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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2782269, member: 1414"]
I thought it was a great final with fairly non stop action.  There was little to no real flopping, like we’ve seen throughout the tournament.  In fact, France got a goal when a man who,was tripped, kept his feet and the ball.  Amazing what happens when you don’t act like a child. The pace was high. A very entertaining match.

The handball was legit. The problem, as [USER=8028]@MadDogRevival[/USER] notes, is that awarding a penalty is too steep.  Yet that ball was going through without the hand and so might have been a goal, or might have been cleared.  The rules are problematic on many levels, because the referee lacks flexibility. A simple fee kick at midfield for a trip that stops an attacking side who has numbers, is woefully inadequate. It’s almost a benefit to the defense who gets to set up with 11 behind the ball, instead of the few they had when it happened. Awful.

They need more options to award closer free kicks, rather than at the spot of the foul, or send a man off for say 2-3 minutes as they do in hockey.
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