In the first match, England's Frank Lampard would have tied the score at 2-all before half-time, but officials did not see his shot bounce across the goal line and rebound out after hitting under the crossbar. The score remained 2-1 and Germany went on to win 4-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

在英格兰对德国的比赛中，在上半场兰帕德的一脚射门击中对方大门横梁下沿，反弹越过了球门线，之后又弹了出来，原本已经把比分改写为2-2平，但裁判们并没有看到这粒进球，比分仍旧是1-2。此后德国乘胜追击，以4-1击败英格兰，晋级四分之一决赛。

In the second game, officials missed a clear offside against Argentina's Carlos Tevez whose header gave his team an early 1-0 lead over Mexico. The Argentines won 3-1 and also advanced.

在阿根廷对墨西哥的比赛中，裁判误判了阿根廷的一个明显的越位，特维斯头球破门，让阿根廷在开场便保持1-0的领先优势。最终，阿根廷以3-1晋级。

Blatter said he apologized to England and Mexico and that FIFA was already studying how to improve refereeing or match control.

布拉特对英格兰和墨西哥表示歉意，还称国际足联已经在就如何提高判罚准确度和加强对比赛控制进行商讨研究。