Friday, 10 April 2015

DON'T STEP INSIDE THE BOX

Refereeing decisions are constantly in the news and this little number from the Womens' European Championships qualifier in Belfast is a beauty. Have a read of this Times account and look at the video in the Mirror, and see if you think that because an English player entered the penalty area before the ENGLISH penalty kick was taken, that the kick should be re-taken. The English players were seeking to gain an advantage; even the penalty taker was playing mind games by tying her hair back before her run up!

Why not award an indirect to the defending team, who were not seeking to gain an advantage? (Well not as much as the English).

If only a defending player stepped into the box before the kick was taken, clearly seeking to gain an advantage, anticipating rebounds, then retake it!

This issue seems small fry compared to this account of a Brazilian league match in the 1960s, when a goal was controversially disallowed. An irate fan ran onto the pitch and knocked out the ref; another supporter invaded the pitch and stabbed the first fan, and then a third fan came on a shot the second fan.  

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