Mystery to me as well. I’d like an explanation of that one.
Was it definitely Bronze that it was given against? I can’t see who else it would be and the fact they called the ref over to the monitor indicates that it wasn’t a factual error.
No explanation from the German commentary team. This is where I’d like an official in the studio to explain it even if the actual explanation was that the ref has their head stuck up their arse.
The rules analyst on American TV said it was given against Bronze because she came from an offside position. I don’t think that is the rule though, Bronze wasn’t involved and didn’t cause anything to happen differently by being in that position. It was only once she had re-established herself in an onside position that she went for the ball.
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Was that a pen? Dont think so.
Arms by her side and the keeper pushed her into the ball…also to get yellow card is a joke
Both the non goal and the penalty were rubbish decisions
I thought it hit her chest first and possibly bounced off the sleeve as well.
England have been lackadaisical at the start of the second half and have allowed China back into the match. Need to up their levels once again
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Pick THAT out of the net!!
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I will normally defend women keepers but that was a shocker.
Dear oh dear…Chinese keeper rushed out of her box and the realised she can’t handle the ball and that she’s dreadfully slow on the turn. The English lass just passed it into the net
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The China manager looks well pissed off at the keeper.
This ref has let the Chinese girls get away with a few nasty challenges. Not as bad as the Colombians vs the Germans mind
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11 mins added time…var is so shit.
Hoping they do this this added time stuff in PL…games only live for 52 mins on average in PL…and youve got cunts like nick pope wating time in preseason friendlies.
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They basically used VAR to make two wrong decisions today, take away Lauren James’ hattrick and give China a bullshit penalty
Lauren: “I thought, why not just hit it and see what happens”
Two worldies is what happened
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It’s another one about whether the defensive play was “deliberate” and enough to reset play. In this case it wasnt (that subjective piece is why there was pitch side monitor review of the offside) so it was still judged as being the same phase of play as when she was in an offside position on the original cross.
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I can’t find the clip to confirm this now. My recollection was that there were a significant amount of play between the two.
OK, I found the highlights on iPlayer. The only thing that I can see is that she may have distracted one of the Chinese defenders whilst coming back from an offside position. This is why they really need to give their reasoning.
No, it all happened in one quick sequence
She is in an offside position here from the cross
The play developed into this - the cross defended by a Chinese defender having the ball come off her back while under pressure from another england player. Bronze is highlighted as now back in an onside position
Bronze then picked up that second ball as shown here and knocked it back to a team mate
So the consideration is whether she was played back onside by the Chinese touch starting a new phase of play. As was discussed to death last season, when the touch in question comes from an aerial challenge made under pressure, that is rarely deemed a deliberate play sufficient to reset play. Especially when it is such an unclean touch as was the case here, coming off her back.
Unrelated, but the first touch from Hope in setting herself up for the second goal was exquisite
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Just seen the 2 goals from Esme Brugts
