England Robbed a Goal is that "Part of the Game" Too HAHHA

[OverUnder]

This sport is such a joke, you really can not instant replay review goals? HAHAHAH

[SamsNCharge99]

FIFA loves the controversy and "human error". That's why they don't want replay in the game

[mrmarket]

[OverUnder]

Manchester will burn

[OverUnder]

This referee needs to be in witness protection as of 5 minutes ago.

[PeePee]

somebody please tells me that was not a goal...

went pass the line by 2 ft.

[rico]

Stubborn and corrupt FIFA just buried themselfs

Sepp Blatter has no credibility what so ever after this fiasco. England got robbed!

[shari91]

Yep, even the announcers are going off about it. That was definitely, 100%, no doubt about it, a goal.

This sport is seriously pissing me off now and my money's on Germany.

[suicidekings]

Yep, even the announcers are going off about it. That was definitely, 100%, no doubt about it, a goal.

This sport is seriously pissing me off now and my money's on Germany.

At least you're on the correct side of the fix/error

[shari91]

FIFA loves the controversy and "human error". That's why they don't want replay in the game

Exactly. Without crap like this happening, there would be less for people to talk about and it would decrease the hype when these two meet again. If England loses by one goal now, you'll hear about this for years, even decades, to come. Look at Germany in '66.

[Fishhead]

It was only over the goal by 5 feet!..............HORRIBLE MISTAKE by the ref!!

[jgray]

I'm trying to like this sport. Really. But shit like this drives me insane. The more I watch, the less I'm sure it's worth it.

[DarkNite]

And Again the lovely goal was denied

I feel sorry for England. Their lovely goal was denied.
Anyway, it's fun to watch the game.

[shari91]

At least you're on the correct side of the fix/error

Yeah, but now I'm really angry. How many things have been messed up in the WC so far because of a referee error? After a certain point you get sick of trying to justify this crap to people who don't like the sport to begin with because you can't give a good reason for a mistake like that. It's one thing when it's a questionable call on a tackle - even though I'm still pissed about a few of those calls/non-calls - but this is a goal in a knockout game.

[COOGI]

my money is on German too....and History will not repeat...this is so weird....at worldcup 1966 same goals but ref accept it ....not 2010 worldcup

[Roxxyfish]

I am German
but in this case i feel sorry for England that goal should count

[COOGI]

i am glad they did my money is on German i am sending a sympathy to all england Fans

[WillC]

If england lose by a goal, expect the media and fans to go crazy

Germans need to score again or it's 4 more years of whining and excuses

[blowseq]

[Rainman12]

how could the referees possibly miss that, you could see it was well over from the live tv angle

[DarkNite]

I am on Germany too, but it's not fair at all.

[michalis]

do some idiots realise that although american sports use technology like instant replay to avoid bad calls, people always complain about the officiating in every sport and almost every game?

and you still get games in american sports which are fixed, as proven by the donaghy case

you just want another excuse to cry about football, it drives you crazy its more popular than 'american' sports

[suicidekings]

how could the referees possibly miss that, you could see it was well over from the live tv angle

I'm not justifying him missing it, but a TV camera angle from up high in the stadium makes things a little more obvious for viewers at home

[OverUnder]

Exactly. Without crap like this happening, there would be less for people to talk about and it would decrease the hype when these two meet again. If England loses by one goal now, you'll hear about this for years, even decades, to come. Look at Germany in '66.

What happened in 1966?

[shari91]

What happened in 1966?

With eleven minutes of extra time gone, Alan Ball put in a cross and Geoff Hurst swivelled and shot from close range. The ball hit the underside of the cross bar, bounced down - apparently on or just over the line - and was cleared.[4] The referee Gottfried Dienst was uncertain if it had been a goal and consulted his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov from the USSR, who in a moment of drama indicated that it was. After non-verbal communication, as they had no common language, the Swiss referee awarded the goal to the home team. The crowd and the audience of 400 million television viewers were left arguing whether the goal should have been given or not.

England's third goal has remained controversial ever since the match. According to the Laws of the Game the definition of a goal is when "the whole of the ball passes over the goal line" [5].

In England, supporters cite the good position of the linesman and the statement of Roger Hunt, the nearest England player to the ball, who claimed it was a goal and that was why he wheeled away in celebration rather than attempting to tap the rebounding ball in.

However, a study conducted by the Engineering Department at Oxford University concluded that the ball did not cross the line entirely and that it was 6 cms away from being a goal (Goal-directed Video Metrology).


German supporters cite the possible bias of the Soviet linesman (Bakhramov was from Azerbaijan), especially as the USSR had just been defeated in the semi-finals by West Germany. Bakhramov later stated in his memoirs that he believed the ball had bounced back not from the crossbar, but from the net and that he was not able to observe the rest of the scene, so it did not matter where the ball hit the ground anyway. When Bakhramov was asked on his deathbed how could he be sure the third goal had crossed the line, he was alleged to have replied 'Stalingrad'.[6] Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst did not see the scene.

[COOGI]

sepp blatter is an idiots president.. corrupt....dumpassssssssssssssssssssssss

[shari91]

Edit - didn't see video was already posted.

[sjm5122]

well it's game over for england now, what can ya do

[wtf]

it will not matter

[Fishhead]

ENGLAND.....geezus.

[Jaug]

Did not decide game anyway, that was good I guess.

[HCBoone]

To be honest you have to blame the refs. It was so clear.

But it would be much easier if the refs could use atleast one review of one situation per game. FIFA should have made those decisions long ago but FIFA are a bunch of stupid wankers.

Big congrats to Germany they were the far better TEAM.

[Nard Dog]

Did not decide game anyway, that was good I guess.

Actually it did! At 2:2 England would not attack so fiercely and would not open up so much at the back and thus would not allow the Germans to score on counter-attacks.

[wtf]

Actually it did! At 2:2 England would not attack so fiercely and would not open up so much at the back and thus would not allow the Germans to score on counter-attacks.

wrong

being down ONE goal does not require fierce counter attack, nice try though

[cro]

england beat germany with a similar situation with the cross bar in the 60s.
its part of the game, football is a drama. Its all beautiful.