Rough day for the officials. I feel for them, especially the linesman in the England game. At full speed, that's a tough call to make and he wasn't in a good position to make that call. He wasn't in a good position because he is required to be in line with the last defender. He made the call, he was obviouslty wrong, but in no way do I think he should be punished for this. Yes, we can easily say that we knew that was in at first glance on TV, but you can never be 100 percent sure on a call like that.
The linesman in the Mexico game has zero excuse. That was a terrible call. Just brutal.
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