MUNICH -- Two years ago at Euro 2004 Swiss referee Urs Meier received death threats after disallowing Sol Campbell's potentially winning "goal" for England against Portugal because of a foul by John Terry, a subjective decision but one to which video evidence gives credence.
At the 2006 World Cup finals the now retired Meier is working as a television pundit, and on Thursday night the German TV program he appears on highlighted a foul by England's Peter Crouch on Brent Sancho, the Trinidad and Tobago defender, as he headed the opening goal in the 83rd minute of its 2-0 win. This correspondent wondered at the time why the Gillingham player did not challenge as Crouch headed the ball past Shaka Hislop.