FIFA World Cup 2010 Finals Thread
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Get yourself down to ITV studios.
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It's all down to politics.
Not because they aren't wearing whites and carrying bats then?
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It's all down to politics.
I suspected as much.
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First awfull mistake of referee:tdown:
Invalidated first GOAL of the tournement
But it wasn't a goal because it was offside. It would set a bad precedent for the tournament if officials allowed offside goals to stand.
The rule states that you can't pass to a player who is in front of the opponents last two players.
Normally we just call this the last player, because 99% of the time the goal keeper is always behind the opponent striker anyway, and thus the final defender would determine the offside line.
In this rare scenario, the goalkeeper ran out from his net and was in front of Mexico's striker when the ball was played to him. Since there was just a south africa defender in front of him, but no second south africa player (normally goally but not in this case) he was deemed off side.
I probably have explained this in a very muddled fashion, so to keep it simple, in this rare set of circumstances, south africa's goal keeper accidentally played caused the Mexico player to be offside by running beyond him past him just moments before another mexico player passed the ball to him.
Good decision by the official, very well spotted.
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But it wasn't a goal because it was offside. It would set a bad precedent for the tournament if officials allowed offside goals to stand.
The rule states that you can't pass to a player who is in front of the opponents last two players.
Normally we just call this the last player, because 99% of the time the goal keeper is always behind the opponent striker anyway, and thus the final defender would determine the offside line.
In this rare scenario, the goalkeeper ran out from his net and was in front of Mexico's striker when the ball was played to him. Since there was just a south africa defender in front of him, but no second south africa player (normally goally but not in this case) he was deemed off side.
I probably have explained this in a very muddled fashion, so to keep it simple, in this rare set of circumstances, south africa's goal keeper accidentally played caused the Mexico player to be offside by running beyond him past him just moments before another mexico player passed the ball to him.
Good decision by the official, very well spotted.
Indeed, a very good call by the assistant 👍
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Now THAT was a goal...
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But it wasn't a goal because it was offside. It would set a bad precedent for the tournament if officials allowed offside goals to stand.
The rule states that you can't pass to a player who is in front of the opponents last two players.
Normally we just call this the last player, because 99% of the time the goal keeper is always behind the opponent striker anyway, and thus the final defender would determine the offside line.
In this rare scenario, the goalkeeper ran out from his net and was in front of Mexico's striker when the ball was played to him. Since there was just a south africa defender in front of him, but no second south africa player (normally goally but not in this case) he was deemed off side.
I probably have explained this in a very muddled fashion, so to keep it simple, in this rare set of circumstances, south africa's goal keeper accidentally played caused the Mexico player to be offside by running beyond him past him just moments before another mexico player passed the ball to him.
Good decision by the official, very well spotted.
Thanks for clarifying; it very rarely occurs in that situation. Out of interest, did you know that or did you just look it up?
First goal - a belter!
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Good goal. South Africa draws first blood
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I love the fact that the ITV commentary makes it seem like everyone in SA lives in a makeshift hut where there is only one TV for the whole village 
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I love the fact that the ITV commentary makes it seem like everyone in SA lives in a makeshift hut where there is only one TV for the whole village
Yep, really poor - they said the 'school' didn't have electricity, now it's the whole village
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I'm in my little hut on my bicycle peddling like mad to power the generator to power my TV to watch the game My village idiots are cheering me on.
My village idiots are cheering me on.
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I'm in my little hut on my bicycle peddling like mad to power the generator to power my TV to watch the game
I thought you were the village idiot
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I'm in my little hut on my bicycle peddling like mad to power the generator to power my TV to watch the game
Sounds like you've got it good. I assume you use mains power for your computer!
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Lets see if Mexico do a "stupid" dance 
