the 2000 africa cup of nations final between nigeria and cameroon had already been scarred by a similar howler while the world watched agog five years later as a pedro mendez effort which crossed the line at old trafford was incredibly missed by all the officials despite keeper roy carroll ending up tangled in the rigging .
it took lampard 's ruled-out effort in bloemfontein , with the ball being clearly a yard over manuel neuer 's line in the last-16 match .