The unofficial World Cup Thread,

[Husar]

It's set to be the lowest scored world cup in the current format. Less goals = boring tournament.

And how can it be concluded from that that the ball is at fault? The teams often play defensively, yet the ones who play offensively still score nice and beautiful goals, it's not the ball, it's the players/coaches.

On a related note, the rule concerning handballs to stop a goal has been in the spotlight recently. Technically the ref is constrained, and must give a straight red, but that seems unfair to me.

Didn't that one Australian get red for stopping the ball with his upper arm? That looked entirely accidental to me and to send someone off the place for an accident doesn't seem fair, the other team has to hit a place where no body parts are in the way, isn't that the point of scoring a goal? To find that one spot where nothing can obstruct the ball?
Of course that's different if the defenders play handball on purpose like certain serbs.

[Sarmatian]

Of course that's different if the defenders play handball on purpose like certain serbs.

That is because we didn't want you to moan how we didn't give you a chance to equalize. We're so good that we can win the WC without breaking a sweat so it was decided to give each opponent a free penalty, otherwise it's gonna be too easy