WTF is happening with this tournament ?!
Not that Germany did not deserve the win, they most certainly did - they were by far the better team, in fact I think this may be the best German team EVER ( sorry Franz and Gerd ) However, this game's outrageous call which is already being categorized by coaches, players and even FIFA officials as possibly the worst of all time in a world cup, is the epitome of a series of inexplicable officiating errors only compounded by archaic FIFA rules. Just this weekend we've seen clearly offside goals which were allowed, the U.S being robbed ( once agian ) of legitimate goals, countless yellow cards given for no reason at all, and this goes on..
To say this is the most bizarre World Cup I have seen , and I've seen all of them starting in 1962, would be an understatement.
And why not a half-time as well as a post-game video review of key controversial goals / calls with an ensuing reversal if so warranted ? FIFA has received not hundreds of thousands, but millions of appeals over the course of the last eight years , from just about every continent to implement this rule.. but they simply ignore anything other than their own officials opinions..
As soon as the tournament is over, FIFA must be disbanded with the entire organization to be rebuilt from scratch ; new ( and relevant ) rules , and new leaders. The 2010 World Cup has been rendered pretty much meaningless to me..
Ok, off the soapbox now :-)
