Couldn't think....part 4
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Anybody got any views on this? Fulham don't really benefit from Godden's subsequent ban for "simulation", the match is level, he scores the penalty, and Coventry go onto win 4-1!
Although not perfect VAR for me is the best innovation added to the game for many years, early teething problems now being tweaked I think most will be in favour soon. I like knowing that if a goal is scored it will be looked at and awarded on the rules rather than the chance of a man who could be anywhere on the pitch seeing something. I also like that it cleans up the game and prevents the so called hardmen of yesteryear being able thieve a career by often not much more than imposing themselves physically.
Southgate decided the game is too one sided and levelling up?
One of the best heavyweight fights I’ve seen for years. Fury would’ve won it by a street if it had gone to points, but man alive that Wilder showed some guts , he looked finished from the sixth onwards but just refused to go down until Fury finally nailed him in the eleventh.
What I do not understand is those who are not Euro countries taking part and increasing fixtures.
Kazakhstan, and Israel are definitely not European counties. Take part in the Asian qualifying.
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, also are not European so should partake in the Asian qualifiers too. However, while not classed as European, they are members of the European council (which all euro nations excepting Belarus are members strangely!), so they have a slight argument in their favour.
And Gibraltar and Faroe Islands are not even countries!
With that I will lean to tradition that dates back to the forming of the sport that has always had us as separate nations for international football.
Also, I think they are each designated as countries in their own right by UK law, that come together as the sovereign state UK.
But it is a fair counter shout alderz!
Israel was a member of the Asian Football Confederation but many countries refused to play them and in 1974 they were excluded from AFC competitions. In the 80s they played in UEFA then for some bizarre reason they joined the Oceania Football Confederation with Australia and New Zealand but since 1991 they've been playing in UEFA
A bit hard to play away matches if the team aren't allowed into a country on Israeli passports (or in some cases any passport with an Israeli stamp in it).
Before they were suspended by FIFA in 1961 South Africa had only played friendlies and hadn't entered a team for the World Cup qualification
South Africa was one of four founder members of the Confederation of African Football in 1956 (along with Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan). They were going to play in the first African Cup of Nations in 1957 but they wanted to send either an all-white or an all-black side which the other countries found unacceptable. They were expelled from CAF in 1958,
Between losing 3-1 away to Portugal on 16 November 1958 and winning 1-0 at home to Cameroon on 7 July 1992 South Africa played just one international football match, beating Rhodesia 7-0 at home on 10 April 1977
Well, that's a hour wasted Googling, better get on with my chores...
(Not that I'm any fan of the Israeli govt, obvs)
I kid you not.