It's half an hour into a crucial Konami Cup semi final between England and Argentina and Joe Cole leads a counter attack for England. He plays a through ball to Ashley Cole but is caught doing so. The referee waves play on as he writhes in agony on the ground. Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard one twe their way around Javier Zanetti but then the Argentine disposses the left back. Gerrard wins it back with a cruching tackle but then the referee stops play. "Surely that wasn't a foul" I think and then I see an animation of several England players around Joe Cole who is then stretchered off. The camera returns to the normal game play angle as the referee has the ball in the palm of his hand in the position England had the ball before the game was stopped. He then drops it to Zanetti who passes it to England's defence while all his teammates allow the ball to run through. Now that's realism!