FIFA says Argentine goal replay a mistake

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FIFA says Argentine goal replay a mistake

By Bate Felix

11:38 BST, Mon 28 Jun 2010



JOHANNESBURG, June 28 (Reuters) -

It was a mistake to show replays of Argentina's controversial opening goal against Mexico on giant stadium screens during Sunday's World Cup game, world soccer's governing body said on Monday.

The replay of Carlos Tevez's opening goal from a clear offside position sparked a melee during the game and at half-time rival substitutes squared up to one another behind the Mexican bench.

"This shouldn't happen," FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot told a news conference. "Replays can be shown but not when there are controversial situations. We will work on this and be tighter in future."

"It has worked so far very well. Last night was a mistake. It should not happen again," he added, declining to answer numerous questions on the contentious decisions made by referees and FIFA's rejection of goal line technology.

In another questionable decision that angered English fans on Sunday, England were denied an equaliser in their match against Germany when a shot from Frank Lampard hit the crossbar and clearly bounced behind the goal line.

FIFA is under increasing pressure to allow goal line technology or an extra referee behind the goal line to assist in such situations.
Spanish striker Fernando Torres said steps were needed to stop mistakes by officials altering the course of matches.
"We're tired of asking for technological help for these kinds of situations because they can determine something as important as whether you get knocked out of a World Cup," he told a Spanish radio station.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has rejected goal line technology, saying he wants soccer to be played under the same rules at all levels and retain its human element.

Is Sepp Twatter for real?

Firstly calling football soccer. He works for Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) NOT Fédération Internationale de Soccer Association (FISA) if he wants to set that organisation up feel free and fuck off.

Football will NEVER be played under the same rules at all levels. A small example: there are massive rule differences between Saturday & Sunday football in relation to bookings and suspensions and the cost for these.

I was recently sent off and I received a 5 game ban. If I had been playing in the premier or any league division it would have been a 3 game ban with the right to a fair appeal process.

As I read in another post

Sepp Blatter is Gay

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Don't think he is Gay but he is a Fucking Wanker of giant proportions that's for sure !

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I was in Lucky's Pub near the Royal Bafokeng stadium 2 days ago boozing with the locals and about 200 USA fans, one with a (crap) banner saying "it's called soccer". Fuck off knobhead it's football. Association football had it's rules laid out in 1863. One of the other banners said something like "Obama come and meet us next game in cape town" - unlucky

Incidentally Lucky's Pub which some of you might have read about in the papers is a great fusion of booze & meat. There's a Lucky's Butchery where you can buy enormous slabs of meat to take outside & cook on the open braais (barbecues) while you get spannered on cheap castle lager

edit - it's also a shithole