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ChcgoStingInMyBlood
18 Jul 2005, 02:13 PM
http://www.us.terra.com/goldcup2005/us/interna/0,,OI595368-EI4900,00.html said:

Aguilar was in Colombia's side on the field fighting for control of the ball with Gerardo Galindo when he kicked in it the Mexico's direction. The ball took a lucky bounce and ended up inside Mexico's unprotected goal.

Nobody expected the kick to go in, so the Mexican defense was caught off guard and goalkeeper Moises Muņoz was too far away from the goal to prevent his team's elimination.

This seems like revisionism to me. Don't want to start a flame war here, but this must have been written by a Mexican reporter. This is not what I saw - Aguilar saw that Muņoz was off his line and took a chance and it paid off. It didn't look like it "took a lucky bounce" to my eyes - it looked like he kicked it directly into the goal. I taped the game and watched the replay several times, and reviewed it again this morning thanks to this link:

http://www.selcol.com/index.php?enlace=videos
It was not a lucky goal. It did not take a lucky bounce. Mexico's goal was unprotected because the keeper was out of position. Wonder if that would have happened to Sanchez.

Nobody expected it to go in, so the Mexican defense was caught off guard? Huh?

Has Aguilar said anything about it? It reminded me slightly of the goal that Brazil scored against England when the keeper was off his line although that was on a free kick.

Thanks, Mexico, I was looking forward to a good old border war in New Jersey now I got to wait for September. At least Panama got rid of RSF...

simonb_nyc
18 Jul 2005, 02:21 PM
It reminded me slightly of the goal that Brazil scored against England when the keeper was off his line although that was on a free kick.

Yes that is what I thought too. I believe Ronaldinho scored that one against England and caught David Seaman off his line. I agree that Colombia's goal was not an accident - it was perfectly placed. Lovely goal against a sleeping defence.

Cannon
18 Jul 2005, 02:34 PM
Even if it was an accident, it doesn't really matter. Mexico should have lost that game by a larger margin. First, there was the early disallowed goal that was clearly not offside. (Funny how Univision decided not to include that in their halftime highlights. Homers.) Then in the second half, you had an obvious handball in the Mexican penalty area not called.

The Mexican fans have little reason to complain. Their team was beaten by a team that played better on Sunday. Everything else is just spin.