There’s tons of hype and media bs pumping this idea that Argentina was playing dirty, but if you go back and watch the plays closely you would be hard pressed to find truly malicious play like the days of old. I guarantee the Vinnie Jones’ of the world are rolling their eyes at that commentary.

If you get ball first and your spikes are down, that’s a pretty clean play imo.

Watch to see if the player committing the ‘foul’ actually follows through. If they get to a play late but aren’t following through … it may be a foul but it’s definitely not malicious. Even the best players in the world sometimes get to a play late. The follow through is the critical part.

What’s more interesting to me …

“14 of the last 15 major men's and women's World Cup and European Championship finals having been won by the squad with the extra day of rest” … Perhaps both semis should be on the same day and 5 days of rest before the final …