TO ERR is human, but to wrongly referee is quite another matter - especially in something as important as the World Cup. For look at the upshot of the flawed decisions in France last night.
Norway beat Brazil by virtue of a bogus penalty award - and out go poor Morocco despite having thrashed the sorry Scots. And home goes Cameroon after drawing with Chile despite being down to nine men. Yet they should have won - because a perfectly good goal was disallowed for offside.
In a contest at this level, that's more than hard luck - it's downright unfair. It's time for TV action replay to rule alongside the ref.
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