Then we're arguing about nothing because England would not have been able to review the no-call which resulted in them losing the goal against Germany.
Well, I'm not arguing for challenges as I don't think it would work in soccer. I'm simply explaining how challenges work in the NFL, and if those same rules were applied in soccer, how they wouldn't stop "action."
Whatever problems exist with officiating in soccer seem to be fixable with goal-line tech or an extra pair of eyes with equal power to the center ref.
That's not how it actually works, nor is that how it's happened in any game. The fourth official indicates the minimum amount of stoppage time to be added. The center ref may add more for goals/injuries/substitutions which occur in added time, and he should not end the game/half when a team is on a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Again you're making a mountain out of a mole hill because you don't understand what's going on, whereas 5 billion people in the world could easily tell you within five seconds either way when the game/half will be ended by the ref.
fair enough, but I mention this b/c the announcer (Ian Blacke I remember), is often going along during stoppage time with phrases like this: "Well, let's see if the ref is going to blow his whistle..." or "The Ghanans are calling for the ref to end the game, wondering why it's still going on..." etc.
I comment only on what I see and this is why I ask. If it seems that the announcers of the games (the type of people that have been watching soccer at least as long as anyone on ATOT) as well as, maybe, players on the field can't predict how many seconds are
really left in the game...then how is it that 5 billion other people in the world know better than I do when the game is supposed to end?