Bizarre decision

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Sorry I am a pillock - Pedro Mendes goalback in 2004/05, we finished 9th, I looked at the wrong year

Whilst I agree about the Mendes goal cheating us out of a win, the decision here by Fifa is because the referee got the Law wrong when he awarded a free kick instead of having the penalty re-taken, which was the correct thing.

However I can see this now creating a precedent when referee's make a wrong interpretation of the law in future games

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There's a remark about women not knowing about football in there, somewhere, but I'll be man enough not to say it

This wouldn't have happened if an English woman was referee.

I wonder what would they have done if say that incident came earlier in the game and goals were scored after that.
What if one of the players developed an injury during the 5 days and coudnt take part in the "replay". ?

Although it's the right call that was eventually made, I do think it could set a worrying precedent. Where is the line drawn in terms of a refereeing decision about not correctly applying the rules?

I demand we resume the game against Man Utd from a couple years ago where Clattenberg played an advantage and gomes mistakenly thought he'd awarded a free kick, and Nani scored - therefore no advantage was gained and it should've been taken back for a free kick.

And that probably means that every game that every game that was subsequently played also needs to be replayed, as the result of that one game could've had a direct or indirect impact on other results.

comment by Philspurs - Vertonghen-cheek (U3278)
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Although it's the right call that was eventually made, I do think it could set a worrying precedent. Where is the line drawn in terms of a refereeing decision about not correctly applying the rules?

I demand we resume the game against Man Utd from a couple years ago where Clattenberg played an advantage and gomes mistakenly thought he'd awarded a free kick, and Nani scored - therefore no advantage was gained and it should've been taken back for a free kick.

And that probably means that every game that every game that was subsequently played also needs to be replayed, as the result of that one game could've had a direct or indirect impact on other results.
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Does that mean we get Bale and Modric back to play these games?!

What a bizarre judgement to make? Does anyone know if there is a similar precedent in the mens game?