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Offside goal drained us – Javier Aguirre

Offside goal drained us – Aguirre

Posted: 2010-06-28 08:42

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre believes a combination of unfavourable refereeing decisions and blunders committed by his team made the difference as they fell 3-1 to Argentina on Sunday night at Soccer City.

Italian referee Roberto Rosetti did not pick up that Carlos Tevez was in an offside position when scoring the opener for Argentina while the second goal by Gonzalo Higuan was courtesy of terrible defensive mistake by Ricardo Osorio.

"I think we had control of the game in the first few minutes when we had the upper hand, but then the two mistakes made a dramatic difference. I am not happy with the way things have ended but I am the one who must take responsibility for that," says Aguirre.

"I don't want to say a lot of things about referees right now but the first goal drained us. After that goal we lacked the mental strength and then before long we committed another error that led to the second goal.

"Referees are human and have to make decisions which can at times spoil everything; all the hard work that you will have put in preparing for the match. But then I told my boys that they must calm," said Aguirre after the match.

Watching the screen inside the stadium it visibly clear that Tevez was offside and the Mexicans then staged a protest centered on second assistant Stefano Ayroldi for his failure to raise his flag for an off-side when the Manchester City striker scored.

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Once a Chiefs fan always a Fool: 2010-06-28 09:00

My opinion is that there is no much problem with the Argentinian first goal by Tevez. It might be a reward for a positive play and not an offside.

oscar : 2010-06-28 09:35

My view on the need for video technology in football. http://oasking.blogspot.com/2010/06/need-for-video-technology-in-football.html

The need for video technology in football
The call for video technology in football has been on for decades now, but FIFA has always distanced itself from this call. The events of the ongoing world cup have further exposed the lack of video technology in football.

UEFA, during the last Europa, league introduced two additional "goal line" officials to further aid the referee and the two assistants in taking the best human decisions possible during the newly renamed club competition. To an extent, one noticed a drastic difference in near perfect decisions by these five on-field officials.

As a result of the ongoing World cup in South Africa, the need for video (not just goal line) technology is almost too late. Recent occurrences on the field of play evidently exposed the incapacity or the disability of the officials to grasp some events which occurred at fast speed and short notices.

Apart from the incidences relating to off-sides (Argentina vs. Mexico) and ***** crossing the goal line (Germany vs. England), many players have resorted to cheating and faking or feigning of injuries in order to have a member of the opposing team sent off. Players tumble, roll over, shout, somersault and hold their heads, necks, arms, etc as a sign that they have been injured or that the other player retaliated. With video technology, the referee could easily, quickly and calmly request the fourth, fifth or sixth official, as the case maybe, for a re-look at the incident while care is being administered on the affected or "unaffected" (cheating) player. Some of these feigning of injuries are overacted and should be punished. Couple of sending off decisions, during the ongoing World Cup in South Africa, were undeservedly made by the officials. Cheating should be totally eradicated in football. Today, we consider diving as cheating, but a lot is happening in football that we need to expand the meaning of cheating on the field of play.

Other forms of cheating include when a player knowingly raises his or her hand in order to force the officials to making wrong decisions. It also includes when players rush on to or push themselves towards the officials as decisions are about to be taken or have been taken. Using of fouled words against the opposing players in order to exact negative actions or reactions from these players could also be considered as a form of cheating.

With the use of video technology, accurate decisions by the officials will definitely improve. Most matches will be won by the better team. Cheaters, fakers, feigners will be caught and punished. Wrongful dismissals will be minimized. Histories would not have to be repeated. People will have more trust in the game of football. Everybody will be happy.