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Originally Posted by troutman
Just saw it - clearly clipped his heel.
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I'm not sure you can say he clearly clipped his heel when it took a zoomed in super slow motion replay to see anything. Not to mention it also looked like the defender may have slightly touched the ball and the French player obviously took a leaping dive.
I really wish the Argentina Iceland ref was doing the France Australia game. He didn't fall for the dives, kept the cards in his pocket, and showed some discretion by not awarding a penalty when an Argentinian went down in the box.
I guess I can't be too upset though. It took the French a coin flip call, a fluke goal, and some great diving to barely beat a nation of 20 million where soccer is the 4th most popular sport.