Tijny wrote:I don't quite agree.
The 4-1 end result was in no way a fair reflection of the teams' relative strengths, and if not for the referee's incompetence, England would've had chances to win the game.
German luck as always.
I concur. If the goal had stood, it would've been an entirely different game. And that's what I hate most - the result wasn't decided by fair play. Actions have reactions etc.. if you take it in a very speculative-philosophical way then, if it had been 2:2, the ball would have been put to play from the middle spot and would have made its way to entirely different locations event by event, making it possible that Germany might have never scored 2 more goals thereafter. All in all, we will never know what 'would have been', so.. yeah, screw the referee and let's have some video replays, ffs. How long can you go on with this.. USA goal too..
All 1/8 finals so far have ended negatively.. for me anyway

Let's hope the tides change - for Monday at least..