As for the game itself it turned out to be an exciting affair, the Niners coming back from a huge deficit only to botch a set of downs at the goal line and lose.
This was not the home debut of dreams and Montella was flapping his arms on the halfway line in frustration at the goal conceded by his new team-mates.
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On the back of the furore surrounding the incident, Fifa met at Cape Town to consider goal-line technology and extra referees at the World Cup.
Flinders in the Falkirk goal then flapped at a cross under pressure from the Inverness front line, but no striker was on hand to take advantage.
Those failures prompted the Blues to opt for a line-out instead of a shot at goal the next time they had the option.
Beattie was dispossessed on the edge of his own penalty area and the ball eventually found its way to O'Neil who blasted at goal only for Ashley Williams to clear off the line.
K. Subban dished the puck from the point to Galchenyuk behind the goal line, and the rookie passed it to Eller, who scored at 19:34 from in the right circle.
Fleury somehow managed to close his pads and keep the puck an inch short of the goal line even as Nash jabbed at it.
And as United pressed at the very end of the game, it took goal-line clearances from Ashley Cole and Andriy Shevchenko to deny first Cristiano Ronaldo and then Darren Fletcher and ensure Chelsea claimed a vital three points.
Elias set up the goal by skating around Isles defenseman Mark Streit at the blue line to set up an odd-man rush.
The Flyers fumbled the puck at the blue line, and Hecht capitalized with a short-handed goal to make it 3-2.
Utrecht skipper Silberbauer thought he had scored when he side-footed a corner at the Reds goal only for Meireles to head clear off the goal-line.
Schenn's quick swipe at a free puck just before it crossed the line for the tying goal late in the third period was enough to help the Flyers snap a three-game losing streak and beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Sunday night.
Then came the late goal drama with Rustu at fault as he unnecessarily dashed from his line allowing Modric to cross for Klasnic to head home neatly.
Dan Carter missed an early shot at goal but moments later Ma'a Nonu was driven over the line after a powerful passage of New Zealand play, and when Muliaina raced clear from halfway to score a second try after just 12 minutes, a rout looked to be on the cards.
Rangers continued to put pressure on and Olejnik saved on his goal-line after Lafferty's corner had found Boyd at the back post.
Krul was distracted by Craig Eastmond, who might have got a faint touch, as he flapped at a Bendtner header and, when Taylor tried to nod clear off the goal-line, all he managed to do was hit the ball against his keeper as it came off him and went into the home goal.
There was a similar episode at the other end when Fox allowed a pass-back to run dangerously near the goal-line before eventually clearing the ball.
Was the ball over the goal-line? (Note to German readers: maybe not at Wembley in 1966, yes in Bloemfontein in 2010.) Was that sending-off deserved, or a gross miscarriage of justice?
Tovey seized the chance and the full-back send a huge drop-goal over from the halfway line to give the Dragons a 13-3 lead at the break.
Chelsea were awarded a goal in an FA Cup semifinal against Tottenham at Wembley that was shown not to have crossed the line, while Queens Park Rangers defender Clint Hill's header against Bolton wasn't given despite being well over the line.
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Sionko almost had a second goal in the 29th minute when goalkeeper Ricardo flapped at another corner, but Joao Moutinho cleared his header off the line.
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