Other Games - 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Edition (+ warm-up matches): Villa-watch

[FatSam]

We need to get Starmer on the phone to Infantino to use his commanding presence to get the red card suspen.... aahh, I see the flaw in that plan.

Possibly, but the main issue with that plan is that Starmer has a different attitude to law and justice to Trump.

[devilla]

Tuchel very critical of the referees we've had. I fear he may be smote by the Infantino big stick for this.

[Villan For Life]

I’m not going post anything lucid because I’m sleep deprived but what a Lionhearted performance

[taylorsworkrate]

I do think that the big decisions in the game, the red card and both penalties were correct

[ROBBO]

The Mexicans pissed me off, nasty niggly pricks to a man, why the ref didn't book a lot of them is the question.

[Villafirst]

The Mexicans pissed me off, nasty niggly pricks to a man, why the ref didn't book a lot of them is the question.

Agree, England were up against 12 men. And, 11 minutes added time? Tuchel wasn't pleased with the VAR panel all being South American!

[sid1964]

Just got up and seen the result - fantastic

[amfy]

Thank you guys. Just got up and read that as a substitute for watching the match and now feel like I was there!

[TopDeck113]

Henderson doing a Steve Morrow

Steve Morrow was the name that came immediately to my mind, too.

It was worth taking Henderson just for the black comedy value: a yellow card and a tournament-ending injury whilst not even playing a single second of the match.

[Somniloquism]

The Mexicans pissed me off, nasty niggly pricks to a man, why the ref didn't book a lot of them is the question.

Agree, England were up against 12 men. And, 11 minutes added time? Tuchel wasn't pleased with the VAR panel all being South American!

3 minutes for the ad breaks, and then two VAR's plus the resulting goals and all the subs. Sounds about right to me. I would also state that whilst allowing the niggles, he didn't give the red or the Mexican penalty on the field without prompting. And tbh both of those were the correct calls.

[Witton Warrior]

The Mexicans pissed me off, nasty niggly pricks to a man, why the ref didn't book a lot of them is the question.

Agree, England were up against 12 men. And, 11 minutes added time? Tuchel wasn't pleased with the VAR panel all being South American!

3 minutes for the ad breaks, and then two VAR's plus the resulting goals and all the subs. Sounds about right to me. I would also state that whilst allowing the niggles, he didn't give the red or the Mexican penalty on the field without prompting. And tbh both of those were the correct calls.

I thought the ref did pretty well considering the rabid atmosphere. He was constantly telling the Mexicans to shut up and got the red card and two penalties correct (even if the Mexican one was "letter of the Law"). I think the continual mobbing got on his nerves

[Clampy]

Woke up and caught the second half. Excellent result, very well deserved. Not sure about their penalty though.