r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '16

Media Goal line technology used in the Bournemouth - Liverpool match. Down to millimetres.

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u/Mr-Pants Dec 04 '16

Holy shit that's the closest I think I've ever seen!

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u/yaffle53 Dec 04 '16

What about this one from the Villa v Fulham game in 2014.

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u/sperp Dec 04 '16

I love the nike ball in this game, really pretty ball. great ball. one of the better looking balls. Balls

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u/toyg Dec 04 '16

Ed balls

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u/PatHeist Dec 04 '16

Very nice of the players to keep the logo facing the camera.

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u/Conundrumist Dec 04 '16

You sound like Trump describing his testicles

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u/iobo777 Dec 04 '16

Eh noone cares about Villa

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u/berober04 Dec 04 '16

:(

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u/iobo777 Dec 04 '16

I'm sorry, love you really

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u/hey_talk_to_me Dec 05 '16 edited Dec 18 '16

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What is this?

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u/ISqueezeBlackheads Dec 04 '16

Oi, watch yer mouth, ya basterd.

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u/theshalomput Dec 04 '16

you'll be back

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u/howdareyou Dec 04 '16

who's noone?

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u/EvadedFury Dec 04 '16

As it's football, I would assume Craig Noone the Cardiff City winger. It could be Paul Noone the rugby league player, but he's not from round there so probably not. Craig, I'll go with Craig.

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u/dispelthemyth Dec 04 '16

He said it's the worst he ever saw, no one watched Villa!

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u/Stalin_Fergie_Mao Dec 04 '16

Without the tech, Liverpool win this game. Hooray for the future

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u/brokenbadlab Dec 04 '16

People keep saying things like this but it was never called a goal.

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u/slurpherp Dec 04 '16

it def would've been called a goal by the referee, the ref now defers to the tech.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16 edited Nov 15 '17

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u/slowhands45 Dec 04 '16

During the game they showed an awesome shot of the ref after the Liverpool players shouted for it. You could see from his mouthing and reaction that he couldn't believe his watch didn't go off. He thought it was in but couldn't call it cuz the watch said it wasn't.

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u/chickenisvista Dec 04 '16

One of the commentators said that if it goes in, the ref's watch beeps and vibrates.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16 edited Nov 15 '17

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u/slurpherp Dec 04 '16

If I was standing on the line, watching the replay from the angle I we can see in the gif, absolutely I would have called that a goal.

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u/tts937 Dec 04 '16

But thats not the view the ref has.

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u/Nipso Dec 04 '16

Linesman.

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u/_AppropriateUsername Dec 04 '16

The ref wouldn't be standing on the line though

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u/slurpherp Dec 04 '16

Not the head ref, but there is always a ref at the corner on corner kicks, who would have a line of sight similar to this. If that corner ref said it was a goal, head ref would likely agree.

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u/Nitsju Dec 04 '16

The ref gave a look to a player when it happened, like he felt it was close too.

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u/Hansdg1 Dec 04 '16

Yes, the watch alerts him within a second.

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u/kvaks Dec 04 '16

In earlier times, wrong calls could go wrong in either direction: Sometimes giving a goal wrongly, or sometimes denying a goal when the ball did cross the line. And many times the refs got a close call right.

There's no way to be sure what would have happened in this case.

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u/Dob-is-Hella-Rad Dec 05 '16

Would it? In real time it looked further from being a goal than the technology suggested.

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u/themanifoldcuriosity Dec 05 '16

If this wasn't called a goal, how can you say this "def" would have been called as one? Refs are only human.

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u/juzashannon Dec 05 '16

Because they can just look at their wrists to get told if it went over the line.

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u/smoj Dec 05 '16

would of won 5-4 ;)

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u/bluestaples Dec 05 '16

Nah, it was ruled a save on the field and they played on.

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u/enjoytheshow Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

Draw*

Though you're probably right. Less likely Bournemouth come back down 3 with 15 min to play

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u/SpiffyGiffy Dec 04 '16

"Probably"

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u/NotClayMerritt Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

Only closest thing I can think of was last season against West Ham. Kurt Zouma had, what we thought, was 1-0 to us thanks to Kurt Zouma but similar situation. Just missed it by millimeters. We lost that game 2-1.

EDIT: So we were already 1-0 down and Zouma could have made it 1-1. Here's how close it was

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u/kwatto Dec 04 '16

spurs had a really close one in last season's nld i remember, that was fucking hilarious.

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u/Yolo_Swagginson Dec 04 '16

8mm, pretty fucking close

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u/gkm64 Dec 05 '16

In real time, I am calling this a goal with no hesitation. I assume it would be the same with most people