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Related: About this forumPSV keepers own-goal blunder picked up by Hawk-Eye to crush title hopes
You've got to feel for the keeper here. His is a perfectly natural reaction after making a brilliant goal-line stop and no human eye could have spotted this. To add further insult to injury, this is the only such technology in Holland and has been at this stadium for only half the season. Of all the ways to potentially lose the title...
With the score 1-1, Zoet saved a close-range header from the Feyenoord defender Jan-Arie van der Heijden in the 82nd minute, but as he clutched the ball to his chest a screen on the referee Bas Nijhuiss wrist lit up.
Nijhuis looked down, saw the word goal flashing on the screen and awarded the Dutch league leaders the winning goal in a 2-1 victory. The result on Sunday brought Feyenoord within reach of their first league title since 1999 and likely ended the two-times defending champions PSVs title aspirations.
This is seriously fucked up, Zoet told the Dutch broadcaster NOS. The goal-line technology made the difference and things could have been different if it had not.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/27/psv-goalkeeper-goal-line-technology-feyenoord
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Did the PSV keeper really say "This is seriously fucked up" during the post-game interview?
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)and I'm not going to translate the interview. That line doesn't occur in this interview (which was sent out on TV) but he does suggest he had talked to someone before this interview. Or some editing occurred.
The PSV players weren't too happy even when the ref showed his "watch".
http://voetbalflitsen.be/wtf/a2bfe1/close-topper-in-nederland-beslist-door-van-der-heijden-en-doellijntechnologie
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)A euphemism considerably lighter and more family-friendly than "seriously fucked up".
From his point of view, it was undoubtedly heavy testicles to lose the match that way.