Euro 2016 Semi-Final Germany vs France, Thursday 7th July 20:00, RTE2

SlickRic

Lads, they all know the rules. Arms up in stupid positions at the wrong time and you'll get that against you.

RedemptionZ

What a joke. France getting all the decisions

cj maxx

Home town decision that.

Billy86

Harsh in a sense (don't think he meant to have his hand there), but if your hand is up that high and the ball hits it, it's a penalty.

Didn't quite catch Germany's shout down the other end though, should they have got one too?

sligeach

Italian ref getting revenge on Germany and home team favourtism.

mansize

I'd say it was goal line official that saw it

adox

100% peno for me and always given.

greendom

Justice for '82!!!

Andersonisgod

Not at all surprised. Every decision has favoured France, the type of decision you never get unless you've got an official determined to become a #celebrityreferee

mansize

How WASNT it a penalty???

His hands were up in the air

vienne86

Penalty for me, but totally against the run of play.

BunkMoreland

Annoying celebration, reminds me of his goal against Ireland

Rezident

Hm, ref being very nice to the home fans again.

Mars Bar

His hand was in the air and he completely changed the flight of the ball. Of course that's a penalty!

mansize

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Not at all surprised. Every decision has favoured France, the type of decision you never get unless you've got an official determined to become a #celebrityreferee

It's a basic rule tbf

AllGunsBlazing

AdamD wrote: »

Griezmann needs to sort out the goal celebration

Makes Crouch's robot look Travolta-esque!

GavRedKing

Thats a blatant penalty. Nearly as bad as Boatengs the other night.

Like Boateng its in an area where the player is unlikely to score from so it makes it even more annoying to give away.

Its just really dumb defending.

jacool

So a referee who can't see Pogba foul Muller in the area can then give that call.
Very fishy.

Elmer Blooker

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Blatant penalty, amazed anyone thinks otherwise

If it was up the other end would it have been awarded?, like s***e it would!
Its Germany's 11 v France's 12.

Very fishy.

... so fishy it stinks!

Manutd_4life

mansize wrote: »

How WASNT it a penalty???

His hands were up in the air

How are you supposed to jump for a header against a striker with your hands down????

Stupid decision. So harsh

mansize

mansize wrote: »

How WASNT it a penalty???

His hands were up in the air

Towards the ball also
Clearly a penalty
Some amount of raving going on in here, and not the good kind

mansize

Shearer talking shyte. He's protecting his face!

Arm in the air hit the ball

El Chapo

No one is saying it's not a penalty. Three German players were man handled for a corner in that first half and the referee done SFA about it.

No consistency whatsoever.

NukaCola

Definite peno, what was he thinking?

Brain dead from Sweiny. What was he at

mansize

Manutd_4life wrote: »

How are you supposed to jump for a header against a defender with your hands down????

Stupid decision. So harsh

You have to control your arms

Skylinehead

It's a penalty alright. Refs too scared to give Germany one though.

Andersonisgod

mansize wrote: »

It's a basic rule tbf

Nobody appealed, that's always telling. If it had of passed off without the ref blowing a whistle nobody would have thought anything of it. The foul on Kroos early on however was a penalty.

El Chapo

El Chapo wrote: »

No one is saying it's not a penalty. Three German players were man handled for a corner in that first half and the referee done SFA about it.

No consistency whatsoever.

I count multiple posters who say it wasn't

Kobe248

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Blatant penalty, amazed anyone thinks otherwise

There seems a very pro-Germany vibe in here

Manutd_4life

Never a peno in a million years.

How can you not have your arms up while going for a header. Completely accidental and it hardly caused a game changing deflection.

Terrible decision

Bret Hart

Great spot by the ref,stonewall penalty. Very poor from Basti.

SlickRic

I honestly have no idea how people are seeing that as harsh.

A penalty every day of the week.

DDC1990

Definite penalty, but the fouls on Kroos and Schweinsteiger earlier weren't given, which is why the Germans are so pissed off.

Torally inconsistant.

NukaCola

I can see where people are saying Germany may not have gotten it, but you'll never see a clearer penalty lets be honest....

Boskowski

Was a pen alright. He was leading with his hand to defend the cross and actually got there with it. If the french defense keeps pulling and grabbing like that they'll give away one, too.

Fromvert

Evra heads the ball towards goal and his arm blocks it. It's a pen, how does anyone say otherwise!

mansize

Was the penalty conceded against Italy a peno? If so, what's the difference???

Dirty Dingus McGee

For all of Germanys great play they haven't created too much.

Well done to the tournament organisers for ruining what should have been a great moment the singing of Le Marseillese before the start of the game by having this horrible piped in music and singing rather than letting us hear the crowd sing it.

Kobe248

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Not at all surprised. Every decision has favoured France, the type of decision you never get unless you've got an official determined to become a #celebrityreferee

It wasnt the referees call

It was an assistant

It was 100% penalty

fyfe79

Skylinehead wrote: »

It's a penalty alright. Refs too scared to give Germany one though.

Isn't he the same ref who gave us a pen vs France? (not too sure)

mansize

DDC1990 wrote: »

Definite penalty, but the fouls on Kroos and Schweinsteiger earlier weren't given, which is why the Germans are so pissed off.

Torally inconsistant.

Well they are different situations

And it was a free OUTSIDE the box for Ger

Strumms

Peno. You can jump with your hands raised for leverage ok but if you hands and arms are in such an unnatural position beside your own head when going for the cross and your hand deflects the ball like that it has to be considered a deliberate act.

GavRedKing

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Nobody appealed, that's always telling. If it had of passed off without the ref blowing a whistle nobody would have thought anything of it. The foul on Kroos early on however was a penalty.

Except Giroud who was closer than any of the French players other than Evra who also appaealed once he got up.

Whats more telling is Schweinstwiger didnt make a fuss over the awarding of it, he knew he was 100% at fault.

jamescd

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Nobody appealed, that's always telling. If it had of passed off without the ref blowing a whistle nobody would have thought anything of it. The foul on Kroos early on however was a penalty.

No. The contact on Kroos was just outside the box. Free kick at best.

castletownman

He fecking punched it away.

Got as good a connection to it despite being under pressure that any keeper would have been proud of.

Penalty all day long.

Lucas Hood

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Nobody appealed, that's always telling. If it had of passed off without the ref blowing a whistle nobody would have thought anything of it. The foul on Kroos early on however was a penalty.

2 or 3 french players appealed for it.

I had to look back at it to notice though.

The ref didnt point towards the peno spot at all though.

sReq | uTeK

Just want to state that the referees inconsistencies are the result of the rege. This happened so often and half the time it's given half the time it's not so people don't know where to stand.

From seeing it again to me it's a penalty. It looks like the official called it too.

I also feel that wouldn't have been given in the France box.

However how he can't see pogba kick kroos when he's 5 yards away is beyond me .

Chagan

Excellent spot by the linesman. Blatent penalty. You don't jump with your hand above your head?

GreNoLi

Sickening for ze Germans, definite penalty.

Considering how well Germany have played I expect them to pull this one out of the bag.

France lack a player that can dictate tempo.