Home And Away | Will video replays really kill the football star after League Cup final controversy?
Southampton’s disallowed goal at the start of their final defeat by Manchester United at Wembley Stadium last weekend rekindled calls for the introduction of more help for referees
There is nothing like a wrongly disallowed Wembley cup final goal to convert traditionalists to more video technology to help marshal the game.
Anyone who is not a Manchester United supporter must surely back the renewed calls for video replays to be introduced to decide crucial decisions, such as that which condemned Southampton to an unfair defeat in the League Cup final.
Manolo Gabbiadini’s opening goal would have put the better side into a commanding early lead, but it was ruled offside – despite replays later showing the call to be incorrect.
The steam coming off Saints fans at the refreshment stands in the bowels of Wembley was far denser than that from the overpriced coffee.
This was an injustice up there with the likes of Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal against Germany in 2010, Maradona’s Hand of God, Thierry Henry’s Hand of Frog, the host of wrong players sent off and the litany of other errors that have cost teams, fans – and the game’s credibility – dearly.
