Basti wrote:Andre3822 wrote:Boognish wrote:I have yet to see footage of the game, but if a Ukrainian was offside in the build-up (which that pic seems to indicate pretty clearly), what's the big whoop?
Offsides are missed every other game, but a clear cut goal over the line is just blatant... especially considering they implemented an extra ref to stop this bs.
Doesn't matter if it's blatant or not. The goal shouldn't have counted anyway. Whether or not I think the goal line ref made a huge mistake is another story but if you argue that the goal should have counted because the ball was clearly over the line, you can also argue that this attack should have been waved off to begin with.
I guess I'm one of the very few who doesn't like a technical/laser/radio controlled goal line sensor. While I don't like to see what happened in 2010 (England vs. Germany) or the other day, the fact that Soccer is still completely decided by human precision, is one of the reason I like so much. Even though on a national, league level I was hosed several times being a fan of a club the referees more than once disrespected (on purpose or not) I still appreciate the fact that there's no technical support to the refs. Save for radio communication between the referee and his assistant(s), obviously.
I'm not saying the goal should of counted.
I'm simply saying that it's a much more blatant mistake to miss a ball going over the line than not whistling an offside, which happens every game really.
The magnitude of this fail is further increased by the fact that they have an extra ref whose only job is to watch the line.