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Originally Posted by omk3
Well, I see it as keeping the randomness that keeps football so interesting and unexpected. It is very open to unknown factors: the weather, the sun in your eyes, the wind affecting the ball's trajectory, the referee making mistakes. Sometimes I'm a romantic  |
I love those things. But I like that the referee makes mistakes that I can understand. I mean, OK, I have no problem if the referee blows the whistle to signal an offside which doesn't exist, but the striker is in the same line as the defender. But pornographic mistakes like the ones of yesterday detract from the game, IMO.
By the way, boring match between Netherlands and Slovakia. The Dutch will need to offer much more if they want to go through the half finals, whichever team they have to beat. Slovakia's strikers couldn't score today even if the goal was the rainbow (Vittek missed two good chances), but Brazil or Chile won't be as forgiving.