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>> ARGENTINA 2-1 MEXICO
>> Borgetti 10 (og) Marquez 6
>> Rodriguez 98
> \> advancing Sanchez and wide of a post. Heinze escaped with a yellow card
> for a
>> lunging last man foul on Fonseca, having lost possession with a terrible
>> first
>> touch on a pass from his goalkeeper.
> That could have been a red, though the ref pointed to the second
> Argentinean defender
> who was level with Heinz, but in my view probably did not have the angle
> to prevent
> a one-on-one with the goalie.
I believe Heinze should have been sent off, and most of the Argetinean media
agrees.
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> Both right and left back were the weakest links for Argentina IMO.
Sorin (left back) wasn't too bad, although not nearly as good as he usually
is for Argentina, since he is almost invariably Argentina's best player.
The weak(est) links were Scaloni (right back), Cambiasso, and Heinze. In
the first half, the Mexican defense gave Cambiasso a lot of space, as it
seemed that they had two men covering everyone else (especially Riquelme),
yet Cambiasso looked lost and almost always made the wrong play. Hopefully,
Lucho Gonzalez will be fit for the next match.
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>> The Argentineans continued to ride their luck, Morales found Borgetti
>> with a
>> fantastic pass, he controlled the ball on his chest just as he was about
>> to
>> shoot Sorin leapt in the air and kicked him in the face, catching the
>> ball a
>> split second before catching Borgetti, clear as day penalty and dangerous
>> play,
>> nothing given.
> Did you see a replay of this? I never did. All I saw was the live shot,
> and there
> it seemed like Sorin kicked the ball into Borgetti's face and it bounced
> to Abbondanzieri.
> But I did wonder what really happened there. Did you get to see a shot
> from behind the goal line?
This was clearly neither a penalty nor a dangerous play (which would have
resulted in an indirect free kick anyway). I saw the replay several times
in slow motion (after reading Benny's original post). Sorin connects with
the ball completely and then scrapes Borgetti's face. Borgetti's head was
bent down and Sorin's leg was not above waist level. Borgetti, who
complained about everything else, registered no complaint regarding the
non-call.
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>> Argentina immediately broke and Saviola was denied by an
>> excellent save from Sanchez. Fonseca missed an easy header with a weak
>> leap and
>> Messi had a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside minutes before full
>> time.
> Yep. This is where Mexico got a break from the officials. In fairness it
> was a hard call to get right.
> Especially since it would have decided the game. The linesman just didn't
> have the guts.
Or he just made a mistake.
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>> I think the refereeing has been of a decent standard in this tournament
>> but
>> Massimo Busacca and his linesman were terrible.
> I disagree. There were many games with much worse refereeing. The missed
> calls
> could have gone either way (though, I admit I did not have a good view of
> the Borgetti incident).
I think he should have sent Heinze off and there was a mistake on the
Argentina goal in injury time. He missed a penalty by Ayala, who tackled an
attacker to the ground during a corner kick, although it's hard to take note
of everything that takes place in the area during these dead balls. Also he
called fouls on two Maxi drives and actually pulled a yellow card on a
Mexican player for a foul on Sorin, when the replay showed that Sorin dove.
On the other hand, he waved play on on a number of small midfield fouls.
Daniel
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