A ref doesn't have the luxury of slo mo replays.Penalty? - Definitely, rarely seen such little protest from an offending player/team.
DOGSO? - When I saw this for the first time, at real speed, I thought that the attacking player (and the ball) were heading well into the corner and that, had he not been fouled, then the angle would have been too tight for me to consider that he had an obvious goal scoring opportunity. From the slow motion replay the angle doesn't seem as tight as I first thought and perhaps the attacking player could have scored.
A ref doesn't have the luxury of slo mo replays.
Phew! Was beginning to think I was alone .Exactly, so on that basis I would have taken the same actiona s the referee did.
If you delete the foul from the incident? Then where would the GK be? In a position to save the shot, perhaps. Or if there was no foul, what about a caution for simulation?If you delete the foul from the incident. He would of maintained possession of the ball then had the opportunity to cut in and tap the ball into an empty net.
If you delete the foul from the incident? Then where would the GK be? In a position to save the shot, perhaps. Or if there was no foul, what about a caution for simulation?
Okay, I was having a bit of fun with you but it's a serious question therefore, I'll answer seriously.If he wasn't fouled and the keeper missed him, he would of stayed in possession of the ball and had a shot into an empty net.
Spinning this back to you. If the keeper was on his line and that were a defender who made that challenge with the keeper on his line it would still be DOGSO challenge. The keeper potentially being on his line is irrelevant. It's the opportunity to score and having a shot at goal which has been taken away.
In my opinion, this can't be classed as a DOGSO, despite all comments about the players ability to score from that angle. Under law 12, S5 is "denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick". On this example, the final touch of the player before the foul, makes it certainly not a DOGSO, purely because the direction of the ball, is going closer to the corner flag than it is to the goal. It is irrelevant what the player can do from certain angles, we have to make a decision based on the law definition of an obvious goal scoring opportunity, not what we think the player may be able to do.