bebeto wrote:the linesmen are making dubious calls and then failing to see the correct offsides. morroco/tunisia: the linesmen made three wrong calls on chamakh, then failed to capture a clear offside that led to their lone goal....#poor officiating
Very prevalent in African tournaments, probably the reason why we have very few African refs on the big stage.
I hope the upcoming meeting of FIFA officials and stakeholders from clubs and nations will address this before 2014 WC i.e. introduction of video techonolgy for some calls where the 4th official quickly looks at instant replay from a small monitor where hes stands and communicates to the ref and/or linesman on the correct decision. Important for marginal offsides, off ball incidents, goal line calls and penalties.
We should not have scenarios like Thierry Henry hpushing the ball with his hand to ensure France qualifies over Ireland to the 2010 WC - ofcourse justice was served with their torrid campaign.
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