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Originally Posted by DavidMn
More on the Penalty kick call. I find it deplorable that someone like whatever that guy's name was can dive and cause a kick that can totally change the face of a match.  It's one of the things I really hate about soccer. I think there should be a system where a coach or someone could challenge a call so that the ref's would have to look at a replay. I mean if you're going to have something that momentous in a match at least make sure it's legtimate! |
A hell of a lot of football fans will agree with you there - almost everyone says that video evidence should be brought in to give a clearer view of contentious decisions like fouls in the penalty box, offsides, and arguments over whether or not the ball crossed the goal-line. So many bad decisions have changed so many big games.
But FIFA always say they'll only introduce new legislation that can be brought in at every level of the game, i.e. even at the lowest level. Football at the low levels can't afford to video everything, so that's where the thing breaks down. Until FIFA will accept a slight disparity in the rules between top level football and lower level, we will have this problem.
Likewise possible answers like having two referees, one in each half of the pitch. Lower level football has a problem finding one referee half the time, let alone two. FIFA is dedicated to supporting grass roots football, and wants the game to be exactly the same all over, whether it's a World Cup final or a fourth division game somewhere in the middle of Africa...
As for what Materazzi said to Zidane, I've heard that it could be anything from an insult aimed at Zidane's mother, a racial insult (Zidane has Algerian roots), or even some jibe at Muslims being terrorists... but Zidane has promised to explain soon
