Another Day, Another Dubious Decision: The Dutch Offside GoalHere we are for the routine postgame exercise of this World Cup: what did the officials blow this time?
The second Dutch goal in a 3-2 win, for starters. We saw one “offside interference” correctly called in Paraguay – Spain, but this time, it ultimately may have cost Uruguay a spot on the final and given the Dutch a win they didn’t entirely deserve. Video after the jump.
It’s really unfortunate that after four years we’ve been left with, as video technology, extra refs or what have you sit at home, a tournament in tatters over diabolical officiating from all corners. And this from the crew of the man widely considered to be the best of the lot thus far, Ravshan Irmatov.
Robin van Persie, in an offside position, screened Fernando Muslera on Wesley Sneijder’s shot while also keeping the keeper waiting for his movement and dummied the ball as it trickled into the back of the net. Simply put: the goal should not have stood. The Dutch third came in quick succession, as though Uruguay were staggered, but it’s fair you say you have to rule everything out from that point on.
