WICKEDLY smart Corner Kick...

[faraz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWWm1H1DC-Q

seriously, goal should have counted...i saw this live and thought...wtf kind of corner was that...but seeing the actual footage proves otherwise.

[Nariman]

very clever

stupid referee

[persiangodfather]

as rooney tapped the ball he shudda said theballs in play or looked at the ref or sumtin

[ShahHouman]

as rooney tapped the ball he shudda said theballs in play or looked at the ref or sumtin

that's part of the play tho is to be so slick about it that they catch the other team napping

great, heads up play!

[raminio05]

rooney didn't get the whole ball over the corner line, i think thats why it was disallowed

[faraz]

btw, man utd had practiced this apparently - sucks though, they can't ever use it again b/c of all the news it's made...

the referee has also acknowledged that it probably should have counted...it is unclear why the linesman called it back

[teammelli34]

that was so clever, it pissed me off we didnt get that goal, i mean that was beautiful!

[abtin_32]

Even if it was a legal play, it would have been a cheap goal.

[faraz]

Even if it was a legal play, it would have been a cheap goal.

how is that? Chelsea could have just as easily noticed that the ball is in play and reacted.

it's not cheap whatsoever - it's just an incredibly smart and fresh way of a conducting a set piece.

cheap is breaking the legs of the other team's best player, not outsmarting them with a great set play, which btw, are used and practiced constantly.

[persian_parsa]

It seemed too fishy at first when i was watching it live, fsc said it was just outside the D, a mistake by giggs. thanks for the vid, wow really cool planning

[persian boy]

no it wasnt wickedly smart

[EKBATAN]

i could imagine what people had to say if italy or an italian team did someshit like that



the sideline ref should've told the other ref that it was legit.....otherwise i could see why they did a replay

[PersianMadrid7]

LEGITIMATELY there is nothing wrong with what United did, but what they did wrong was deceive not just Chelsea but the referee.

if this happened in any other game with video replay the goal would have counted, so the question is should video replay be put in football, because situations like this are happening all the time.

[radin119]

oh so thats what happeneed....

[Shervin.]

to be honest if that was allowed, it would be stupid, but i agree its unfair because like they do in free kicks refs should blow for corners to be taken, if the ydid then this confusion wouldnt happen. If this was allowed, then take this example. Its a throwing, a player picks up the ball, then drops the ball on the ground leaving it for a team mate, this should be a foul throw, yes? Becasue the ref doesnt blow the whistle for a throwing and so when he picks it up we must assume the game has continued. Even imagine this for a corner, you use your feet to touch the ball whilst in the corner area, then you have taken your corner. If you dribble the ball to the corner to take it, then you have already taken it.