FIFA World Cup 2010 Thread

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Manoel

About instant replay... I do not believe it will happen anytime soon, maybe ever.

I agree. They may eventually decide on some form of goal-line technology - was the ball in the goal or not? But not on instant replay. For one thing, the dynamics of it are wrong. The whistle was already blown - how do you unblow it when the replay shows it should have been a goal? Maybe the keeper heard the whistle and didn't try to save it. And as a poster-child for the camera not seeing everything, I present Esse Baharmast who was vilified for a call back in 1998 I believe. Three days later a print journalist produced a photo showing the blatant shirt hold that he had called. Three days is too long to wait for a confirmation.

I wish this referee was more like James Joyce (who called the safe play that ruined the perfect game). He saw the replay after the game, and publically apologized for his mistake. If this referee would and could only come out and say, "I saw a foul by XXX doing YYY. I evidently missed seeing all the other foul action going on at the same time." But that conversation will only come between him and the match assessor, and probably later the referee committee when they decide on future assignments.