Wednesday, 24 June 2026

2026 FIFA World Cup Match 49: Scotland - Brazil (discussion)

Crucial game in group C for Mexican referee César Ramos, he is in charge of Scotland - Brazil. 


Match #49
Group C
25 June 2026, 00:00 CET
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
SCOTLAND - BRAZIL 
Referee: César Ramos MEX 
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra MEX
Fourth Official:  Espen Eskas NOR 
Reserve AR: Jan Erik Engan NOR 
Video Assistant Referee: Guillermo Pacheco MEX
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1 : Abdullah Alshehri KSA
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2 :Tomasz Kwiatkowski POL

45 comments:

  1. Surprised that they chose blue kit for this game. I think red would have been more appropriate.

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    1. But the red is actually orange and therefore maybe as close to yellow than the light blue kit is to Scotland's dark blue kits.

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  2. Ot: some refs are watching the game in the stadium.

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  3. Is it just me or how is that a foul?
    Sco player kicks Vini and they whistle against Bra?

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  4. Interesting VAR intervention to say the least

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  5. OMG can we have a good announcement

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  6. We couldn't hear the ref again :/

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    1. Silence and then "cancel the goal is the final decision"

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    2. Once again, simple solution give back the ability to the center referee to push a button for talking.

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  7. Goal disallowed after OFR. Looks soft but he puts his foot in front of Hendry attempting to pass the ball

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  8. Mindblowing decision, that was never a foul.

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  9. that's an interesting VAR intervention, change of guidelines after some difficult game ?

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  10. Awful announcement and soft decision

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  11. I don’t understand this call. Never a clear and obvious mistake. One can argue Vinicius simply arrived first then the scottish player

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  12. Honestly pathetic doesnt even begin to sum up that decision. What a shambles

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  13. I seem to recall a similar foul being given by Lahoz after OFR in a Rangers v Dortmund Europa League game a few years ago

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  14. So we let a huge foul from behind go unpunished to preserve Argentina’s 1–0 lead, and then we disallow Brazil’s 2–0 goal for this tiny foul (which is questionable anyway, because on the latest replays it actually looks like the Scottish player kicks Vinícius’s foot, not the other way around). Where’s the logic in that, exactly? Is it just down to the VAR’s whim?

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    1. Yes, it seems that way. There is no consistency on what is a foul, or what is worthy of intervention in this tournament. Chefren makes that point of different VARs having different bars for intervention regularly, but this seems well below the usual clear and obvious

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  15. Erro grave de Cesar ramos não foi nada que erro inacreditável pra um arbitro vergonhoso .

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  16. Defender kick attacker leg!! Is not foul and how is Var intervene is ref did not call ? Where is high var intervention where talking about yesterday penalty against Ghana?

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    1. Attacker tripped the defender and disrupted his kick to the goalkeeper.

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    2. Whilst I agree with the OFR, it makes that no penalty call yesterday even more ridiculous

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    3. Technically correct to call a foul here, sure.

      Consistent with the rest of the tournament and especially the England Ghana no OFR, absolutely not.

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  17. For me, obvious foul. Nice review by VAR.

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  18. We are witnessing the rules being torn up right before our eyes. I am disappointed.

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  19. Bad call to review by VAR. Poor decision by Ramos. Light contact. If it had happened in midfield, would he have considered it a foul? No

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  20. I don't think VAR should have intervened. Either decision on field could have been supported.

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  21. Good spot by VAR, the replay afterwards from the left side behind the goal shows the contact more clearly.

    Also the referees should really just do the "cutting the grass" with arms signal for a no goal.

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    1. Its an interesting intervention though, considering how many much stronger fouls havent been punished so far in the tournament.

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    2. You must be a comedian with an argument like that. Hahaha.

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  22. Se ele continuar assim vai perder que desastre .

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  23. What even is happening with VAR at this WC? I don’t remember all of this happening in ‘22 (or even ‘18). They’ve also dug themselves in a hole with this “high threshold” (read: non-existent line).

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  24. Sorry but Ramos is out of his performance. How on earth can he decide goal kick here ? Unbelievable mistake !

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  25. How can this clown miss the corner in 36. Honestly open your eyes

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  26. If Ramos was one of the favorites to referee the final, well, he isn’t anymore!

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  27. Collina ought to come out and make a statement regarding what we witnessed in this first half.
    It is not merely a technical error; it is an insult to one's conscience.

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  28. The VAR intervention is interesting in the sense that the right decision has been reached but it's not consistent with the high bar for intervention. There is contact from the attacker on the defender immediately prior to the attacking opportunity and subsequent goal. But the contact is minor/minimal and given under non interventions we've seen it does seem a bit out of the norm to intervene.

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  29. So no VAR Check at 54´ ? Sorry but I don’t understand the trend. And again no replays ! This is quite doubtful of FIFA management…

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    1. that's a lack of consistency, if disallowed the BRA goal than you should call it PK

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  30. Cartão exagero do Danilo muito exagerado .

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