Comments on: Egypt Lodge Complaint Over Penalty Kick To FIFA

By: FIFA Removes Sideline TV Monitors At Confederations Cup | TheOriginalWinger.com

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:20 +0000

[...] After Egypt filed an official complaint with FIFA over English referee Howard Webb’s corner to penalty kick call in the 90th minute against Brazil, the man named Sepp has removed all of the video monitors from the sidelines (aka the 4th Official) in an effort to take away anymore distractions that could lead to questions of “instant replay” use. [...]

By: Erek

Erek — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:17:55 +0000

So cheap and it totally erases all respect I had for their play in that game.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:56 +0000

correct…the officials are not allowed to use replay technology to make a decision…that said, think back to Zidane & his headbutt (think the 4th used it then???).

cheap ploy by Egypt, but within their rights.

By: andrewk

andrewk — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:33:44 +0000

if it is against FIFA rules….why?

By: tim in houston

tim in houston — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:16 +0000

isnt it against FIFA rules for the 4th official to use the TV screen and then notify the head official of the offense?

By: Francisco

Francisco — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:40:52 +0000

Jamesey,
Thats not the controversy. they argue that the ref called a corner kick first AND then, after looking up to the screen, saw the hand ball.
either way, YOU ARE RIGHT. it was as clear as water and the red card was the correct call.

By: jamesey

jamesey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:31:59 +0000

Replays clearly showed it was the correct call. Egypt can’t argue against that. Their player was lying (faking a head injury) when he clearly used his arm to stop the ball.