RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian referee faced suspension on Tuesday after she awarded a goal that television pictures showed was scored by a ball boy.
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The 89th minute goal allowed Santacruzense to snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Atletico Sorocaba in the Paulista Football Federation (FPF) Cup on Sunday, a regional tournament played in the state of Sao Paulo.
Pictures showed that after a Santacruzense player shot narrowly wide, the boy collected the ball with his feet and took it back on to the pitch.
However, instead of returning it to the goalkeeper, he subtly tapped it across the line into the net.
Although there was nearly 10 seconds between the shot going out and the boy placing the ball over the line, referee Silvia Regina de Oliveira awarded a goal amid furious Sorocaba protests.
Oliveira, who has refereed in the Brazilian first division and the Copa Sudamericana, said she based her decision on the linesman.
"I should have trusted my own vision," Oliveira said in a radio interview.
Marcos Marinho, head of the FPF's refereeing commission, said the goal would stand and the referee would face suspension.
"It was a very serious mistake and, unfortunately, the punishments will have to be applied for the referee and linesman," he said. "There was a lapse of concentration and that can't happen in football."
Trancealot
just as bad as the shot that got the columbian player killed in some previous worldcup. I wonder if that kid got praised after the game or chased?
iammesol
How could you mistake that for a real goal :stongue:
aquila
Holy . Is that seriously the sound quality Brazil has to put up with?
Nrg2Nfinit
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Originally posted by Trancealot
just as bad as the shot that got the columbian player killed in some previous worldcup. I wonder if that kid got praised after the game or chased?
who was the player and what game was that?
trewqy
ONLY A WOMAN
ONLYA A WOMAN WOULD MAKE SUCH A STUUUUUUUUUUUUUPID MISTAKE. U guys shouldnt be playing sports let alone referee one..
sensorium
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Originally posted by trewqy
ONLY A WOMAN
ONLYA A WOMAN WOULD MAKE SUCH A STUUUUUUUUUUUUUPID MISTAKE. U guys shouldnt be playing sports let alone referee one..
You couldn't be more wrong. Male refs have made tons of mistakes, even in important international competitions. In case you didn't read the article that came with that video, which would make sense by reading your reply, the linesman was also responsible for this mistake and will also be suspended. And guess what? The linesman isn't a female!
chris harrington
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Originally posted by trewqy
ONLY A WOMAN
ONLYA A WOMAN WOULD MAKE SUCH A STUUUUUUUUUUUUUPID MISTAKE. U guys shouldnt be playing sports let alone referee one..
lol :haha: :haha: :haha:
trewqy
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Originally posted by sensorium
You couldn't be more wrong. Male refs have made tons of mistakes, even in important international competitions. In case you didn't read the article that came with that video, which would make sense by reading your reply, the linesman was also responsible for this mistake and will also be suspended. And guess what? The linesman isn't a female!
dude... the girl saw what happened.. with her OWN BLOODY EYES.
Instead she didnt have the balls to make the call(of course she couldnt) and instead went and follow the stupid linesman decision. She was the main ref and had the right to call the shots..why on earth cant she follow her own blonde brain.
Sure some male refs have done some mistakes like giving 3 yellow cards, or giving the odd wrong red/yellow card.
But mistakes like these just takes the cake.
Trance Android
:wtf: How did that happen? I have nothing to say on this. I'm just sat here shaking my head in disbelief!
Lira
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Originally posted by aquila
Holy . Is that seriously the sound quality Brazil has to put up with?
Lira comes back from the dead to say: No, sound quality here is not that bad - this game was just a really unimportant one (I personally had never heard of any of these teams myself), and no national TV channels seemed to care about this tournament anyway :p
