so the other knight i had a way too intense discussion with a friend of mine on whether things like the Henry hand ball goal, the Maradona ‘hand of God’ goal, nicking behind and not walking in cricket etc etc are cheating or just incidents of luck and it’s up to the ref to spot them and if not then ah well…
and then the England Germany game happened and apart from me backing Germany and predicting a 4-1 scoreline before the game happened (yes yes completely lucky guess but got Argentina 3-1 over Mexico as well – if only i could convert that talent to my F1 dream league…) there was that controversial blatant should-have-been-a-goal and what makes it worse (for me) is that the goalkeeper seems to have admitted that he knew it was a goal and that he deliberately tried – and succeeded – to fool the ref
http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/german-keeper-feels-he-fooled-the-referee–fbintl_ro-germankeepr062710.html
deliberately trying to fool the ref into missing what was a blatant goal – to me that’s cheating, no question. and yes i think this is a little different from some of the incidents mentioned above like the cricket one where i get that it goes either way and so you get a lot of bad calls so why not take a lucky one when it happens (but still think that someone who nicks and walks like Jonty or Gilchrist or Amla has bucketloads more character than someone who doesn’t) so the question is did he cheat (and why the heck would he admit to it after the game anyways?) or was it just a lucky incident down to his quick reflexes and does it matter either way?
i do think Germany played better soccer and deserved to win…
BUT if the goal had been allowed and the score had been 2-2 the momentum would have been with England and it could really have changed the game around completely and we will never know that ever and so can only surmise which is a good word. and surely as a player (actually i doubt this for a lot of them) you want to win the world cup (or any sporting event) knowing you were the better team, not cos the other team was full of injuries or because you got some lucky but incorrect calls…
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Yeah, it sort of annuls the whole ‘FIFA fair-play’ thing. I think that if you blatantly, without a doubt, know that it was a goal/you knicked it, you should call it/walk! Whatever happened to good sportsmanship?
If they had allowed the goal, it may have spurred the Germans on even more, and they may have played incredible soccer, making the score 6-2. We should think if it in terms of the goal only, not the effect it would have had on the score. Most likely it would be 4-2 in Germany’s favor. We cannot say that the goal would have effected the outcome in either team’s favor.
The half-time would have stopped any supposed “momentum” either way and they would have entered the 2nd half even stevens.
They should have allowed the goal, but I think Germany played a much better game and would have won either way.