Video: Frank Lampard Scores the Equalizer That Wasn't for England

As terrible as the non-call was, it is hardly surprising in one of the most poorly officiated sports in all the world.  Here is a list of what they need, and I am not really even much of a soccer fan:1.  More officials on the field.  One man is not enough.2.  Goals judges, like they have in hockey.  I was stunned to find out that they didn’t have any.3.  Instant replay.  There is no excuse for this lacking, considering the money involved in the World Cup.4.  An actual timekeeper.  The fact that they still let someone just say we are adding x amount of minutes to the game is insane.  Then to let the referee just decide when the game is complete is just asking for corruption.  Just run a clock like every other sport in the world.  Now, Germany is ahead 4-1 and people will say that it wouldn’t have mattered anyway.  It would have.  England would have played a different game tied 2-2.  This non-goal is a travesty.  

At the time it was a huge goal, but if the second halves would’ve been played the same, it wouldn’t have mattered. The Germans were the better side throughout and this whole tourney England played with next to no heart. And they deserved the beating they took. 

Leave soccer just the way it is, with continual play and no need for any technology.  It is the most human sport in many ways and it should stay that way or it will lose its beaty – just like the NBA has according to John Wooden, and the use of technology has undoubtedly contributed to this.

The limited use of technology is actually a disaster.  It gives officiating a credibility it doesn’t deserve.  The reversal of every single call at the end of one of the playoff
games just shows how bad it is.  Instant replays are heavily censored now in the NBA to hide how pathetic the situation has become. Many players just accept it now.  The alternative is to let et officiating the officials become as big as the sport itself.

In soccer and basketball, it is amazing how officials can’t seem to detect deflections.  

Say what you want, but England tied the game in the first half.  You can’t tell me that instant replay wouldn’t have been beneficial.And Azzuri, I, too, thought Germany was better, but you and I both know that England would use a different strategy tied than they would trying to come from behind.  For a tournament this big, they have to get it right.

Brazil and Protugal — with some of the best players in the world — played to a nil-nil tie the other day.  Some guy with 5 goals represents the leading goal scorer in the history of the World Cup for an entire freaking continent.  Goals in soccer are huge.  If they can’t get that call right, just call the whole thing off.  What’s the point?

At least the ref has the option of moving to the USA, where nobody gives a **** and won’t hassle him over it. You got shot dead in the streets like a dog for it if you settle in Colombia, though… so be sure to be very clear with that travel agent first, big man.