Mental gymnastics back in force.
Can anyone comment on pens from my post for Sevilla, Villareal, Ac Milan and similar?
How come that every fucking 50:50 duel in the box for years is always decided in favor of a big team, if a match is in problematic waters at 0:0?
And when was the last time when anyone has seen Brazil/Spain/France screwed over in favor of small countries due to a shady/soft pen?
The only time in a recent 20-ish years where top teams were screwed was on a WC 2002 where Italy and Spain were robbed in favor of Korea, but there you can argue that internet was on a rise, Asian fans were discovering European football, it is the most populated continent in the world, so in a financial view = Asia was the biggest, rich, unexplored area in the world.
So, gains from favoring Asian countries were bigger than screwing Italy/Spain who were already giants and football will be watched there regardless of 1 World cup exit.
In 1994 FIFA opened for conquering Usa.
In 2002 FIFA opened for conquering Asia.
In 2022 FIFA opened for conquering Middle East and rich oil countries who are investing shit tons on money in football and politicians in EU.
When you look at the bigger picture, football's, FIFA's, UEFA's expansion and ref's decisions aren't much different than Usa's, EU's, Russian or China's politics.
Everyone are interested and helping only to parts of the world/countries where they see either political or financial interests for themselves.
Oh, what a shock.
The whole world is driven by money and interests.
But pens for the most influental/richest countries and teams are 100% clear and without any agenda from the refs
What a mockery