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[Kinyou]

The tech exists, & would be fairly simple to apply.

Well then.... I mean just to get one tech and not the other would be stupid. If they're doing it they should do it right.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

What's the official reasoning for not doing this? Clearly it can't be 'controversy is good'...

FIFA believe the game should be the same at every level, from the park to the biggest stage & they believe that technology would ruin that.

Well then.... I mean just to get one tech and not the other would be stupid. If they're doing it they should do it right.

Expand that & the game would last another 20-30 minutes.

 

[Gareth Bale]

What's going on in the other game? Are France le tired?

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

WTF on the ESPN feed did Ian Darke REALLY just say Parker "symbolizes England's warrior spirit"??

How was this even handball

 

[ConfusingJazz]

FIFA believe the game should be the same at every level, from the park to the biggest stage & they believe that technology would ruin that.

What horse shit.

 

[rinse82]

Well, Italy vs England.

Looking forward to it; living in Toronto and growing up in York Region around tons of Italians, I've always cheered hard against them.

Perfect.

 

[Gandie]

Just got up , I expected to see France and England winning but it looks France is some in some trouble .
With not allot of time left to save them self .

They still go through, so it doesn't matter.

 

[Meier]

Nice flick, just a bit wide. Looked like a FIFA finesse shot!

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Holy shit, another goal for Sweden.

 

[Kurtofan]

fuck

 

[keit4]

LOL France

 

[Forsete]

lol

Lé fu?

 

[Raelson]

HAHA YES

 

[SamuraiX-]

HOLY SHIT, SWEDEN!!

LOLOLOLOL FRANCE

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Yesssssssssssssssss. Go Sweden.

 

[Nevasleep]

Euro 2012 |OT2| of moar referees!

Euro 2012 |OT2| of moar referees and hairline technology!

 

[AntiTout]

nooooooooooooooon!!

 

[macksplack]

omg france what are you doing

 

[Coldnoodle]

LOLFrance

 

[Hixx]

Seb!!

 

[nny]

Euro 2012 |OT| of Swinning when it doesn't matter anymore

 

[Keen]

Why, why, why couldn't we play like this against Ukraine! (((((((((((((((

 

[Grath]

FIFA believe the game should be the same at every level, from the park to the biggest stage & they believe that technology would ruin that.

But you dont have 5th referees in the park...? I mean i understand that its not your opinion, but who can say this with a straight face?

 

[hylje]

Sweedeeen! Dear neighbour going home with smile on their face

 

[Kinyou]

lol, is France still advancing?

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Well, Italy vs England.

Looking forward to it; living in Toronto and growing up in York Region around tons of Italians, I've always cheered hard against them.

Perfect.

Nah, just when you walk and they say something stupid just fall over and say they pushed you down. Scream bloody murder. Pour some water on your knee, and then run off.

 

[Saty]

Shame for Sweden. They really shouldn't have lost their opening match.

 

[Jubern]

What a humiliation. Sweden has been great today, props to them.

 

[Jamie OD]

From what I've seen so far, England Vs Italy is going to be a terrible match.

 

[Kurtofan]

lol, is France still advancing?

Yes

 

[Yager]

lol France.

 

[Shoogoo]

France is awful they don't deserve to pass. I'll be rooting for Spain next round

 

[AndyMoogle]

Why, why, why couldn't we play like this against Ukraine! (((((((((((((((

Because we had Rosenberg, Lustig and Elm on the field.

 

[Dark Schala]

Sweden scored, eh?

LOL, France. They weren't looking so hot when I was watching them.

 

[Para bailar La Bomba]

Sweet Jesus, we don't deserve to go through.

 

[Majine]

3 points, bitches. We out.

 

[Kiraly]

France vs Spain :lol

 

[Bo-Locks]

WTF on the ESPN feed did Ian Darke REALLY just say Parker "symbolizes England's warrior spirit"??

Since you keep persisting with it, you do know that there has to be some intent in the handbal to award a penalty. You can't just kick the ball at someone's standing arm and then claim a penalty, especially if the handball doesn't prevent a clear goal. In short, it wasn't intentional and didn't prevent what would otherwise have been a goal. Not a penalty.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

France and England are through then.

 

[Fularu]

Lol better to lose now I guess. I'd rather face Spain anyway

 

[Raelson]

I can't believe France and England are going to advance...

 

[bjaelke]

Seb!!

I knew it would pay off to have him on my fantasy team!

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

Time for Italy

More of the same England!

 

[Jal]

We're not going home.

 

[SunhiLegend]

Sweden 2-0 France

 

[Nemesis121]

England looked like shit for so much of this game....

 

[ColossalLazy]

Meh that sucks. Props to England and France (lol),

 

[Broder Salsa]

But you dont have 5th referees in the park...? I mean i understand that its not your opinion, but who can say this with a straight face?

You don't even have that in normal regular matches. But yeah, the arguments against it are shitty, Blatter is saying shit like "Other sports regularly change the laws of the game to react to the new technology. We don't do it and this makes the fascination and the popularity of football".

So change = bad. It has been tested quite a bit in matches around different leagues lately though.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Top of the group! France La Bomba

 

[Error]

lol, is France still advancing?

Yep they go against Spain now.