Match Thread: July 30, 2022 - Valour v Pacific

[K Edgar]

...and an Akio-ish flip!

 

Edited July 30, 2022 by K Edgar

[Soccerpro2]

Forgot Pacific were in Jamaica this week.  It shows.

Really liking the new CB for Valour. Their South Americans have also been good.

[K Edgar]

1 - 0 at the half

[jonovision]

The Trench is much fuller than the last home game.

Good pressing from Valour in the first half. Probably the right approach against a rotated Victoria team, but will need some fresh legs in the second to keep it up. 

[jonovision]

Ref has lost the plot

[Wippersuna]

Tripped in the box let’s give him a card. What?

Just realized that’s his second. Stupid

Edited July 30, 2022 by Wippersuna

[jonovision]

I mean it's either a penalty or a yellow for simulation so at least he has the courage or his convictions. But he's ass backwards wrong

[K Edgar]

6 minutes ago, Wippersuna said:

Tripped in the box let’s give him a card. What?

2nd for yellow Ascanio -- man down

Edited July 30, 2022 by K Edgar

[jonovision]

Horseshit all around

[Soccerpro2]

1-1 now.

Soon to be 2-1 for the ref.

[Soccerpro2]

2-1 now for the ref’s team.

[K Edgar]

7 minutes ago, Soccerpro2 said:

2-1 now for the ref’s team.

Valour's playoff hopes ended by the ref.  Brutal

Edited July 30, 2022 by K Edgar

[jonovision]

Refereeing in this league is a scandal

[Soccerpro2]

All the ref had to do was watch the replay on the giant screen. He didn’t give the card for several minutes in any event. He couldn’t be bothered.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Soccerpro2

[jonovision]

This officiating is shocking 

[Wippersuna]

Garbage call and I really wish Valour would stop giving the Bustos crew things to cheer about. Happens every game and they’re absolutely nauseating as a Valour fan. 

Edited July 30, 2022 by Wippersuna

[jonovision]

Seriously this game was the season. That call totally flipped the game and ended any chance Valour had at the playoff 

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Maybe he went down easier than he could have but given how clumsy the challenge by the defender was how on earth do you send somebody off for that rather than giving the penalty?

[jonovision]

Peak CONCACAFing from the sea slugs

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

 

[jonovision]

It's worth mentioning that Ascanio's first yellow (totally legit, of course) came because he reacted badly to being scythed down (not legally) by a Victoria player. I was at the game so I didn't catch the number, but it looked like the same #7 who Ascanio had been destroying the whole first half, who was already on a yellow for a foul on Ascanio (should have been red, studs up over the ball) and had subsequently been warned after another foul. This was a bigger and more obvious miss than the penalty.

Just a scandal of officiating and hopefully Phil dos Santos goes out and earns himself a fine. Any discipline is immaterial, the season is over. Today was Valour's chance to close the gap on the only team with a real chance of dropping out of the top 4.

Edited July 30, 2022 by jonovision

[Big_M]

no contact here...

still no contact...

still no contact......

and then throws all his weight to fall a meter further which would not be the case if he got tripped

great call by the ref...should be an example for the whole league...you wanna dive in the box the yellow could very well come whether you have a yellow or not...so stop that acting

[jonovision]

On an unrelated note, there should be no afternoon games in July and August. Winnipeg is the hottest summer city in the CPL and those conditions are simply unfair to the players. And the fans.

[jonovision]

Just now, Big_M said:

no contact here...

still no contact...

still no contact......

and then throws all his weight to fall a meter further which would not be the case if he got tripped

great call by the ref...should be an example for the whole league...you wanna dive in the box the yellow could very well come whether you have a yellow or not...so stop that acting

Defender went into the challenge with no chance of winning the ball, and the trailing leg was clearly caught by the defender. There are several angles that show this, as one of your Pacific FC tweeters mentions. 

Even without that decision, though, the referee had a shocker.

 

[jonovision]

I had to laugh at Gazdov after the match, who was giving the thumbs to his namebar on the back of his jersey. After making one save of note all game, and making an absolute gift of the first goal (a ball that nobody being played to play football should cough up.) Good comic timing, that guy.