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Originally Posted by bob
I missed the first half, but the second half seemingly had a lot of calls Brazil's way. Obviously the PK. And while someone here said that call against the player challenging the keeper is made all the time, I sure didn't see anything worthy of blowing the whistle. And finally, while I'll admit watching on a phone so potentially I saw it wrong, it looked to me like Brazil gained position on that third goal by fouling a Croatian player, thus leading to the break. Again, maybe I was wrong on that.
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Think the ref kept the game flowing personally. About thirty seconds before the 3rd goal, in the Croatian attack that led to Modric's shot and Cesar's save, there was an incident exactly the same as the one you referred to but in reverse: Marcelo thought he was fouled, but play went on.
If you only look at the moments you highlight you could infer a bit of home bias, but overall, with the exception of the penalty that I thought was very soft, I don't think Brazil got overly favoured