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To: Anthony Yeung (Hijacked) who wrote (1950)	6/23/2002 2:41:03 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5130

There have been lots of lousy offside calls against lots of teams, most have been forgotten. I think that this is mainly because many of the line judges are simply not accustomed to the tightness with which the offside trap is played in high level football. I don't think it has anything to do with conspiracy against or hatred for any particular side. Wasn't it the Spain-Ireland game where Spain had 9 offsides called against them in the first half? Most of those were decent calls, though a few were shaky. The issue of the Totti incident got tied up with the whole discussion of diving. My personal opinion, expressed at the time, was that the call should not have been made under the circumstances. Many felt otherwise, saying that it was time to send a message to some of the more notorious acrobats. I didn't see it myself, so I don't know if the call was legit or not, but I suspect that Mr. Totti is to some degree a victim of his own reputation. He has a long record of rather spectacularly artificial plunges. The red card on Ronaldinho was just a plain lousy call, with no extenuating circumstances at all. It is one thing to be critical of the officiating, another to proclaim that the officials are conspiring against certain teams.