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Commiserations to he England fans, that was painful to watch yesterday. Of course the game would've been a lot different had that equaliser goal been given, but even then it's obvious that Germany were much better. It's nice to see Germany play with flair (Ozil, Mueller) this tournament. I've read somewhere that they've been investing a lot in youth teams and (focussing more on technique) since Euro 2004. Kudos to them. Never again 1990, pleeeease! Germany v Argentina should be a cracker.
Arg-Mex: There was an interesting camera shot from the very top of the stadium right after the first Argentina goal. Normally the big screens in the stadium don't show incorrect referee decisions (FIFA censorship!), but last night they accidentally showed the replay of the first goal, including the offside line animation. You could see the Mexican players had returned to their positions for the kick-off after the goal and then they saw the replay on the big screen, including the offside line amimation. That's when they left their positions again and walk back to the linesman en masse to complain about the decision, closely followed by the Argentinians to complain the other way round.
I really think video-refereeing to some dgree needs to be introduced. Certainly not as much as in American football (kills the game), but maybe something like the Hawkeye-thing in tennis, where the managers could dispute a referee's claim 2-3 times a match. Or at least a camera on the goal-line. I understand the "human error charm factor", but the modern game is played so fast and the interests (Champions League is a multi-billion euro industry) are so high. FIFA needs to get with the times.
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