The new football rules for the 2026 World Cup also applied on Friday evening at the qualifying match of the Orange Lionesses in Cork, where Ireland won 3-2 in the pouring rain. At a crucial moment in the qualifying series for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil, precisely those rules caused a major setback and mounting frustration among the Dutch players and staff. “I try to stay very neat…”
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Anger and incomprehension among the Orange Lionesses: ‘I don’t think this is the correct interpretation of the rule’
Bytaketonews
Jun 6, 2026