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"The Ball moved in Beck's penalty! OMG FUKIN CHEATS"

I was watching the build up for france vs greece (well done greece) when i saw a video replay of the beckham penalty against portugal in ultra slow motion. It clearly showed not only did a lump of turf fly off the ground, but the BALL MOVED! the ball rolle foward about 10cm before becks even kicked it. as beckham was about to strike, when his foot was about to strike the ball, it rolled! Thats why you cant blame him for the defeat or the england balls blame Urs meiers for disallowing campbells goal and for not changing ends in the shootout, because if the portugese went first, they would of skied it over. I smell something fishy about the portugese....

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> You lean back and it goes over. Lean back
> AND mishit it then you'll look even worse.

Lean back, mishit AND fall on your a**e...well, we all know what happened there.

Mav wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> John Terry impeded the goalkeeper.
>
> Well Terry was in the air, with his arms already up, and the
> goalkeeper actually moved into him

For Christ's sake. If Terry had not been there - would Ricardo have been able to make contact with the ball?
Yes.

What the hell was Ricardo meant to do? Just stand there and watch? This pish about him looking for a foul and running into Terry is bull. You really think he'd risk that on the 90th minute when it's the most crucial part of the game?
I think not.

Not according to the analysts I've heard...

Blame it on the conditions, the ball, his boots, that stupid tattoo on the back of his neck, whatever..

Beckham took a crap penalty because he lent back. And ONLY he can take the blame for that. You lean back and it goes over. Lean back AND mishit it then you'll look even worse.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> It was apparently as bad at the other end and did Portugal not win
> the toss?

Fair enough.

But still, Beckham didn't slice that ball over the bar due to a slip-up on his part - I think that's all that's being said here.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> John Terry impeded the goalkeeper.

Well Terry was in the air, with his arms already up, and the goalkeeper actually moved into him - probably looking to draw a foul or something.

Anyhow, Terry did nothing wrong. I had some doubts about it at first - but now it's been considered from numerous angles by official analysts, it's been proved that Terry's in the clear.

Mav wrote:
> That's not the point.
>
> Everyone's blaming Beckham, but now we know it clearly wasn't his
> fault and the referee shouldn't have allowed the shootout at that
> end.

It was apparently as bad at the other end and did Portugal not win the toss?

Both the penalty spots were knackered.

Still better than our old school pitch though. Just used to be a big hole in the ground! Used to fill up when it rained!

I was replying to Cyclone and Wakka there.

That's not the point.

Everyone's blaming Beckham, but now we know it clearly wasn't his fault and the referee shouldn't have allowed the shootout at that end.

Mav wrote:
> Yeah, I saw this on the news, where they actually proved that
> Campbell's goal was a goal.

John Terry impeded the goalkeeper.

That was a definite as well. It was harsh, nor was the foul given for that, but he should have been anyway.