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well it wasn't so much a foul, because Giggs was already on full speed and couldn't have stopped even if he wanted to. But the fact remains that Cech had the ball saved before the line and then was pushed over it by Giggs' sliding, possibly with the ball all the way over it or not. It looked like it was over it from that second replay, but there's no way the referee could've seen that.
I think it's fair to treat it as he did (Cech saved the ball, so game continues) but he could've also given a free kick I'd say. Surely counting it as a goal would've been the worst decision. Not that I wouldn't like to have seen a Man U goal though. I didn't care much about who was going to win it, but even after the 1-0 I was still hoping for penalties because I didn't really think the game deserved a winner.
Besides, Van der Sar needs all the practice on penalties he can get because that's not really one of his qualities.
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