The ref is English and the Prem is his day job.
Round of 16 | Switzerland vs Italy | Germany vs Denmark
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God I wish we could hear what Oliver is saying right now.
Th problem is where to draw the line then. It either is, even by one millimeter or it isn't.They need to do away with offsides like this. Someone’s toenail being offside is nonsense.
The offside rule has gone totally nuts. The idea of the rule is to prevent some clogger from just camping upfield for hopeful long balls but never for legitimate plays like we have seen today from both teams. These are pure technicalities that have not impacted play unfairly one bit. They are going to look at this in the near future to tamp down on the offsides ridiculousness that’s currently going on.
Germany probably created more xG in this game than some team in their entire group stage.
Just make the line bigger and the margin increases to rule out shite like this.
We've got the tech but not the common sense on how it should be implemented yet.
"Cameras are probably focused on me now lads, take as long as you like"
Havertz 
I miss Rudi, the nut job.
We could have had around 4
Havertz is kind of selfish… This is like the third time he’s done it.
Would love to see Trump sporting that hairstyle.
Rudiger is a proper nutter.
And still needed a massive helping hand from Oliver to best Denmark
And you would end up with the same question, if 1 cm from that new line is harsh or not.
Havertz
So could Denmark
Voeller v that Dutch lad at Italia 90 was great tv.
A good winger will have Schlotterbeck on toast.
Rüdiger is totally crazy. I'm starting to really like him, despite his miserable life as a player at Real Madrid...
Think he wants clear daylight, so to be when a player is running through, not stood next to each other and one just has bigger feet than the other.
Wouldn’t usually care about a haircut but that the hell was Wirtz thinking? looks dreadful
But still needed an English ref and English youth product to get the win
havertz is as bad as werner in front of the goal
Wasn’t there a lot of hype around this guy at one point?
The offside rule should stay the same, but they should stay with assistant's original call, unless the mistake is at least 50cm
Gets run off the ball a lot Wirtz from the little I've seen of him.
They need to do away with offsides like this. Someone’s toenail being offside is nonsense.
Are you proposing to get rid of offsides? Or only when it is less than 5cm? What about if it is 5.1cm? Offside is binary. You can only get rid of the rule or enforce it like this.
I think Denmark are really unlucky here. I think they were the better team in the first half and so unlucky with the key decisions.
What helping hand? None of the decisions were incorrect ones.
And if it is 51cm? Then it is no goal because of a single cm. Same issue.
They need to do away with offsides like this. Someone’s toenail being offside is nonsense.
What's the alternative? Give a cushion of 10 cm before it becomes offside? Then you will have the discussion if it's 11 cm.
VAR works for offside. Offside can be determined correctly, even if some decisions, like today, are heartbreaking for one of the teams.
Based on today rules, the handball was clear also.
He's a good but prone to lapses. I think that Spain will specifically target him.
And not by running with 4 at 2 defenders.
Denmark were game and did better than expected after the storm break but better team comfortably through in the end.
You'd still have to decide on a line for clear daylight so you'd end up being 1mm either side of the new line.
I would get rid of offsides personally.
I think the game needs some big rule change as it's become really stale and boring.
Let's be real, Denmark were never going to win this game.
9 vs 2 attempts on goal. Of course they had some incredible chances, we just had more.
Michael Oliver decided the outcome of the game with the crazy penalty kick award. After that, the Germans were the best.