[stainlessbanner]

Generally if a tackle gets the ball, it's not a foul, even if hard contact is made. In this case the Frenchman got the ball, but the ref called a foul. Ref might have been influenced by a little Portugese drama.

Other fouls include tackling with cleats up, a high-kick/dangerous play, or a tackle without getting the ball (ie. hammering the player)

[Moose4]

OK, that explains it. It was two-footed, and Saha came in with his cleats up rather high. Thanks all! I'll learn a few things about soccer yet, just in time to forget it all until 2010. :)

Quite an ending to that game, even if the Portugese player was offside.

}:-)4