Leverkusen ghost goal

Fearthainn · October 19, 2013

Last night, it was the winning goal too.

[video=youtube;ZphRWW6h4Rk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZphRWW6h4Rk[/video]

Poor form from Leverkusen tbh, some of their players clearly realised what happened, should have told the ref.

Tubey · October 19, 2013

Fearthainn said:
Last night, it was the winning goal too.

[video=youtube;ZphRWW6h4Rk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZphRWW6h4Rk[/video]

Quite twa*ish from Leverkusen tbh, some of their players clearly realised what happened, should have told the ref.

I don't think they knew though. The reaction from everyone seems to be "that didn't seem right" but they didn't trust their senses, and the referee and opposition did nothing about it either. You can see when they're celebrating that there's a "what just happened?" air about the whole thing but if that were me I'd be confused as well.

Groucho · October 19, 2013

Must be grounds for appeal there.

Please mind the language also.

ijjysmith · October 19, 2013

Oh dear.

They're gonna need to make goal line technology a little wider.

Poor play from Leverkusen though.

Phenom · October 19, 2013

How did it get in the net??

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 19, 2013

I'll take 1 of those in the 90th minute at the pit. Or perhaps the 70th just for the 20 mins of fume from the natives*.

The natives of Torp or Bergen or somewhere ?

ijjysmith · October 19, 2013

Phenom said:
How did it get in the net??

Looked like some sort of weird witch craft to me.

Fearthainn · October 19, 2013

Tubey said:
I don't think they knew though. The reaction from everyone seems to be "that didn't seem right" but they didn't trust their senses, and the referee and opposition did nothing about it either. You can see when they're celebrating that there's a "what just happened?" air about the whole thing but if that were me I'd be confused as well.

Yeah fair enough I'm sure that will have been the case with some of them. But Kiessling at least knows that it's definitely gone wide, it shouldn't have taken him long to put 2 and 2 together.

Fearthainn · October 19, 2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24589671

Hoffenheim want a replay.

Also no Leverkusen player told the ref it wasn't a goal, despite some of them having seen it go wide.

Baines' left foot · October 19, 2013

Looked a perfectly normal goal from the first shot. Not one of the players seemed to make a fuss about it so it's a bit harsh to criticise the referee too much. We need nets with smaller holes.

Tubey · October 19, 2013

Fearthainn said:
Yeah fair enough I'm sure that will have been the case with some of them. But Kiessling at least knows that it's definitely gone wide, it shouldn't have taken him long to put 2 and 2 together.

If I'd have headed a ball on goal, thought it went wide, turned away, looked again and it was in the back of the net, I wouldn't have a clue what had happened. I wouldn't be secure enough in my senses to say "hang on, that's definitely went wide", because with the ball inexplicably appearing in the back of the net I wouldn't be able to explain what had happened.

I just think it's a fluke scenario where a ridiculous thing has happened. The game should be replayed really from the minute it happened with the initial 1-0 lead in tact.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 19, 2013

The referee then awarded Hoffenheim a generous penalty when Roberto Firmino was fouled a foot outside the penalty area. But Firmino's spot-kick was saved.

Lads coach ALWAYS goes round and checks the netting, taking extra pegs & clips as lost a cup semi one time to a goal that went in under the side netting.