Today in the Euro 2012 match between England & Ukraine there was a non-goal by Ukraine. What I mean is that a Ukrainian player scored a goal but it wasn't counted. The official didn't see it, so no goal.
Why did this happen? Because UEFA which runs the European Championship doesn't believe in video review. Are you kidding me? Every major sport uses video. The NFL has the ever popular "ref under the hood" looking at replay of various things. All scoring plays are now automatically reviewed upstairs. The NHL has an official behind the net, who is responsible for turning on the red light, signifying a goal. Plus goals can be reviewed on video from the "war room" in Toronto.
As athletes get bigger & stronger they also get faster. Meaning it's hard for officials to keep up. That's why the increasing use of video replay. And today's was a big deal, because by losing Ukraine was booted out of the championships.
Now to be fair, there is a possibility that a goal wouldn't have counted anyway since another Ukrainian player was offsides. So two officials screwed up on the same play. And England had the same thing happen to them two years ago in the World Cup against Germany. Except that uncounted goal was even more blatant. And that also booted a team out of a major tournament because video replay wasn't allowed.
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