You're not kidding! I've seen lot's of bad decisions in my many years watching football but that was up there amonst the very worst. Two incredibly ridiculous decisions within the space of a few minutes. It was unbelievable. I was willing to give the ref the benefit of the doubt with the pen as it happened quickly and given his angle it might have looked like contact was made, especially with the nature of the last ditch tackle. However, it was still a poor decision that most refs wouldn't have given. The goal Canada scored a few minutes later though, that the ref called back, does make you wonder whether something else was afoot. The Canadian never touched the player at all and this time it looked totally obvious to me. Another brutal decision and seemingly typical of the Concacaf competition. I used to think that the standard of European refereeing was bad but compared to this it's excellent.
No wonder the Canadians were gutted after the match.
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