Kane also got clearly fouled right outside the box, VAR checked for a penalty but since it was outside the box nothing can happen.

I continue to be impressed by Saka

argentina     71
france        78  

            ORIGINAL    ROUND 16     ROUND 8      CURRENT
france        12          15           18            45.5
argentina     15          16           13            36

croatia        1.5         2            1.75         11
morocco        0.2         0.6          1.75          7.5

brazil        19.5        29.5         35   **
england        9.5         9.5         12.5
portugal       5.5         7           12.5  *
netherlands    6.5         4            5.5

spain          9.5        12.5  **
switzerland    0.5         1
japan          0.2         1
usa            0.25        0.6
senegal        0.5         0.5
poland         0.3         0.3
south korea    0.2         0.25
australia      0.1         0.25

germany        7.5 **
belgium        5   * 
denmark        2.5 *
uruguay        1.5 *

serbia         0.5
mexico         0.3
ecuador        0.25
wales          0.2
cameroon       0.2
canada         0.15
ghana          0.15
qatar          0.15
iran           0.1
tunisia        0.1
saudia arabia  0.05
costa rica     0.05

* upset (out 1 round early)
** major upset (out 2 rounds early)

Croatia is still considered to be the stronger opponent than Morocco. (Croatia actually outplayed Morocco in a close but pretty boring draw way back on the first round of games.)

Is there something in Argentinian culture that creates this nastiness?

Of course, this guarantees we'll get a Croatia vs Morocco Finals!
Which would be insane, but very probably not insanely fun.

if anyone is in need of a team to support at this point, consider Croatia.

I expect the coach to be more mature in this situation.

U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter appeared to reference the Reyna situation without naming the player at the HOW Institute for Society’s Summit on Moral Leadership in New York last Tuesday, comments that were published in a Charter newsletter this week. (UPDATE: A U.S. Soccer spokesperson said the summit in which Berhalter participated was supposed to be “explicitly off the record.” According to an editor’s note in Charter’s original story, the comments were erroneously green lit for publication by a representative of the forum.

Berhalter talked about the incident without mentioning Reyna's name at some sort of conference where his remarks were supposed to have been off the record

He was speaking at a leadership conference where he was told the comments would not be published

43 year old Qatari photojournalist at the World Cup died of a heart attack today.

How long does he have to be standing there for it to not be a penalty in your mind? Genuinely curious. Like, if the keeper is there when the ball is played and the rest of the play goes down the same way, do you think it's a penalty?

You see these given, but I'm not sure it's a black and white situation.

How long does he have to be standing there for it to not be a penalty in your mind? Genuinely curious. Like, if the keeper is there when the ball is played and the rest of the play goes down the same way, do you think it's a penalty?