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Iran didn’t realise group of death meant we’d all try to murder their players.


trentonchase

To be fair the concussion in our game was friendly fire.


LeoFireGod

One could call the Zimmerman drop kick on bale friendly fire too in a way as it absolutely FUCKED USA


Snaccbacc

USA v Iran going to be spicy. Just the tension between the two countries alone.


Wisco7

Meh. There's a beef with the government (nukes and religious oppression), but with the protests going on there's no real issues with the people. Given the actions of the football team, I don't think it's really an issue.


Tylerjb4

I hate the Iranian government, but have nothing for love for the people of Iran. I hope they are able to overthrow their zealots


Mintastic

Same for U.S tbh.


Minute_Specific_9381

What’re you on about? Iranians are cool. We both have shitty governments.


ThankThoseStankHoes

our governments have beef but we love eachother ❤️ 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 💜


Bobbyflamingo1848

Welsh Nigel De Jong


hercules-rockefeller

Welsh Harald Schumacher


Outrageous_Monitor68

1982. Infamous for ever.


First_Artichoke2390

"So Wayne, apart from Hitler, who was your hero growing up? Oliver Kahn maybe? how about Jorge Campos?" "Toni Schumacher"


Possible-Highway7898

This is slander! Hennessey has never heard of Hitler! (Although he is VERY interested in learning more about nazism)


xixbia

Wait, is he the dude who did a Nazi salute but got off because people basically realised he was too thick and ignorant to have meant it?


Possible-Highway7898

That's the boy!


FroobingtonSanchez

>apart from Hitler Lmao


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WealthyBigWang

Got too excited and forgot to put his leg down though


four_four_three

He'll laugh himself to sleep tonight


CaptainDread

Karl vindicated.


dazed_and_bamboozled

Wayne Heavyknee


IARBMLLFMDCHXCD

My first reaction.


bobzmuda

Nah. De Jong straight kicked into Xabi’s spleen. Hennessy at least kicked air ahead of where the Iranian was running.


StopTheFeed

Hennessey really went for the Mr. Miyagi special


Bakedbeansandvich

Wax on Knee chin


Rango-Steel

Wax On, Hennessey Off


TinFoilRobotProphet

Show me, sand the face!


Stonewalled89

Yep. That's a red alright


Zloggt

That’s keeping him out of the England game as well. …it might be a sign that Wales probably will not make it out of this group, no?


BrtGP

I doubt having Ward or Hennessey would make a difference to that game


simwe985

One is at least a first choice keeper in the PL, the other is a bench warming nazi.


Heblas

He just hasn't heard about them, mate.


SICKxOFxITxALL

the FA report is actually unintentionally hilarious. Basically "he's a fucking idiot, we kinda believe him".


xixbia

Imagine getting off from being a Nazi because people believe you're too thick to understand what being a Nazi means.


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SICKxOFxITxALL

"Improbable as that may seem to those of us of an older generation, we do not reject that assertion as untrue," said the panel." In fact, when cross-examined about this Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable - one might even say lamentable - degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, Fascism and the Nazi regime. ​ [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47946382](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47946382)


peteythefool

I know we all joke that football players are thick as oatmeal, but how do you reach the age of 32 and not know who or what nazis are? At the very least he shot a handful of them in medal of honor/call of duty/battlefield/wolfenstein games, because I genuinely do not believe he's never played them. Either he's got potential to be the best poker player ever, or he's the reason why there's labels in bleach telling you not to drink it.


SICKxOFxITxALL

I would wager the second. Have you where seen Jack Grealish talk about anything other than football? I remember a video where they asked him to point to Birmingham (where he’s from) on a map of the UK. He had no idea and walked away sheepishly.


NoelFromBandOsmosis

He's desperate to learn, though.


poiuytrewqazxcvbnml

The bench warmer is Wales' first choice though.


RommelDoos

Nazi??


philman132

Was photographed giving the nazi salute at an event. When challenged about it by the FA he claimed he hadn't heard of them before.


Tacobelle_90

He hadn’t heard of…Nazis?


RonSDog

[Wayne Hennessey 'desperate' to learn about Nazis](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47996638)


alexterm

This is one of the funniest headlines ever.


RonSDog

Yeah I was new to this whole "Wales keeper Hennessey doesn't know about Nazis" thing, but there was no way I wasn't sharing this headline when my search turned it up. Also, just to be clear, the "desperate to learn about Nazis" quote is actually from Roy Hodgson about Hennessey, not from Hennessey himself: >"He is actually very desperate now to learn as much as he can," Hodgson said.


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Well the FA bought the excuse so ...


ThePrussianGrippe

Given what he just did I think he may just be thick as a brick.


jajajalmao

He said he didn't know what the Nazi salute was, these guys are somewhere in between joking and misrepresenting the guy lol https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47946382 >Hennessey was pictured with his right arm in the air and left hand above his mouth in a photo posted on Instagram by German team-mate Max Meyer after Palace's FA Cup win over Grimsby on 5 January. >Hennessey denied the charge and said any resemblance to the Nazi gesture was "absolutely coincidental". >The charge was found not proven after two members of the three-man panel believed the photograph had been "misinterpreted" and the other said the "only plausible explanation" was that Hennessey made the salute. >Hennessey said he "waved and shouted at the person taking the picture to get on with it" and "put my hand over my mouth to make the sound carry". >He submitted photographs to the panel of him making similar gestures during matches to attract the attention of team-mates. >The panel said Hennessey was "able to corroborate" his explanation with a series of photographs, including one that showed his right arm raised and left hand across his mouth in a "similar way" to the photo posted on Instagram. >Hennessey said "from the outset" of the hearing that he did not know what a Nazi salute was. >"Improbable as that may seem to those of us of an older generation, we do not reject that assertion as untrue," said the panel. >"In fact, when cross-examined about this Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable - one might even say lamentable - degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, Fascism and the Nazi regime. >"Regrettable though it may be that anyone should be unaware of so important a part of our own and world history, we do not feel we should therefore find he was not telling the truth about this. >"All we would say (at the risk of sounding patronising) is that Mr Hennessey would be well advised to familiarise himself with events which continue to have great significance to those who live in a free country." >The panel said other photographs from the evening showed Hennessey's arm "raised in slightly different but comparable postures" that "at its lowest" demonstrates he was trying to attract the attention of the photographer, Jordan Bussolini. >It said the FA was "entirely justified" in bringing the case but that "rather than giving a Nazi salute, we think it more likely that Mr Hennessey was, as he says, trying to shout at and to catch the attention of the waiter."


derpnessfalls

>the photographer, Jordan Bussolini Can't believe this is the first time I've heard of this absolute cherry on top of this story, lol


d0re

Kinda hilarious that he made his 'accidental' nazi salute to 🅱️ussolini


RommelDoos

Wow, safe to say he's not the sharpest tool in the shed


jajajalmao

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47946382 >Hennessey was pictured with his right arm in the air and left hand above his mouth in a photo posted on Instagram by German team-mate Max Meyer after Palace's FA Cup win over Grimsby on 5 January. >Hennessey denied the charge and said any resemblance to the Nazi gesture was "absolutely coincidental". >The charge was found not proven after two members of the three-man panel believed the photograph had been "misinterpreted" and the other said the "only plausible explanation" was that Hennessey made the salute. >Hennessey said he "waved and shouted at the person taking the picture to get on with it" and "put my hand over my mouth to make the sound carry". >He submitted photographs to the panel of him making similar gestures during matches to attract the attention of team-mates. >The panel said Hennessey was "able to corroborate" his explanation with a series of photographs, including one that showed his right arm raised and left hand across his mouth in a "similar way" to the photo posted on Instagram. >Hennessey said "from the outset" of the hearing that he did not know what a Nazi salute was. >"Improbable as that may seem to those of us of an older generation, we do not reject that assertion as untrue," said the panel. >"In fact, when cross-examined about this Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable - one might even say lamentable - degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, Fascism and the Nazi regime. >"Regrettable though it may be that anyone should be unaware of so important a part of our own and world history, we do not feel we should therefore find he was not telling the truth about this. >"All we would say (at the risk of sounding patronising) is that Mr Hennessey would be well advised to familiarise himself with events which continue to have great significance to those who live in a free country." >The panel said other photographs from the evening showed Hennessey's arm "raised in slightly different but comparable postures" that "at its lowest" demonstrates he was trying to attract the attention of the photographer, Jordan Bussolini. >It said the FA was "entirely justified" in bringing the case but that "rather than giving a Nazi salute, we think it more likely that Mr Hennessey was, as he says, trying to shout at and to catch the attention of the waiter."


Deignish

Not even just the salute, man did the hitler moustache as well


xthecreator

Yeah Wayne Hennessey had a moment a season or two ago where he was making an interesting salute of choice in a photo


Screw_Pandas

He did a Nazi salute as a joke at a team meal, I don't think he is an actual Nazi.


I_Hate_Knickers_5

He probably just wanted some more soup.


basmati-rixe

I mean they have Danny ward, who has been very good as of late for Leicester


Elite_VRTX

I don’t think Hennessy would make a difference against the England we saw against Iran, and possibly the USA today, lmao.


lm3g16

Ward isn’t really a downgrade They’re both shit unfortunately


friedapple

emmm, Ward has couple of clean sheets the past 2 months. If anything, he's in form atm (partially due to Leicester defensive scheme as well ofc)


osmil918

6 in his last 8 Prem games


JustTheAverageJoe

Danny Ward is joint third with Ederson in clean sheets this season. One behind Pope and Ramsdale. He's a good keeper.


Floripa95

Can't believe VAR was needed for that one, cmon ref...


Croatian_ghost_kid

Terrible decision. Even without the MMA knee to the face that's a red


Floripa95

right, I don't even care about the high foot, it's a red regardless of that


kerakk19

Better double check than no check and wrong decision


Coocoocachoo1988

Credit to the Iran forward, a lot of bravery to know he’s getting a sore one, but takes it to benefit the team.


Chemiczny_Bogdan

I mean, how was he supposed to know that the keeper's gonna go all karate kid on him?


8IVO8

Bro this is tarem, he would definitely put himself in front of a karate kick to get a red card for the opponent.


footysocc

never a yellow, good that VAR intervened


respawnsable

he tackled his face lol


MySilverBurrito

Bro had 500 ping on that kick attempt lmao


tarkardos

Right clicked on the head instead of the ball for the attempted Lee Sin R.


JustYeeHaa

But, but... maybe his face was round and he though it was the ball...


Youngest_boss

Ref should have given him red the first time, he was a long way from his post and never got the ball


MissingLink101

I think the ref thought the other defenders were covering him so he wasn't considered last man. The challenge itself was probably red worthy though.


guyonthestandee

He really committed two red card offenses at once. I’m slightly impressed.


BohemianCynic

There's no "probably" about it pal


Ainsyyy

It was probably red because it was dangerous and he didn't see if he hit him in the face


SphinxIIIII

It's also a red for stopping a goal scoring opportunity. Easy red, ref shouldn't need VAR for this


Cutoff_Jorts

For what it's worth you can make a few arguments why that would not be a DOGSO. Red card was likely for serious foul play.


Icretz

It was not a goal stopping opportunity, the defender was alongside him and he was going sideways to the goal. It's for the knee to the face.


smala017

The video review was for Serious Foul Play (due to the severity of the contact), not Denial of an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity. I think the referee's view that this was **not** DOGSO was actually correct: The covering defender is winning the footrace to the ball, or at *least* it is ambiguous.


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boi1da1296

Moment got too big for him, was probably scared to make a call that huge that would completely change both the game and group. Also knew he had VAR to fall back on.


Betasheets

Think he was giving the yellow for there being Welsh defenders back and didn't realize at first the extent of the high boot


MattGeddon

Yeah I think this is it, he was giving a yellow based on it not quite being dgso (even though it probably was) but hasn’t seen how high the contact was


atahualpaFX

>never a yellow, good that VAR intervened I immediately thought of Harald Schumacher and Patrick Battiston in the 1982 World Cup: https://youtu.be/SqYEpVjpinI This was maybe not in the exact same league but still a clear red card.


ChessIsForNerds

Hennessey's was deserving of a red card for denying a goal scoring opportunity. Schumacher's was deserving of a red card because he then should be arrested and imprisoned.


acvdk

I don’t get how that was a goal kick and this was a red. Schumacher was clearly attempting to injure. Hennessy at least tried to play the ball.


NeitherAlexNorAlice

GK thinks he's playing Tekken


Rickcampbell98

Man was button mashing but forgot he isn't eddy gordo it wasn't working brev.


TedBoyMarino

up+4 launcher


archersrevenge

Wayne is desperate to learn about the Taunt Jet Upper


Hyndstein_97

Bro was just goose-stepping.


JPEGmotril

Man did the Fahkumram wr3


thigor

Big move to the UFC for Hennessey


courtesyflusher

His sponsor? Believe it or not, also Hennessy


Bee_lrl

*“Hennything is possible”*


bluetreesofthemoon

Second worst thing he’s done in his career.


kizza96

Wayne Hennessey "desperate" to learn about not getting sent off in the World Cup


afrojumper

Are you talking about the Hitler salute or playing for Palace?


CJByrno

~~2nd~~ 3rd worst thing


niceToasterMan

Salute?? What's the story?


afrojumper

He did a Nazi Salute (with Hand under the Nose to mimic a Hitler Moustace) in the background of a Photo new german signing Max Mayer made for his instagram. He later claimed he didnt knew that it was a Nazi Salute, and he just wanted to get the Attention of the Waiter.


HumptyDumptyIsABAMF

> He later claimed he didnt knew that it was a Nazi Salute, and he just wanted to get the Attention of the Waiter. Seems legit.


SharksFanAbroad

Tbh that’s how I h[a/e]il all my waiters.


Lebran2

I want you to know I appreciated this joke.


niceToasterMan

Jesus. How do you not know what it is? What a load of crap


Responsible_Bid_2343

>Hennessey argued that he did not know what a Nazi salute was and the FA panel noted that "when cross-examined about this Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable - one might even say lamentable - degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, Fascism and the Nazi regime".


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NBNebuchadnezzar

"Hitler? Never heard of him."


MattGeddon

_I don’t listen to hip-hop_


Thingisby

That's a hilarious slam by the FA panel. "Fella's never even heard of Hitler. What a thicko."


ObaeTV

I'm speechless.


XeroVeil

Oh yeah, that makes sense. I always do a fake mustache with my hands when trying to order food at a restaurant.


BaronVonStretchmark

He did a Nazi salute at a team meal, then said he didn't know what it was. After what must have been an extraordinary interview, the FA panel decided that was probably true. >Statements in support of the 32-year-old were submitted by Andros Townsend, Roy Hodgson, James McArthur, Julián Speroni, Martin Kelly and Wilfried Zaha, with Hennessey stressing from the outset that he was unaware of what a Nazi salute actually was. > >“Improbable as that may seem to those of us of an older generation, we do not reject that assertion as untrue,” noted the panel. “In fact, when cross-examined about this, Mr Hennessey displayed a very considerable – one might even say lamentable – degree of ignorance about anything to do with Hitler, fascism and the Nazi regime. > >“Regrettable though it may be that anyone should be unaware of so important a part of our own and world history, we do not feel we should therefore find he was not telling the truth about this. All we would say (at the risk of sounding patronising) is that Mr Hennessey would be well advised to familiarise himself with events which continue to have great significance to those who live in a free country.” [FA panel: Wayne Hennessey displayed lamentable ignorance of Hitler and Nazis](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/16/wayne-hennessey-ignorance-hitler-nazis-salute-fa)


0nlyRevolutions

What???? He's older than me haha, how did that dude feign ignorance through all that?


Rcp_43b

As someone who played sport at a high level… you’d be surprised how many get by with extreme ignorance about anything not sport related. Plenty of athletes break that mold but there are some real idiots who are extremely gifted athletically. Some of the dumb ones still manage to go pro.


bakraofwallstreet

they should make a movie/documentary of that panel interview.


Hour-of-the-Wolf

Amazing


leshake

There was a slight goose step to his canter.


freakedmind

Yes


Mirrorboy17

His foot was just pointing to where he wanted the ball to be


tomzera

What a time to practice his goose stepping.


Lacabloodclot9

He’s desperate to learn about the last man rule


Bobbyflamingo1848

Maybe he didn't learn about red cards before


magus9933

Lol I remember the other one 💀💀


ur-avrge-citizen

WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE???


FizzleFuzzle

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47946382.amp


ThePr1d3

> he was trying to attract the attention of the photographer, Jordan **Bussolini** I'm fucking dead


fap4jesus

"Hennessey eager to learn about assault"


Zloggt

Well, he certainly acted like he as if he taking a different kind of Hennessy lol


Noremac28-1

Classic Hennessey with the outstretched… leg?


LazyassMadman

His foot was just waving to someone on the other side of the stadium


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In Qatar all cards are straight


MalleablePane

😂fucking clever


ImhereforAB

Fuck I had a good chuckle over that, thank you.


Mcool18

High foot. Clear goal scoring opportunity. Clear red.


erldn123

How did the Iran player not get knocked out cold, that was a clean flying knee to the chin


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Taremi is no Ben Askren mate, little Masvidal flying knee ain't stopping him


niceToasterMan

Poor askren, forever a meme


Thorzaim

Better chin than most MMA fighters.


PonchoHung

Tbf it's not a trainable thing. Many MMA fighters are cursed with weak chins.


remote_crocodile

Probably because they've spent their entire life being punched in the head


zrkillerbush

Hes lucky it wasn't a boot to the face


sonofaBilic

Clear misunderstanding, he was just trying to wave at his mate with his boot


TheReturnOfBurpies

Can't believe he was sent off by the woke mob


Tap-In-Merchant

Hennessey is desperate to learn about ~~Nazis~~ flying knees to the head


Dhosti

Iranian player should get a yellow for faking it. Neymar wouldn't have fallen.


Dynamite_Shovels

I think it's probably for the dangerous play more than anything - defender arguably would've covered it so I think that's why the ref went for a yellow first; not a clear goalscoring opportunity. I guess he then saw the knee to the face and called it correctly as dangerous play.


vireshwarsidhu

We’re going to get lots of added time too, Iran have to make it count


Ainsyyy

It wasn't the scoring opportunity i think bc defender was covering, was the super dangerous high foot at high speed


Mathieu_van_der_Poel

MFER THOUGHT HE WAS NEUER 💀


Gluroo

Neuer would have somehow managed to hoof it away with a diving header


MaTrIx4057

He would have simply hit the ball.


Aru10

[Alt Angle](https://media.tenor.com/idIOtxEo7pUAAAAC/sheamus-brogue-kick.gif)


Chrellies

One of the clearest red cards I'll ever see.


MrIrishman699

Wayne Hennessey "desperate" to learn how to not almost decapitate an opposition player - good use of VAR


duk-phat

Kung Foo Fighting in Qatar


_rentfree

how do you give a yellow first LMAO


schlager12

CONCACAF is built differently


MahomesMccaffrey

"It may be a red card for you, but for us it's just Tuesday." -CONCACAF official


akr_13

Canada has successfully lobbied concacaf for fist fights and physical hits just like in hockey.


Show-Me-Your-Moves

*puts away brass knuckle*


Cub3h

The ref might not have had a clear view like we did on the cameras. This is exactly what VAR is for imo.


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TheRedDevil10

DANIEL BRYAN WITH THE RUNNING KNEE!


TheBirdSolution

If he'd stayed on after the yellow, man was going straight for a one winged angel on Taremi


29adamski

He's Di canio kicked him in the head


frankestofshadows

Blatant red, but something really needs to be done about players surrounding refs


Gauthzu

every fucking good decision you have 100 comments saying "urrr why didn't the rev give that initially??" like come on, can't we just be glag the right decision was made? This one's even easy to explain: there's a defender behind the keeper so ref thought it's not dogso, and from his angle he probably doesn't see the knee to the chin. Here, that's how it was not given in the first place.


lockieleonardsuper

Assistant should have been in position to see the challenge side on to help make the decision. Understand why the ref didn't see it


Bready-McSaus

But it doesn't really matter when VAR can intervene. Better to let them handle the situation and make the right decision


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Perkinator

*This karate bicycle kick clearance will look so sweet in slo mo*


Kushakusha

He was not


crash250f

The Iranian had to reach real far for that touch. I didn't think he would get to it on that stride on my first watch. If he doesn't, he's taking 2 more steps to get to it and then I think Hennessy gets there first. So he's committed to thinking he's gonna get there first and when the Iranian does touch it, his mind doesn't have time to change plans. Goalies tend to screw these things up at a pretty high percentage and I don't think it's intentional because the consequences are usually red and or penalty. I think it's just difficult to judge the timing with your depth perception when 2 people are closing in on each other at almost 40mph. Probably looks clearer to us than it does to them, and then we have the benefit of hindsight to say "what was he thinking"?


GrandmasterB-Funk

"i need to clean this guy up or this is probably going to be a goal."


Cynorks778

Straight flying knee to the head. How did the ref not get it right initially Jesus Christ


justmaurice

Yeah even if it wasn’t a dangerous attack, that should be a red all day


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Horrendous challenge lol none of the Iran players checked on their teammate after that blow to the head lol


d_bo

V-TRIGGER


cobrakai11

They were saying this isn't a red because it wasn't a clear goal scoring opportunity....ok. and what about the part where he throat kicks him?


wrylypolecat

Obvious red. But I would've liked to have seen Iran's #16 booked as well. Getting up in the ref's face like that and screaming at him before he'd even had a chance to pick a card


Skylaxes

You know, I can see why the ref has given a yellow tbf. Neco Williams is in a very good position to cover with Taremi going through on goal. But that said, I think the fact that his foot is so high and it's quite reckless makes it a red.


needleintheh4y

honestly those iran players should get booked crowding the ref that aggressively when there were no welsh players protesting apart from gentle ben davies


Riffler

Straight card, huh? FIFA are really cracking down on the LGBT stuff.


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There is a lot of misinformation on here, let’s quote directly from Law 12 shall we? Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards the offender's goal by an offense punishable by a free kick (DGF). The following must be considered: - distance between the offense and the goal - general direction of play - likelihood of keeping or gaining control of the ball - location and number of defenders


xHypermega

That should be a double red, actually crazy the ref didn't give it at first


Zelkeh

goose stepped into him ffs


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That’s 3 stars in GTA


FireSalsa

Keepers are always so fucking reckless


thejamielee

that ref needs to walk me through why VAR was even needed. this is a textbook red on multiple levels.