I thought he did a good job, although Von Bommel should have gotten yellow for running over the Uruguayan player. He (Von Bommel) is a dirty ********. Anyone want to comment on how long the extra time went? I assume some time added for the goal scored, but it seemed like well beyond 4+ minutes.
thx - forgot about that... I was thinking of Saurez but that was a red. oh wait - what about Muller? in the QF and one before, so out of the SF
True, but it never looks good when the referee appears to miss an easy caution and then gives one shortly thereafter for something that is not readily apparent to the audience. I don't know if the caution he finally gave Van Bommel was actually justified, or if the referee kinda made something up because he knew he missed the obvious one earlier.
Full credit to you for once again coming up with the most ludicrous, unlikely understanding of what might have happened.
Ok I just saw the replay of the 2nd Dutch goal again. Seemed like the "offside" player did have a leg offside (hard to call at real speed though), and he did seem to be moving out of the way. The GK seemed to be delayed due to the multiple deflections off his defenders, not the offside attacker. In the end, I think this will be looked upon as a correct call, especially when they keep drilling us that we want attacking/scoring soccer.
Thanks buddy. I am aware of it. Do you really think I don't know tha? The point is that the USSF's guidance is supposed to follow and not be in conflict with FIFA's guidance. So if the ATR says something, it is safe to assume that FIFA do NOT disagree with it. Yes, it is a bit of extrapolation if you will, but it is far from meaningless.
If the referee really meant to announce 3 minutes, which is what was shown on the ESPN broadcast, then it seems like 'too much' time was played. It ended up being almost 5 minutes, which seems like more than was needed to add time on for the things that happened during the 3 minutes (the caution, one minor injury, etc). But, if someone were to go back and add it all up, it might jive. The 3 minutes is a MINIMUM. So, although most international matches will end pretty close to 3 minutes in, it is within the referee's rights to announce 3 minutes when he might really be thinking 3:30.
There was a caution and a goal and an injury and some general time wastage. So there was more time added.
Enough, LiquidYogi. You've been warned repeatedly. People have complained repeatedly. You are unnecessarily antagonistic. The discussion of the offside decision has nothing to do with whether vhatever could call it in real-time and all of your responses border on personal attacks. And this response to Lloyd Helliburn is completely unnecessary. He's trying to figure out what the proper ruling is. We are here analyzing the performances of the officials. They are public figures and these are massive matches. If you don't like the fact that this is what the forum is for, then you can choose not to participate. It's as simple as that.
Alright boss I'm leaving...everyone in here is a better referee than anyone at the World Cup anyways...with tons of big game experience lets all remember that.
My thoughts: OVERALL good job. Absolutely agree vonBommel should have seen Yellow much earlier. Amazing that all three Dutch goals came off the post! After 4 reviews of the second goal. vanPersie was OFFSIDE, but did not interfere with the defender - who was trying to put him offside. He did not interfere with the keeper since he was on the far side of the ball when he moved to get out of the way. He did not touch the ball. GOOD GOAL!