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FIFA mum on England no-goal

2010-06-27 21:57

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wilfried Koch6/28/2010 2:25 PM: No Goal http://bitodi.blogspot.com/2010/06/41-gegen-england-27.html

GOOD REFS6/28/2010 1:32 PM: FIFA need to have quality refs at the tournaments. How come there have been so many bad calls this world Cup and the EPL and LA LIGA and Serie A there weren't any. BAD REF's. It's got nothing to do with TV and technology. If the refs were up to scratch these wouldn't happen. I would much prefer to have an extra 2 refs on the field, 1 in each box to look for penalties or balls that have crossed the line like in the Europa league this season. I say no to TV. because we will have the same situation as in rugby or cricket where the refs are to shit scared to make a call and refer everything to the TMO and it wastes time. How will you stop a Soccer game to refer a desicion, What until the ball goes out of play?? that could take 10 min. Or do you blow it immediately and if the decision is no goal what happens to the attacking team that may have been in a attacking or goal scoring opportunity. It won't work. I agree that something has to be done as these decision cost teams title, matches and large amount os money let alone players and coaches careers.

Jim Beam6/28/2010 12:58 PM: The FIFA management style of burrying youre head in the sand and looking the other way is unlikely to change. The level of cheating and dishonest manipulation in this game has become an absolute cancer and these characters have done absolutely nothing.We have had an ongoing issue around the Jabulani ball and Blatter and his chronies have just chosen to ignore the problem in what they will tell us in the blink of an eye lid is the Worlds Premier sporting event etc etc etc ad infinitum blah blah blah.Well they appear to be the only ones who fail to acknowledge this and behave accordingly. they have let the issue around the ball go by just ignoring the problem until yesterday when they finally admitted there is an issue with the ball. In additon there referee selection poplicy has been a disgrace to the game and the tournament by adopting a give everyone a go attitude as opposed to selecting only the best. In addition the ongoing willigness by players to cheat ie the debacle around Thierry Henry and his cheating against Ireland, the delight from Nigeria who cheated in order to get Kaka sent off so on. Once again, FIFA have chosen to ignore the problem and they obviously are hoping that if you do so long enough the problem will go away. Stand up and face the problem. This garbage and apallingly poor decision making has tarnished and soiled this tournament and the game as a result of weak men and poor decisions.

JayBee6/28/2010 12:02 PM: The Majority on the FIFA Panel that ruled against goalline technology in March 2010 were.......ENGLISHMEN !!! EISH!!! (as revealed by the post-match commentary team)

rugga fan6/28/2010 11:57 AM: it is a highly professional game now a days with allot of money riding on outcomes of matches.... using a tv ref for goals, and goals only wont be such a bad idea... i mean if you as a player give everything in hart, soul and body to play and win a game and you feel outdone by a decision like that in the england game it is heart breaking

A....Don6/28/2010 11:26 AM: So if we are to not introduce tech - then what does that say about FIFA's fair play motto? Its a lie and fifa are all corrupt...

witbobbejaan6/28/2010 11:07 AM: Real sad.......at least Rugby is out of the stone -age with a TV.REF... EVERYBODY but the Ref. saw the goal..........siestog! FIFA is the prevobial selfserving Pre-historic Dino.....Time to become extinct F-REX !!!! The game is bigger than you....serve it !!! FIFA is now on my personal sh!!t list...Like Microsoft...... Now we need to find soccers "LINUX".......

Beautiful game6/28/2010 11:02 AM: The game is not played by Technology, but by human beings..........why would we let technology make decisions for us??? Let controversy be part of the game!!!

vincent6/28/2010 10:56 AM: FIFA wants to be able to manipulate the game,and thats why technology is not welcome.

Frank6/28/2010 10:43 AM: Kwaai - eish - you need to go back to primary school - learn to write, young man!

Footie Fan6/28/2010 10:42 AM: To all saying its justice since it happened to Germany in 66. Its not the point, in 66 the technology was not available, it is not just England who have suffered, Ireland, Bafana, Mexico, Italy to name a few also suffered from bad decisons. Bring in technology

Beautiful game6/28/2010 10:40 AM: The game is good when there is a lot of controversy.....Do not spoil the game with Technology. Because the mighty England lost the whole world must stop. The sooner they realize the game is bigger than them, the better. I mean look at all the best players in the English Premier League, where do they come from??? Certainly not England. They should develop/groom their own players. English teams relies mainly on foreign players....It was just a matter of time......2014 they might not even qualify.....

Lilian6/28/2010 10:32 AM: FIFA need to wake up and move with the times! It's not just the dissallowed goal of yesterday. America had 2 ligitmate goals dissallowed and then Argentina had an offside goal allowed. The yellow cards being dished out in the WC have been disgraceful. It all started with Ireland being robbed of their chance in the WC because of a blatant hand ball. Football is becoming an absolute joke. Yes England lost but if that goal was rightfully allowed, things could have been so different. England wouldn't have had to push up and leave room for those couter attacks.

jedi6/28/2010 10:24 AM: To compare the England's 1966 'was it or was it not' goal is ludicrous. Even when that footage is studied today by leading video analysts they cannot reach a conclusive answer as to whether that ball crossed the line or not. By contrast the ball clearly crossed the line yesterday.

Soli6/28/2010 10:04 AM: Goodriddance Kwaai wont be watching football ever. Bon voyage. for football lovers, we all know that errors occur frequently in matches. the USA had legitimate goals allowed in two of their group matches but there was no BIG FUSS about it. Did Kwaai comment on it, hell no! England would'n have won it anyway. They mistake the popularity of their Premier Leauge to being the best league in the world. this is being disproved at each and every SWC finals, and in the Euro Cup.

Steve6/28/2010 9:48 AM: Game changing decisions like that are not accepatbale, let the captains have 2 appeals each per game, it's very simple.

Pedro de Barros6/28/2010 9:48 AM: It is a disgrace for FIFA Jurasic Park leaders and nominated referees on both games

Kwaai6/28/2010 9:45 AM: Sorry but teh beautiful game...what a JOKE!...as fro FIFA..they just a bunch of mobster thugs! Never liked football in teh first place...but now I REALLY dont see any point in the game!

June6/28/2010 9:43 AM: Germany would have won anyway but why are FIFA so scared of the technology available to them or are they hiding something more sinister?

ddavis6/28/2010 9:37 AM: Germany played the better game ..... but any discrepancy in the box should be checked with the 'third umpire' like in cricket. Whether it be to check if a goal was scored or if a penalty is justified. Then, after matches, penalties and free kicks should be reviewed and if it is shown that a player play acted to get a free kick ... then they must receive a fine. This could be the answer to get the game back to a nice flowing show instead of a disrupted, disjointed game.

CraigE6/28/2010 9:20 AM: FIFA should implement a challenge system like tennis and cricket have. If you don't agree with a decision of the ref, issue a challenge and let the footage be checked. Teams get 3 challenges per match. End of story!

AL6/28/2010 9:20 AM: I personally think it would have made a HUGE difference to the game. Besides the psycological boost, England had to send more players forward to try get some goals back. The two goals Germany scored were both from breakaways almost from inside their box. At the end of the day I think Germany were the better team and deserved to go through but the result would have been a lot closer.

GP6/28/2010 9:17 AM: Watching the Germans play there last 2 games to get into the last 16, I din't think they would won if it was 2-2 at half time. FIFA wake up,this is not the only bad decision made,this is about the fifth.

GuyForks6/28/2010 9:13 AM: Not having a television review leaves soccer open to abuse and in fact raises the serious issue of bribery in high places. Linesmen and the ref could get paid off to allow such atrocious shaningans to go on and no one could complain. The soccer fans shouldn't be taken in by the "don't stop the game" rubbish spat out by Blatter - if FIFA doesn't introduce TV reviews all soccer fans should boycott the next world cup.

the prodigy6/28/2010 8:59 AM: Typical....no comment....FIFA drop the autocratic attitude & do what is long overdue!!!!, implement technology like other sports have done or face a revolt.

V. Zela6/28/2010 8:43 AM: Remember world cup final 1966 http://www.thisisnot1966.com/geoff-hurst-second-goal.htm

V. Zela6/28/2010 8:41 AM: Remember world cup final 1966 http://www.thisisnot1966.com/geoff-hurst-second-goal.htm

JULIE6/28/2010 8:41 AM: A goal is a goal and that was a goal.... had the ref played to the rules it would have been a complete different ball game. Yip the Ref's decision is final, but the lines man should have kept up with play, and in future football is going to need the 3rd man measure - The German goalkeeper played to win at all costs knowing that the ball had gone over the line that is why his reaction was so swift and fast . Unlucky to the English, but in all fairness the German played better ball on the day !!!

Tom Gielink6/28/2010 8:23 AM: Countries invest millions o perform at events such as the World Cup. FIFA is purely a profit oriented organisation. Blatter and co are living in the Dark Ages - the object of the game is to score goals. When the technology is available to ensure fair play and is not used ......... I rest my case!!!!

Heartsore6/28/2010 8:04 AM: England would have come out a stronger team after half time and it would have been a different ball game. Lampard was despondent after that denied goal and in all fairness the goal scoring in this SWC has been poor so when u actually put a goal thru and it gets denied then that is just mind blowing. I am not saying that Germany did not deserve their win but it would have been a nail biter of a game had they come out at 2 all. I am heartsore that they suffered such a huge loss, 2-1 would have been better to deal with. But well done to Germany and lets see if they can actually make it to the finals - they will be playing much stronger teams and if they can beat Argentina then they will be in the finals.

Get with the times6/28/2010 7:54 AM: There is not much to experiment with, having a ref to watch replay video footage, and make a ruling....where is the experiment in that.... Play it on the Big Screen for the Ref to watch himself, and make the ruling on his own if you have to

Sello "Two-Two" Jelle6/28/2010 7:46 AM: Wake up and smell the coffee!!!! South Africa was a victim of such decisions...Remember the game between South Africa and Uruguay? Even if we could say Khune did foul Suarez - the referee should have blown for Off-side even before the incidence. Television reviews have shown this very clearly! FIFA is not interested in these reviews and it kills the spirit of this beautiful game. You don't recover from a decision like that in a game of Football.

Garreth6/28/2010 7:33 AM: typical poms. they complain about everything. fine the goal should of been awarded. BUT they didnt loose the game 2-1 they lost 4-1 so even if that goal had been awaded they still would of lost. same thing happened in 2007 RWC. except that wasnt actually a try. i wouldnt be surprised if they start going around saying that the only reason they were kicked out is because that one goal wasnt awarded.

Gustav6/28/2010 7:29 AM: Would it have made any difference?

Dutchman6/28/2010 7:22 AM: Accept the fact that you have lost, you bunch of cry babies. You were the only people who believed you could win. The Germans gave you a lesson in soccer and this goal would not have made a difference. Where is your so called sportsmanship?

ng6/28/2010 7:16 AM: I don't understand that an organisation that is so "on the ball" with everything refuses to use technology that would it enable it to make correct and fair calls.

Penalty Spot6/28/2010 6:43 AM: how is it that the referees consulted in the argentina game but not in the england game over indecision. The fact that the german goalkeeper had to step back to collect the goal when he was already on the goal line must have surely made the referee consider the ball close enough to warrant asking the other officials what the position was but did not do so. This element of doubt leaves me to believe that the game was fixed by the officials including Blatter. Un denieably england would have taken the momentum from coming back and trounced the germans but indeed the opposite unfairly occured.

Roland6/28/2010 6:33 AM: C'mon FIFA - we are now in the 21st century - move with the times, and use the technology that is available. Stop burying your head in the sand!

Peter6/28/2010 6:14 AM: So the final score would have been 4-2; the German team would still have thumped England.....

ROB LOBLAW6/28/2010 5:35 AM: Even if that was allowed the English were outplayed by a far more better team. The final score says it all!! And I think its high time england admitted that they are not in the same league as the top 5 teams in the world. They should stop their arrogant boasting before matches to avoid embaressment as most of their team are overpaid prima donnas or in rooneys case, a ugly spolit brat!!

AJ6/28/2010 5:26 AM: For some reason FIFA believe this 'beautiful game' myth that they think applies to football must be preserved at all costs - sans technology. In trying to keep the game 'pure' all they do is let poor decisions and player behaviour drag the game down further. Officials will never be able to see if a ball crossed a line or not. Usain Bolt would not be able to reach there in time. 50/50 offside decisions etc are called into question EVRY MATCH. It becomes a farce, and has been for a while. England should have been 2/2 at the break with all to play for.

Mark6/28/2010 4:12 AM: Fairplay FIFA - you expect it from the players nd punish them for it - maybe you should be punished.........or is there something more devious you are up to .... again!

Big Pete6/28/2010 2:37 AM: Kindly remove the logo FIFA for the good of the game, as I find it offensive and contradictory.

Disolutioned6/28/2010 1:23 AM: Surely common sense must now prevail, and video technology be brought into football decision making (as in the cricket & rugby) on the field or are FIFA too arogant to admit it? Time perhaps for the fans to make a stand....?

Chris Onderstall6/28/2010 1:18 AM: Either way they still would of lost

oryxx6/28/2010 12:41 AM: Well this just opens the door to Englands second favourite sport ... complaining

Dan6/28/2010 12:13 AM: This world cup is up to crap! bad call upon bad call... Fifa, bunch of money grabbing suits - bring in technology to rule out human stupidity!

FeikoJ6/27/2010 10:38 PM: FIFA asks most modern circumstances from South Africa, but FIFA itself refuses modern communication techniques. FIFA: not an organisation from the 21st century. England not 2-2, where it was a clear goal, Suarez no goal where it was no off-side, Argentina 1-0 where it was off-side. FIFA high level? No!

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