8 incidents that would have never happened had video technology existed

#7 Spain vs South Korea

A dejected bunch of Spanish players after the game.

After watching this game, I lost a lot of faith in the ability of humans to make the right decisions—and I was only 9-years-old back then. As Spain took on South Korea in a quest to reach the semifinal of the 2002 World Cup, they thought that the only thing standing in between them and their destination were the hosts, but how little they knew that the referee was going to be the biggest hurdle.

At first, a Spain free-kick hit Korea’s Kim Tae-Young on the back of the head before bouncing into the net. The referee perhaps thought goals like that are illegal in the game and hence disallowed it despite being a perfectly legit goal.

Then, three minutes into the extra time, Joaquin put in a perfect cross for Fernando Morientes to head in on what should have been a golden goal, but the linesman thought the ball had already crossed the line before Joaquin could cross it.

In the end, South Korea won the game on penalties, reducing the legendary Fernando Hierro to tears in an encounter that could have been so much different if technology was prevalent.