I'm not so sure. The Slovak seems to stick his right leg out making the Italian onside.
Like the disallowed US goal, it is a matter of milliseconds: when exactly is the ball struck and where are the players' feet at that time? I don't blame the linesman. It's an extremely hard call to make not the least because it likely decided the match. The onus was however on Italy not to put themselves in that situation, but they always seem to sleepwalk until it's do or die time and then barely scrape by.
These are the kinds of situations I'd be open to video review of. Let everyone play as if he's onside, then if a goal is scored have a time out by request from one of the coaches (limited number of challenges per match). Or to preserve the referee's authority it can be left up to his decision, although I think that would be suboptimal.
Like the disallowed US goal, it is a matter of milliseconds: when exactly is the ball struck and where are the players' feet at that time? I don't blame the linesman. It's an extremely hard call to make not the least because it likely decided the match. The onus was however on Italy not to put themselves in that situation, but they always seem to sleepwalk until it's do or die time and then barely scrape by.
These are the kinds of situations I'd be open to video review of. Let everyone play as if he's onside, then if a goal is scored have a time out by request from one of the coaches (limited number of challenges per match). Or to preserve the referee's authority it can be left up to his decision, although I think that would be suboptimal.
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