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.

在英格蘭對德國的比賽中，在上半場蘭帕德的一腳射門擊中對方大門橫梁下沿，反彈越過了球門線，之后又彈了出來，原本已經把比分改寫為2-2平，但裁判們并沒有看到這粒進球，比分仍舊是1-2。此后德國乘勝追擊，以4-1擊敗英格蘭，晉級四分之一決賽。

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.

在阿根廷對墨西哥的比賽中，裁判誤判了阿根廷的一個明顯的越位，特維斯頭球破門，讓阿根廷在開場便保持1-0的領先優勢。最終，阿根廷以3-1晉級。

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

布拉特對英格蘭和墨西哥表示歉意，還稱國際足聯已經在就如何提高判罰準確度和加強對比賽控制進行商討研究。