The refs mind was made up in the last five minutes, no calls for Ukraine

There is literally barely any contact lmao. Is a massive dove, where exactly is the foul?

Good decision by the ref imo

No penalty. Neil did not “foul” Grosso, he was merely in the way of Grosso’s direction and wasn’t in a position to get out of the away. Also, Grosso just tripped on his own because he misplaced his footing while getting past Neil. Luck was on Italy’s side.

Asamoah Gyan did the same thing against the Italians during the first group stage match and referee used his head and best judgement to not give Ghana a penalty for it.

Gil Manzano xDDD why u do dis to urselves?

Ukraine likes to complain alot but to the surprise of no one

IMO it wasn’t a penalty. But it’s that shitty footballer attitude and unclear rules. Not every freaking contact in the penalty area should result in a penalty kick. He looked for the contact to get a penalty instead of going for a shot. That’s trying to cheat IMO. But that’s the state of football. Unless there is more protection for defenders and for referees to punish such clear try to cheat, nothing will change in football.

In this state, football is the sport where the most just try to cheat.

Unpopular opinion: the referee saw the ukrainian player dive and decided to not give the penalty. The VAR confirmed he did indeed dive even if the contact was there. Imho it could’ve been given or not, but it’s not the scandal a lot of people are trying to make it be.

This should have at least gone to VAR.

Unclear from the replay that the defender didn’t get the ball first

There is slight contact on his left leg. The way that he exaggerated it by leaping off his right leg made it look a bit suss and probably put the ref in two minds.

Ceferin’s comment before the match 👁️👁️👁️

Not even a check? A peek? A little lookey-loo? Nothing?!

The Italian Job, #robbed

The ref must be a closet Russian