goal-line technology works; shot on goal by THI attacker deflects off crossbar and crosses goalline, then bounces out; shot was fast and would have been hard to see by AR; AR was in good position; also see AR jogging up touchline to show good goal - good AR mechanics;

ball played in towards an offside player who is moving away from the area of active play; the ball hits the back of a defender who is raising his arm for the offside call while turning to look to the AR; the ball rebounds off the defender's back to an onside attacker who scores; sustained protest from defenders; one defender ends up getting two sequential YC for dissent, and is sent off; from Russian broadcast;

NEW player shoots on goal; 3 NEW players in OS position to the right, but the shot is taken from the left side; none of the OS attackers are blocking the view of the goalkeeper; the ball goes through 3 defenders before coming close to OS NEW attacker, who moves to avoid being hit; if there is contact, it is not visible from the video, and could have been seen by the AR; however, the AR flags for OS; referee does confer with AR before upholding OS call and negating the goal; appears to be a bad decision; would have leveled score;

bad call by AR; OS attacker pulls up before getting close to ball; AR pops flag too quickly; referee initially waves AR flag down; discusses call after ball in the net; for some reason negates goal; no official explanation for decision; looks like good initial wave-down followed by bad decision; see: Instant Replay

Goal-line technology (not yet available) could have made a difference in the match; GER up 2-0; Lampard scores to make it 2-1; ENG unleashes great shot over GER goalkeeper, off crossbar, into goal, and back out again; replay shows ball clearly crossed goalline; unfortunately, the AR was with the offside line until the shot and couldn't instantaneously move 15 yards to the goalline; goal not awarded; ENG deflated; NOT AR's FAULT;

Minute 17 - referee comes over to talk to IRN coach; 4th official doesn't seem involved. Minute 77 - reckless foul by BIH; YC - first of match; IRN coach very upset - wants red card? IRN coach and staff leave their technical area and cross towards the BIH technical area to argue with the referee and BIH staff; the 4th official again does little; referee gets everyone back in their place; doesn't need to dismiss anyone; very poor by 4th official - much too passive;

Trick corner kick play; #18 moves ball into corner arc, then rolls it forward out of the arc (making the ball "live", if his movement is considered a "kick" by the referee); #10 comes over and starts dribbling the ball; the referee (Howard Webb) stops play, says/gestures "NO". One must assume he didn't see the original ball movement by #18 as a kick; since the ball ended up outside the arc, #10's dribble can't be considered a double touch since the ball wasn't in the arc and therefore his first touch couldn'

4th goal by CRO; initial views make the scorer look offside, and the replay doesn't help; it's only 10 minutes later when a replay shows the defender walking slowly back from the goalline, keeping the scorer onside; this defender, who kept the attacker onside, is the only one to raise his hand appealing for an offside call;

YMTC: both were looking at high, incoming ball; who fouled whom?

PK called for collapse of Fred in PA; Fred makes bad first touch, aiming to bicycle, but ball goes too far in front of him; CRO defender (Lovren) was "holding" him (brief contact with each arm); Fred flings out feet as though he is being pulled back, falls, and gets the call; PK; YC for Lovren; 10% foul, 90% dive;

play stopped for foul and injury; replay shows BRA jumping for high ball; CRO player gets elbow in face; referee has seen that the CRO player undercut the BRA player jumping for the ball, and caused not only the foul, but the "injury"; good call; the CRO player keeps hoping to find blood on his face, but the elbow contact was behind the ear; contact to the face was with the forearm - won't cause bleeding;

cross; CRO player jumps in to head ball to teammate; another CRO player puts ball into the net; AR flags foul - jumping into GK; CRO goal properly nullified

high ball; both opponents come in looking at the other player instead of the ball; Neymar puts arm up with elbow/forearm at height of Modric's neck/face and runs into him; Modric goes down and makes a meal of the contact; this is probably the only reason this is a YC instead of a RC;

Champions League Final; emotional match - two top Madrid teams = local derby - ATM leading 0-1; RMA scores in added time; ATM coach is upset that referee added 5 minutes to second half, feels that extra time allowed RMA to equalize; coach comes out at end of first extra time period to talk to referee; RMA scores 3 goals in second extra time period; action of RMA player after scoring (kicks ball towards ATM bench) causes ATM coach to explode; runs out onto field to confront player and referee; referee dismisses coach; young RMA player doesn't seem

SUAREZ fouled close to NEW goal; ball rolled back to him by NEW player; SUAREZ chips GK before ball completely stops, but that infraction could be considered trifling; referee calls DFK back because he was talking to defenders; it's not fair to allow a FK to be taken while the referee is distracting the defenders;

SUAREZ tackled late; knee into knee; collision imparts significant momentum to SUAREZ, who goes into a spin; RC; good call;

two CAR (red) players injured on free kick, one on initial kick and the other on volley from the rebound. referee allows CK to be taken with two CAR players on touchline waiting to return after receiving treatment - injured sequentially, not in simultaneous collision; LIV scores on CK; doesn't seem fair to me; commons sense/Spirit of The Game would support allowing one or both players back on before restart;

kick-off taken backwards; makes players retake;

YMTC - push by CAR (red) or pull by LIV (white)?

CAR #27 upset foul called against his team (not against him); kicks ball away several seconds after whistle blown; seems surprised at YC;