From: Werner Pichler on
On 21 Jun., 17:33, JK <jkn...(a)oacpc.com> wrote:
> Werner Pichler wrote:
> > On 21 Jun., 01:50, Cl ment <lcmello.lis...(a)terra.com.br> wrote:
> >> On Jun 20, 7:39 pm, Mehdi wrote:
>
> >>> 20 June 2010
> >>> BRAZIL 3  (Luis Fabiano 25, Luis Fabiano 50, Elano 62)
> >>> IVORY COAST 1 (Drogba 79)
> >> (...)
>
> >>> Luis Fabiano used his arm to bring down a long ball, he flicked it over
> >>> the head of another defender, flicked it over Toure, used his arm again
> >>> then blasted past Barry. Would have been a wondrous goal but for the
> >>> cheating.
> >> I was meaning to post something similar, but you said it better than I
> >> probably could.
>
> > What on earth was the ref doing, joking with Luis Fabiano about
> > the incident afterwards???
>
> My guess is that at some point after the goal the ref was informed
> through his headset from someone in the stands that the video showed it
> was a clear handball, and that he was telling Fabiano "Hey, you got away
> with one there."   Which I think he shouldn't do in the middle of a
> match.  It just looks bad.
>

This kind of information flow is practically an invitation for
make-up calls.

Ciao,
Werner