RefJef
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After a bit of advice over something that troubles me, happened again today on a couple of occasions, perhaps easiest to try and explain by example:
1.) player with ball at feet in congested space. Beats one player, but ball is running away from him as it ( the ball) passes another defender “rooted to the spot” - think sort of mesmerised by the pace of the game going on around him. Attacker would have expected the defender to make some sort of movement, but he hasn’t, and trips over him. I think attacker initiated contact, no foul.
2.) Player receives ball with back to goal, defender behind him. Flicks ball past defender, turns to chase ball, but “rolls over” the defender and falls to the ground. Again, I think the defender hasn’t actually moved, the pace of the game has defeated him. But my thinking is that he’s not obliged to get out the way of the attacker, so no foul.
Both incidents might have looked like fouls, but I couldn’t see any foul play, I couldn’t see how I could penalise someone for just being “rooted to the spot”.
The game was a mis-match - a Cup game, these two sides wouldn’t normally play each other (different ability levels), and the attacking side in both incidents above were just so much quicker in thought and deed than their opposition and used to playing against sides who also operate at a much higher tempo & skill level and would have anticipated their defenders moving out of the space they are running into. (They ran out comfortable 8-0 winners)
I’m just left in some doubt over those decisions above. Hard to explain, but any thoughts welcome.
1.) player with ball at feet in congested space. Beats one player, but ball is running away from him as it ( the ball) passes another defender “rooted to the spot” - think sort of mesmerised by the pace of the game going on around him. Attacker would have expected the defender to make some sort of movement, but he hasn’t, and trips over him. I think attacker initiated contact, no foul.
2.) Player receives ball with back to goal, defender behind him. Flicks ball past defender, turns to chase ball, but “rolls over” the defender and falls to the ground. Again, I think the defender hasn’t actually moved, the pace of the game has defeated him. But my thinking is that he’s not obliged to get out the way of the attacker, so no foul.
Both incidents might have looked like fouls, but I couldn’t see any foul play, I couldn’t see how I could penalise someone for just being “rooted to the spot”.
The game was a mis-match - a Cup game, these two sides wouldn’t normally play each other (different ability levels), and the attacking side in both incidents above were just so much quicker in thought and deed than their opposition and used to playing against sides who also operate at a much higher tempo & skill level and would have anticipated their defenders moving out of the space they are running into. (They ran out comfortable 8-0 winners)
I’m just left in some doubt over those decisions above. Hard to explain, but any thoughts welcome.