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a pack of wolves:

--- Quote from: est on 20 Jun 2010, 03:20 ---He did not have very long to react and his arm is in a natural position for someone trying to pivot his body to face a ball, so it shouldn't have been taken as being deliberate.

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But his arm does move towards the ball and he can see it coming. His arm is in a natural position but an unnatural one would have let the ball in, and the fact that he was trying to get his chest in the way isn't much of a defence either because why wouldn't he be doing that. Basically, if he had meant to do it (which I seriously doubt, he's surely not that stupid) his arm would have moved in exactly the same way. Referees have to be a bit flexible and in that situation you've got to assume intent unless there's something to indicate otherwise, such as the ball coming from where he can't see or it bouncing up without any time for him to react. The onus is really on the defender to keep his arm out of the way since it wasn't just an opportunity, the ball would have been in the net if not for his arm.

I'm with you on that tackle, it was dangerous and given the precedent this tournament he should have been sent off. I don't think the refereeing has been that bad at all this tournament though, aside from a couple of notable instances such as that USA goal being disallowed. Unfortunately you're always going to get a few of those given the number of games played and how easy it is for a ref to make a mistake.

amok:
Paraguay beat Slovakia in a fairly dull game to all-but knock them out. Goals were sweetly taken but about the only other noteworthy action was the ref booking the wrong Slovak player.. looks like being a slow day for goals today.

lol nevermind. Go NZ!

Aurjay:
France is in complete disarray. Team refusing to practice and trainers are quitting. Domenech has absolutely ruined that team.

Dimmukane:

--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 20 Jun 2010, 05:26 --- I don't think the refereeing has been that bad at all this tournament though, aside from a couple of notable instances such as that USA goal being disallowed.

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Thankfully, it appears that asshat is probably not going to be refereeing for the remainder of the cup.

Aurjay:
Amazing game between Italy and New Zealand. Just imagine if NZ hadn't given away a penalty kick. NZ's GK also was amazing. Multiple saves in the final minutes to confirm the draw.

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