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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was rooting for Senegal to go through. But if we’re using feelings to determine who should’ve qualified, and not the predetermined rules that were set before the tournament, then I still feel Japan should’ve gone through. After all, they were the only team out of the bottom 3 to beat the group winners, Colombia.[/quote]

I'm not using feelings.  I would feel the same if the situation were reversed.  I'm not from Senegal.  I object on principle.  Note this is the first time this rule has ever been applied at this stage, so I doubt any team was objecting.   It's usually after a rule is applied that controversy arises and it gets reviewed.

I remember a similar instance for the NFL a couple of years back.  I'm hard pressed to remember which team, but there was a touchdown that should have been recalled because the player who had the ball's knee came fully down to the ground, so technically, he shouldn't have been allowed to keep running.  The coach of the team the touchdown went against demanded a video review.  Because he asked for one, it was denied and the touchdown counted, costing him the game.  As I recall, it was some arcane rule that had been put in place because coaches wer using video review as a stall tactic.  To my knowledge, after the controversy, the rule was changed and no longer applies.[/quote]

That’s a false equivalency. This was the 6th tiebreaker. Again, much better to have it be a quantifiable stat than drawing lots. The fact that you said the instance in the NFL was similar reveals your bias. NOTHING that you described even comes close to being similar. Also, it was the Texans coach.[/quote]

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