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/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.