Sweden v Ukraine | Euro 2020 Last 16

[blueish swede]

They've obviously over watered the pitch to tire out both sides.

 

[LongsightM13]

Looks absolutely horrific in slow mo/still image. It's a definite red but I don't think that was as bad as it looks in that I don't think there was intent.

Ukraine lad is going to be fortunate if he hasn't done his ligaments there, he's hobnligg around the pitch like he's done his meniscus.

Horrible, his knee hyper-extended by some degree. Said it was a red in real time even before I saw the replay

 

[TheBlueDune]

Serious foul play is straight red, defined as:

"A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.

Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play."

Excessive force
Endangers safety

Getting a piece of the ball, winning the ball and other such clichés don't matter.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

What the fuck is this commentator on? He's just said it's a good job it stays light in Glasgow as they could be playing until dawn. They've got floodlights haven't they?

It's Fatman Pearce. He just doesn't bother with the matches nowadays since he dropped down the BBC's pecking order, settling for talking rubbish and reciting his stats sheets in a 'serious' voice. He's awful, and doesn't seem to have recovered from the hilarity of the Brazil World Cup goalline tech meltdown.

 

[kippaxoldboy]

I wish they wouls stop showing the sending off injury! I feel sick!

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

BBC can we see another slow mo of that players leg bending backwards please.

You've only shown it SEVEN times.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

If the ball is bouncing at around shin/knee height and you want to clear the ball high and long, please explain how your follow through can be anything other than high?

Outstretched straight leg caused the damage. All his weight was in that challenge. He could have bent his leg to minimise it.

 

[deano ou812]

He won the ball tbf. It was only momentum that took him through. Slow motion often makes a challenge look worse than it actually was.

Unfortunately it’s a red card Ric plain and simple ..

 

[remember arthur mann]

What the fuck is this commentator on? He's just said it's a good job it stays light in Glasgow as they could be playing until dawn. They've got floodlights haven't they?

Robot Wars has mashed his head......

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Serious foul play is straight red, defined as:

"A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.

Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play."

Excessive force
Endangers safety

Getting a piece of the ball, winning the ball and other such clichés don't matter.

Hence it’s a red card