Match #28 - 21 June 2014 5:00 EDT - Cuiaba Officials Referee: Peter O LEARY NZL Assistant Referee 1: Jan Hendrik HINTZ (NZL) Assistant Referee 2: Mark RULE (NZL) Fourth official: Roberto MORENO (PAN) This thread is for all pre-match, play-by-play and post-match discussion and analysis of the refereeing team. Per the forum guidelines (http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/welcome-forum-guidelines.2003380/), this thread will be heavily moderated. For more general or partisan discussions of the match, please go to the general Group thread or the individual team forums. Note this match kick offs at 5:00 pm, not the usual 6:00 pm.
The dreaded false positive offside decision robs Bosnia of a goal. Otherwise O'Leary has been excellent.
I hate to sound harsh, but thats just not acceptable at the World Cup. Also, the line is in the wrong spot. He was off by even more.
Heres a vine of it. Only thing I can think of is didn't see exactly when the ball was played. https://vine.co/v/MTUx3MPuvj1
Well, I certainly wonder about why you consider that a good no call. Not taking sides here, but if you are going to let that go, then it should be an interesting match flow here on out ...
Not only did Bosnia get hosed on the offside goal, but the AR originally started running down the line, took a few steps and finally put the flag up. I'm shocked that they didn't put up much of a fight. Even in live action it wasn't close. Not a complicated play to make a decision. Correct no-foul decision on Nigeria's goal.
The defender went down too easy for me and was done in more by the change of direction. Actually the defender himself started leaning into the attacker when he realized he was going to get beaten for pace and then struggled for physicality and went down.