The referees ...
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Assistant referees run along the pitch during a FIFA referee training session in Derdepoort, South Africa, on June 21. |
The SA World Cup saw a number of, if no the most in history, high-profile wrong decisions in the tournament such as the failure to award England a goal against Germany when Frank Lampard's shot hit the crossbar and went over the goalline and the missed offside on Carlos Tevez's goal for Argentina against Mexico. However, according to a study by FIFA's referees' committee, referees were right 96 percent of the time at the World Cup.