When not sending passes that freed his wingers to hurl themselves at the Czech goal, he was busy retrieving loose balls for restarts, rushing over with a replacement for a linesman .
When California's Dennis Ralston blasted a serve past Krishnan and the linesman signaled a clean ace, the galleries set up such a hullabaloo that the umpire shrugged, and replaced .
Had the linesman not raised his flag, keeper and defenders would have tried harder to stop Morientes.
LATEST NEWS Japan's Maya Yoshida argues a linesman's call after a goal was disallowed due to offside during the soccer Confederations Cup group A match between Italy and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
June 20, 2013 - Connecticut Post
Japan gives Italy a scare at Confederations Cup Japan's Maya Yoshida argues a linesman's call after a goal was disallowed due to offside during the soccer Confederations Cup group A match between Italy and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
June 20, 2013 - The News-Times
Players, father convicted in linesman's death Six youth players and the father of one of them were convicted of manslaughter Monday for kicking a volunteer linesman to death after a game, a brutal attack that shocked this soccer-loving nation. Judges in Lelystad sentenced the 50-year-old father, identified only as El-Hasan D, to six years in prison. Five ...
June 19, 2013 - The Washington Times
Diego Maradona in St. Louis Post-Dispatch I'm a good friend of Baldassi, we talk all the time, but my impression is that the refereeing was horrible,Maradona said. "Baldassi was very bad. And the linesman was Andrea Bocelli."
Clint Dempsey in The Associated Press I didn't know exactly that it went all the way to net or not, but I just wanted to see what the linesman was doing,Dempsey said. "I saw the linesman running back with his flag, so I knew that they counted the goal and I just went and...
David Moyes in ESPN Moyes, who also saw a late Steven Pienaar 'goal' ruled out by Dowd, said: "I felt the referee and linesman got that decision (the disallowed goal) right. Many managers may not say that." "But I felt it was just offside and the ball could have...