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Soccer/Football

sarisataka

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1. Having watched both games I would say

Reply to Ponietz (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 12:01 AM

Yesterday

Balogun came in fast and not fully in control of his body causing the contact- Yellow card for reckless while committing a DFK foul

Messi attempted a tackle, from behind, with little chance of touching the ball. As his attempt was consciously made- Red card for serious foul play,

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Having watched both games I would say sarisataka Yesterday #1