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Should Portugal put in a formal complaint against the offside goal by Spain in the first elimination round of the World Cup?
According to several media, including “Go Globo”, a Brazilian tv broadcaster, the goal by Spanish striker David Villa should have been cancelled, because the player was standing off-side when the ball was plaed to him. The animations below, provided by the same TV station shows this. Should Portugal file a formal complaint, and if they would, do they stand a chance of it being approved? I guess if so, the match between Spain and Portugal would have to be re-played.
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No soccer match in history has ever had its result revised because of an incorrect offside decision. Which are of course plentiful... it would be rare game where no move was incorrectly called offside, and no move was incorrectly called onside.
Frankly, I don't have that much confidence in the ability of tech, esp in the hands of an interested party, to produce a correct decision on a call that is very close on anyway.
This one is certainly not one that would get people questioning if the officials need glasses! Certainly the TV replays I saw of the goal from different angles made it appear legit, and the goal was not questioned by neutral TV commentators.
If we start revisiting games where a wrong decision was made, we'd have to replay the whole World Cup. England goal over the line against Germany, Fabiano handball for a Brazil goal. Tevez offside for an Argentina goal etc. And given that officials will make mistakes in the replayed matches as well, the process of replaying could go on til Christmas.
Better to introduce tech so we make less mistakes in future, and accept that such officiating mistakes that are made during a game are not really correctable afterwards.
Frankly, I don't have that much confidence in the ability of tech, esp in the hands of an interested party, to produce a correct decision on a call that is very close on anyway.
This one is certainly not one that would get people questioning if the officials need glasses! Certainly the TV replays I saw of the goal from different angles made it appear legit, and the goal was not questioned by neutral TV commentators.
If we start revisiting games where a wrong decision was made, we'd have to replay the whole World Cup. England goal over the line against Germany, Fabiano handball for a Brazil goal. Tevez offside for an Argentina goal etc. And given that officials will make mistakes in the replayed matches as well, the process of replaying could go on til Christmas.
Better to introduce tech so we make less mistakes in future, and accept that such officiating mistakes that are made during a game are not really correctable afterwards.
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