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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Amazingly, I think they might have gotten that one right.
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Yeah, I should have been more verbose. I'm still working on my succinct/obnoxious ratios.
I'm versed in the rule, MoF it was one of the first demonstrations in my referee certification class way back in the early 90s. Instructor put the ball almost exactly where it is placed in that overhead shot on a simulated pitch in the classroom, and had us all inspect it before going over the rule.
That's likely as close of a ruling as is possible even in today's tech world.
My shrug was more to indicate how close the call was and how difficult it could be to get a better angle [which fortunately it appears they did], more than to question the call outright, or suggest it was wrong.
Your observation that, even if it was completely right, it was a LITERAL paper-thin margin is apt.
I suspect I'm babbling at this point so I'll stop.