South Africa 1-1 Mexico | Modise denied penalty for clash with Rodriguez

Description of incident: Mexico were split right down the middle and Modise raced clear. Rodriguez tracked back and challenged Modise for the ball who went tumbling to the ground calling for a penalty.

Date of Game: Friday 11th June 2010

Home Team: South Africa | Away Team: Mexico

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB) | Linesman: Rafael Ilyasov (UZB) & Bahadyr Kochkarov (KGZ)

Decision Type: Penalty | Verdict:

Decision Difficulty: 2/5 | Affect on result: 5/5 | Score: 7

Affect on Result: If a penalty had been given, it would have most likely led to a 2-0 lead to South Africa, so this had a massive affect on the final score | Winner: Mexico | Loser: South Africa

Players Involved: Teko Modise (South Africa) & Francisco Rodriguez (Mexico)

Summary: For me, this was a fairly straight forward decision but I'm sure there are a lot of people that would disagree. I just think it was shoulder-to-shoulder and if that was a foul, it's a sad day for football as a contact sport.

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Cheers,
WB

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South Africa 1-1 Mexico | Vela goal disallowed for offside

Description of incident: Mexico swung a corner into the South African box and Khune came flapping at the ball, missing by a mile. It fell for Carols Vela who bundled it into net.

Date of Game: Friday 11th June 2010

Home Team: South Africa | Away Team: Mexico

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB) | Linesman: Rafael Ilyasov (UZB) & Bahadyr Kochkarov (KGZ)

Decision Type: Offside | Verdict:

Decision Difficulty: 5/5 | Affect on result: 3/5 | Score: 8

Affect on Result: It was still relatively early in the game so it's hard to judge, but if I was a betting man I would have say Mexico would have been likely to run out winners if the goal had stood | Winner: South Africa | Loser: Mexico

Players Involved:  Carlos Vela (Mexico) & Itumeleng Khune (South Africa)

Summary: This was a really tough call so hats off to the linesman for getting this one spot on. As the South African goalkeeper came flying out in an attempt to claim the ball, Vela fell into an offside position because only one defender was on the line and he was now more advanced that Khune. It happened at such speed and is the type of incident often missed by officials. Top, top decision.

Update: Why was Carlos Vela's goal disallowed? Full explanation There seems to be some confusion over why this goal was disallowed, so I'd like to be 100% clear. The offside rule states that when the ball is played two defenders should be between the attacker and the goal. We often describe this as needing to be "level with the last man" as, invariably, the goalie will be the second "defender" between the attacker and the goal. Is this instance, the goalie was more advanced than Vela when the ball was played and therefore only one defender remained between him and the goal.

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Cheers,
WB

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