FIFA world cup 2010 South Africa Thread

Maarten: I was going to do that, but I didn't know what timezone he was in :p

Also, I don't care that we don't necessarily deserve to be level, but that was a disgusting decision. It will be painful if that on the evidence of this decision, FIFA decide to implement video replays to assist the referee.
 
Thanks to Blatter this is the only prof sports that does not allow video proof as aid for the referee...In the past the FIFA Boss
Blatter: insists that a referee's judgement must be seen as final and that mistakes are part of the game. ??????
 
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Shame on FIFA. In a big tournament like this, mistakes like that are not acceptable.

Yes, you can say Germany was better, which is true, but they play football for goals, and that was a goal. Don't say that 2-2 from 2-0 is the same as 3-1, the match would have been totally different, and the referee totally ruined it.

I don't like this referee ever since he didn't give USA a totally legal goal to USA against Italy in 2006. Looks like he has a pretty bad hobby. I hope he already has his ticket back to Urugay... or to Guantanamo Bay, I don't mind. :P

Just a reminder: as far as I know they used video material for the whole Materazzi - Zidane incident in 2006, which was of course a red card, but since not a single referee have seen it, it shouldn't have been. These bad calls are rewriting the World Cup history.
 
trying-to-speedcube... said:
It was the linesman who should have seen that it was a goal. Don't be so harsh on the referee xD
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It's Sepp Blatter's fault really, for not letting referees use replays or technology to make the call. The linesman stayed with the line of the German defence so he could make a judgement about a potential offside if he needed to.
Blame FIFA for making an individual make the call! (which is a ridiculous system if you ask me :P)
 
Yes this is what happened.
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Blatter's only argument for a lack of video technology is that it can't be implemented in "grass roots" football. However, almost every other sport has embraced the technology now available, except for football. It should be clear that professional football is already very different from Sunday league football, for example, and that using video replays to assist referees would be beneficial. As a BBC pundit said, I do fear that Blatter will simply brush this under the carpet, as we lost anyway.

On to the game; Germany deserved to win. Obviously, 2-2 is completely different to 2-1, as we had momentum and wouldn't have been pushing for a goal in the same way. I cannot, however, justify our terrible defending and almost non-existent attack. Capello also didn't get his tactics right; Gerrard should have played just behind Rooney and at 3-1 down, there was no point in wanting to bring on Heskey, and take off Defoe. Crouch on for Barry (going 4-3-3) or potentially on for Upson (going 3-4-3) would have been more logical given our position.

Personally, I blame the ball. =P
 
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