Admittedly, we were outplayed in terms of creativity, vision and finish.
But - One of our efforts at goal did actually cross the line. It was about a foot over. Anybody could have seen that. Anybody. Yet, the referee played on, and the goal was disallowed. I think the fact that Football is arguably the most wide-played and popular sport in the world and yet Goal-line technology has not been implemented at professional level (especially for a large scale event like the World Cup) is completely ridiculous and unjustified.
Having that goal disallowed completely changed the psychology of the English team. Understandably, they were dispirited. So was the rest of England.
Here's a video of the goal that was disallowed:
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Finally, here's an artists impression of what the linesman probably saw:
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