Vlaar, Tendangan Penaltinya Lewati Garis Gawang Romero?
Did Vlaar`s Penalty in World Cup Semi-final Cross the Line?
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
BENARKAH tendangan pertama Belanda dalam adu penalti melawan Argentina pada semifinal Piala Dunia 2014 digagalkan oleh kiper Argentina Sergio Romero?
Jika Anda perhatikan tayangannya kembali, maka Anda mendapati bola itu memang benar berhasil diblok oleh Romero, tetapi kiper Argentina langsung melakukan selebrasi ketika bola ternyata masih bergerak dan memantul untuk melewati garis gawang.
Begitu Romero sukses memblok bola, dia tidak menangkap atau menghentikan bola atau menghalau bola menjauhi garis gawang.
Kabar tendangan Ron Vlaar yang dianggap sebenarnya masuk itu menyebar di internet, terutama dibahas situs-situs berita Inggris, termasuk The Guardian.
Sebaliknya begitu tahu bola berhasil diblok, dia melakukan selebrasi tanpa mengontrol bola kembali, dan bola masih bergerak lalu berbalik kembali ke gawang serta melewati gawang untuk masuk ke gawang.
Tayangan video online alternatif yang direkam seorang penonton pertandingan ini menunjukkan bola masuk kembali ke gawang Romero.
Vlaar terlihat menyampaikan bahasa tubuh kepada wasit bahwa bola itu masih bergerak setelah ditahan Romero untuk masuk ke gawang Argentina. Namun wasit Cuneyt Cakir menolak protes bek Belanda yang bermain untuk Aston Villa itu.
Tetapi tayangan video itu juga memperlihatkan ada kemungkinan bola menyentuh pundak Vlaar untuk masuk memantul ke gawang Argentina.
WHEN Sergio Romero wheeled away in celebration and the realisation hit Ron Vlaar that his failure to convert Holland’s first penalty had given Argentina an immediate advantage in Thursday night’s penalty shootout, the main broadcast feed cut to scenes of Dutch despair.
But alternative footage has appeared online which shows the ball rolling towards goal – spawning questions over whether his effort crossed the line or stopped millimetres short.
The Aston Villa defender can be seen gesturing to the referee, Cuneyt Cakir, who refuses to entertain his plea.
Vlaar, who performed brilliantly to keep Gonzalo Higuaín quiet through 120 minutes, was a surprise choice to take Holland’s first kick and struck his penalty straight down the middle, allowing the Argentina keeper to save.
Yet there is also a question over whether the ball touched Vlaar’s shoulder after bouncing.
It is difficult to be certain but this clip from a reverse angle suggests Vlaar dipped his shoulder just in time.
Rules state that the referee must wait for the ball to complete its path but Cakir did not make any attempt to check whether it had indeed crossed the line, presumably because his GoalControl technology would have detected the ball crossing the line.
