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To: gao seng who wrote (265258)	6/19/2002 1:54:52 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I saw then game, They scored one few goals. The guy outed for a dive could have been judged to be diving in the replays. I'll go with the judgement of the ref. Korea has an amazingly fit set of player with speed and great ball skills. Italy was worn down after over 100 minutes of play. Up to the point of the ejection it was still 1 1 in overtime. It was first goal wins. This is a case where diving in the penalty box is the height of scum. Mexico against the US, a Mexican player was called for the same thing. But I think three Mexican players should have been ejected thru the game and not just one. Mexico played dirty and viciously. tom watson tosiwmee

To: gao seng who wrote (265258)	6/19/2002 2:37:02 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Mexico too, likely got a bad (non)call. "Somehow tearing myself away from the raging red-white-and-blue celebration in this hotbed of suddenly lifelong soccer aficionados, I spent several hours reviewing videotape of the pivotal play in the 47th minute and can now say, unequivocally, that U.S. midfielder John O'Brien was guilty of a handball in the penalty box on a Mexico corner kick. Whether intentional - and O'Brien insisted afterward somebody accidentally knocked his arm into the ball - he leaped amid the crush of bodies in the penalty area and knocked the ball out of the box with his fist and/or forearm. That is a handball, by any definition, and Mexico should have been awarded a penalty kick that would have given the Tricolores an excellent chance to tie the score, 1-1. Upon further review, however, Portuguese referee Vito Melo Pereira - a closet New England Patriots fan - quickly conferred with NFL referee Walt Coleman and concluded that O'Brien hadn't tucked the ball. Therefore, it wasn't technically a handball, and play continued. My condolences to Augie and Ernesto and everybody in Santa Ana who reads this paper. Better luck in four years, Mexico." From the Randy Youngman column in the OC Register, June 19, 2002.