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It won't be only because of Kroos. The whole match will be biased towards Germany.

That was a yellow for 99% of teams. But remember, Germany is tier 1 (France, England, Germany): - hosts - richest EU country - very influental Spain is a 2nd tier of importance, with Italy. So, refs will help with tiny details to Germany in this match with yellow cards, fouls, soft pens etc.

It's nice to see that I am not the only one writing about this. One more thing, take "tiers" into the account. Tier no1 of importance, money and influence: France, England, Germany Tier 2: Spain, Italy Tier 3: Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium Tier 4: Croatia and similar countries Tier 5...

Look at it again: 90th minute: Slovakia-England 1:0 +6 minutes of injury time 120th minute: England-Slovakia 2:1 = no injury time shown at all, lol The ref whistles the end at 121:00 Try to follow these pattern in matches between NTs or CL teams from different tiers of importance. This shit...

Yesterday at Germany-Denmark, we had 3-4 disallowed goals, 5 VAR checks, 1 penalty kick. Injury time +5 because the hosts are winning. Yet, England gets +6 minutes for nothing. Italy got +8 also against Croatia for 1 VAR check. Interesting. Just a coincidence, nothing shaddy in the most...

Just came here to say that. Croatia-Italy, 1:0 Italy on the verge of being KO'd. Injury time +8 Slovakia-England 1:0 England on the verge of being KO'd. Injury time +6. You'll rarely see +3 injury time when the richest countries are losing.

Hungarian player almost died yesterday, they got like +10 minutes of injury time. Here, zero injuries, and +8 injury time. But as I have wrote, since I am from a small, not too rich, not too important country, seen this scenario like million of times. I have wrote here, try to remember from...

People in Croatia ask: why 8 minutes of injury time, since there was zero injuries. But you know my theory about the richest footballing nations which need a push to stay in the tournament.

But as I have wrote on the 1st day, try to analyze decisions like this one when big countries are involved. The ratio of decisions in their favor is 4:1. It is always a Gk jumping too early, someone entering penalty box too early, the light touch, or some other "but". Out of fun, try to count...

Ok I wrote the same during WC 2022, where I have said that in key matches, or when it matters, 90% of 50:50 decisions will go in favor of big 5-6 nations. Just for fun, let's follow all matches from now and see how many 50:50 decisions (like soft fouls in a box, or handballs after corners)...

Bro, in 30 years of watching Croatia vs big teams, we had 1 decision in our favor in 20 key matches. Red card for Germany in 1998'. And like 10-15 decisions against us. When you play against Germany, France, England, Spain, Argentina, Brasil, you can win only: 1. if you win 3:0 2. if you reach...

Imagine this situation in Argentina vs Morocco Or France vs Ireland Good old football and big nations

How is that not a red, lol? Well, we know how...

They had Koke and Busi. The current team is good only if you rate 17 year old Yamal. And I have explained that a huge part of playing youngsters lately is a hype job for fans, selling shirts, giving hope and buzz to fans. So, remove 50-80% of perceived level from a youngster to get their real...

No Real's players. Barca players have been abysmal against continental opponents in the last few years. These other players, I have no idea who are they. On the other hand, you have: Modric, who won more CLs than the whole Spanish team. Kovacic, won CLs for 3 teams. Gvardiol from Man. City...

Lol I am not trolling. This Spanish team looks horrible once you remove Barca-fan glasses.

Yeah. New guys Gvardiol and Stanisic in defense are awesome. In midfield also, Majer and Sucic are very good. Attack is the weakest link. I have some faith in lucky-subs Pjaca and Sucic.

No I am not afraid of Italy and Spain. This is the weakest Spain in the last 20 years.

Real bought Hazard for 120, James for 80, Jovic for 66, then a weird guy Bale. Still won 6 CLs in the last 11 years. But as said before, that's Barca vs Real. We can win only when we have the best generation ever. They can win with average squads. We can win only when we have 2-3 seasons of...

With that logic, we are the same as Real since we changed our philosophy two times. In the 70s when Rinus Michels came, we started to adopt Dutch style of football. And in the 1990 under Cruijff, we went full on Dutch football. Tldr: 1. Real change their philosophy when needed (to improve...