There's a pair listed for that. Average ticket price is a better indicator, and that is apparently around $600. Which still makes it the most in-demand women's sporting event of basically all time.US/France tix are reportedly going for over $10,000 on the secondary market.
Megan Rapinoe on the quarterfinal against France in Paris: "Hopefully it's a complete spectacle. Just an absolute media circus. I hope it's huge and crazy. That's what it should be. This is the best game, this is what everybody wanted. I think we want it, seems like they're up for it ... all the fans. Maybe it will be a pretty even split between the fans in the stadium. We've been traveling pretty deep in this World Cup. I hope it's a total [blank]-show circus. It's going to be totally awesome. I think this is what everybody wants."
Yeah, I saw the tweet and wasn't able to click on story until later. Was going to come back and update, but you got there first.There's a pair listed for that. Average ticket price is a better indicator, and that is apparently around $600. Which still makes it the most in-demand women's sporting event of basically all time.
Didn't have a chance to watch it. Did they catenaccio it or did they earn the win?Did you even watch? China's keeper kept the score down.
Italy aren't the most talented team in the tournament. They're incredibly well-organized and coached. It's a testament to the developing women's programs in Europe that they're even here. They didn't even qualify for the last World Cup. I don't think they can hang with the bigger teams, but this was a hell of a result for them.
Even if I can hear them, I feel I need a Rae to English dictionary.Can Fox not find the right mix of crowd noise and commentators? Half the time I can barely here them.
Of course as I hit submit they get threatened and give up a potential hand ballI’m newer to the game and don’t really understand tactics as much as most but Japan’s defense is so strange to me. They have been allowing so much pressure for long periods of time but are so well organized that they’ve barely been threatened. Everything is to the outside looking for crosses that just aren’t there
This is potentially rough.Aaaaaaaaaaaand once again, the handball rule needs to be fixed IMMEDIATELY.
I think it's pretty common, right? Since handball by definition has to be "deliberate" I guess the handling in the box is almost always a card?The yellow seems excessive. The handball didn't seem intentional. Was it for dissent?
She kicked the girl in the feet.Why the stoppage there?!??
Yeah, I didn’t think you could do that either.How is that a foul on Japan? You can't just lay on the ball..
Part of the reason the rule needs to be fixed. The handball does not need to be deliberate by definition. Consider the UCL final--Sissoko's arm was clearly up, but he did not deliberately handle the ball nor clearly gain an advantage. The call was made, but no yellow given.I think it's pretty common, right? Since handball by definition has to be "deliberate" I guess the handling in the box is almost always a card?
Deliberate is still in the rule. I believe the only thing they changed is that a handball need not be deliberate to be a direct free kick if it leads to a goal or goalscoring opportunity.Part of the reason the rule needs to be fixed. The handball does not need to be deliberate by definition. Consider the UCL final--Sissoko's arm was clearly up, but he did not deliberately handle the ball nor clearly gain an advantage. The call was made, but no yellow given.
ding ding dingI’m newer to the game and don’t really understand tactics as much as most but Japan’s defense is so strange to me. They have been allowing so much pressure for long periods of time but are so well organized that they’ve barely been threatened. Everything is to the outside looking for crosses that just aren’t there
Yes and no. The laws of the game are written poorly, which is why we are debating. A FK is given if a player handles the ball deliberately. This cuts in your favor. However, "handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with the hand or arm. The following must be considered: 1) movement of hand towards ball (as opposed to ball towards hand); 2) distance between ball and hand; and 3) the position of the hand does not necessarily mean there is an offense." Based on the written rule, I think Japan got hosed by that call.Deliberate is still in the rule. I believe the only thing they changed is that a handball need not be deliberate to be a direct free kick if it leads to a goal or goalscoring opportunity.
The handball that was called there is still the "deliberate" variety. I think the confusion is that "deliberate" does not mean "intent to play the ball with the hand," but merely "intent to put the hand" in the offending position.
You may be right, but I don't see much of a difference between the handball today and Sissoko's against Liverpool. Both PKs, but why didn't Sissoko get a yellow? What about Kimpebe in the PSG-MAN U match? No yellow given there.I think the intent of the amendment, based on the stuff that came out around the time, was that a hand getting struck by the ball in an unnatural position is a "deliberate" handball. It's just that "deliberate" doesn't mean "intentional hand to ball" and thus I think the intent of the rule change was indeed that a yellow should follow even the ball to hand in unnatural position handling. That's certainly how it's being called.
I mean, I'm not disagreeing that the rule should perhaps be changed, but I don't think it's being implemented differently from intended. The question is just whether it's a good rule.