An anecdote about Giovanni dos Santos

In the first round of Group A of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, Mexico played against Cameroon at the Natal Dunes Stadium. In the 11th minute, Dos Santos outflanked the goal and scored, but the goal was disallowed. From the slow motion view, this is absolutely It was a good goal, the first valid goal in this World Cup that was misjudged by the referee. In the 29th minute of the game, Dos Santos scored for Mexico but was disallowed. Judging from the slow-motion replay, the referee made another major misjudgment!

In the 11th minute of the game, Herrera passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle from the right. Dos Santos immediately started the goalkeeper and scored a goal. Just as Dos Santos was celebrating his goal , the linesman raised the flag to indicate offside, and the goal was ruled invalid. However, judging from the replay, Dos Santos was not offside when Herrera passed the ball. This was definitely a good goal. Dos Santos died unjustly!

After the Japanese referee Nishimura Yuichi gave Brazil a penalty kick in the opening game, the referee made another major mistake in the second game of this World Cup. England star Lineker also blasted: " The referee's performance in this World Cup was terrible. Dos Santos was definitely not offside. It was a good goal."

In the 29th minute of the game, Mexico took a corner kick from the left into the penalty area and Eno headed the ball to clear the ball. After a while, Dos Santos scored a header from close range during the melee in front of the goal, but just as Dos Santos was celebrating his goal, the assistant referee once again signaled that the goal was invalid! Judging from the slow motion, there is no problem with Dos Santos' goal! This is an absolute misjudgment! Dos Santos scored two good goals today, but they were both ruined by the referee's misjudgments!

The referee made consecutive major mistakes and blew away two good goals from Dos Santos. BBC commentator Savage couldn't help complaining: "What on earth are these referees doing? I think this linesman should be kicked out." I really don’t understand the World Cup. This ball didn’t make contact with the goalkeeper and it wasn’t offside. How could it be called off? This is definitely a big joke!”