FIFA Club World Cup 2025 | Day 1 & 2 | 14/15 June '25

[TinFoilHat]

Book Messi for that ref. Coward.

 

[I'm Blue]

Early bath challenge

 

[MCFC1993]

Referee is an absolute shithouse. That's a 2nd yellow all day long, shocking tackle.

 

[cleavers]

How is that not a yellow ?

 

[levets]

Ref is very lenient towards fouls,that’s a yellow

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

He should of been off for that

 

[TinFoilHat]

FIFA Reffing protecting Inter Messi.

Bullshit.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Yeah fair point, my thoughts were aimed at Miami who should be nowhere near it

But a bit like the World Cup & Euros expanding, now having a tournament of 32 teams brings so many new sides into it that will end up being so far off the quality of whenever wins the whole thing (possibly even more of a disparity than between the CL winners and the worst performers in the CL group stage?)

But of course more games brings more money, and the increased global appeal is a good thing

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of dross in this tournament. Pretty sure somebody is going to get absolutely hammered in a "oh this isn't very fun" kind of way.

Auckland City play Bayern tomorrow - they don't have their full squad because some of them are part-time and couldn't get out of work...

 

[cleavers]

Referee is an absolute shithouse. That's a 2nd yellow all day long, shocking tackle.

Ridiculous.

 

[kunaguero10]

If that’s a player on any team but Messi’s he’s getting a second yellow

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

So will Wydad when we play them at the hottest part of the day.

Won’t be so bad in Philly, it’s the humidity in Atlanta and Orlando that will be more of a problem

 

[TonyM]

Poor decision by ref there.

 

[VOOMER]

If this is the standard of referring I have a major concern regarding injuries.

 

[I'm Blue]

Pen!

 

[levets]

Penalty all day

 

[cleavers]

Penalty.

They'll miss.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of dross in this tournament. Pretty sure somebody is going to get absolutely hammered in a "oh this isn't very fun" kind of way.

Auckland City play Bayern tomorrow - they don't have their full squad because some of them are part-time and couldn't get out of work...

I thought Vinny would have said something about that...

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Penalty

 

[MCFC1993]

Ridiculous.

This spoiling the spectacle bollocks needs to piss off.

He's 'levelled it' with that penalty call though.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Penalty.

They'll miss.

Yep.

you just know it.