 4 best 3rd placed teams. However, 2nd was still an advantage as that team would play Romania as opposed to 3rd place who were due to play West-Germany. It went down to drawing of lots and the Irish finished second. They then beat Romania (on penalties) while The Netherlands got knocked out by Germany. Cheers for that. I wonder who had the better fair play record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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