Daniel Knott Wrote:
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> The goaley made a mistake and is trying to claim he was fouled, it is
> pathetic.
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Not trying to start an argument....
Daniel, when the ref said that he himself ****ed up, what more does he need to substantiate his claim?
If we look at the video that you yourself posted, it shows that Schwarzer was bumped by the first Japanese player, before being hit by the second, who yes may have had a helping hand-a-long by an Aussie defender. First infringement however, is the goalie being hit by the first Japanese attacker. It is quite clear that he gets hit from the side by the Japanese attacker trying to get to the pitch of the ball.
There was a similar incident earlier in the game where an Aussie bumped the Japanese keeper and a free kick to Japan was given. Same sort of thing happened where the keeper was disrupted from playing at the ball by an attacker running into the box, not with malicious intent or anything like that, but run into all the same.
It didn't result in the ball landing in the net obviously though! Can't give specifics but can remember bitching about it with mates at the pub after the Japanese goal was given!
Consistency is all I'm sure everyone asks for. Why is it that when one keeper gets bumped it's a foul and the next time it happens it isn't?
Having said all that, yes Schwarzer dealt with the cross-cum-shot pretty poorly, but as I'd already alluded to earlier, the three Aussie goals are clear of dispute so the result of the game itself is clear cut.
End of controversy! Now let's all play nicely