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Originally Posted by jettio
Jacqui Oatley, the play by play, says that about the flag on the broadcast, but then Marc Klattenberg pipes in and says there was no call on the field when explaining the ruling to let goal stand.
It was not possible for the Assistant Referee to see the play so it would be a complete lack of integrity to for the Assistant Referee to make any call that deserved any deference.
There is no way the assistant referee or the primary referee could claim to have a made a call on the position of the ball relative to the end line that would be due any deference at all.
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Ok so first off I agree with the call that they gave them the goal. That being said, your post makes no sense. Go back and rewatch the actual live game, the announcer literally says the AR is lifting their flag up, then down, up, then down. The entire Japan squad stops celebrating within 5 seconds of scoring. Our analysts also have also questioned this call. The bottom line is there HAS to be a call on the field prior to using VAR but nobody knows what that call was. Did they say it was a goal? Did they say it was out of bounds? What was the call on the field prior to going to VAR, that’s the question.
I really just brought this up for conversation but if you’re gonna act like a weird entitled bitch about it I probably won’t reply again. It’s definitely a call that will be talked about for a while and it’s clear as day you haven’t watched the live replay of the game and how the ref and squads acted post goal.