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While it depends on how you define trifling. The one I saw was a clear kick on the leg and the player fell. On the other hand I don't think the attacking player stood a chance to get the ball first because ball was a bit further away from him. You can think of it as an off the ball offence and...

That makes sense and is what I am doing now. But honestly I am currently in such a stage, as I gaining experiences I am able to see more things on the pitch, but more and more I find it difficult to sell my decisions if it goes against the player expectations. If you follow most of the fouls the...

I had this very interesting event yesterday. I gave a penalty against the away team. The home striker was in the box. He make a turn close to the goal line, dribbled the ball backward about 2 - 3 yards away a bit too further and I believe he would have lose control without this foul. However...

Oh is it only me that feeling the ref was too lenient towards Madrid... 1. 7:55' Vinicius bumped, pushed, stepped on Kimmich and only got a talking to. 2. 34:43' Ludiger blatant pushed Bayern, foul given against Gnabry for a little push from behind. 3.. 32'07 Valverde stepped on Laimer's foot...

ok guys thanks for the comments. Let's answer this question: would you give it in a county league game? My answer is a YES. I've given many many fouls softer than this, especially when a striker fouled a defender. From what I can feel this is what expected by the players at the county league level.

Let me amend a picture. DCL's hand clearly hit Yoro's face before any bodily contact. I've seen many examples from UEFA refereeing examples, any slap on the face will be considered a foul and possibly a booking any a decent amount of force.

Look at Martinez's fingers, they didn't fully clench. Also note that DCL's hand slapped on Martinez's face before that. So in my view it was a reactionary aborted hair pulling attempt, very loose pulling, I wouldn't give it a red, but one yellow for each of DCL and Martinez.

Before the first goal was scored, when contesting for the aerial ball, Leeds striker's arm clearly hit Yoro's face and impacted Yoro's ability to clear the ball. If it is in a county league I would assume players will appeal for it hardly. Why the ref didn't give it and Yoro made no attempt to...

Sorry for starting this controversial topic, but in the case that makes me starting this question, it happened just minutes into the game, I had no idea whether the CAR is doggy or fit and diligent. How about we focus on the situation?

In my recent 10 adult games I issued 4 sibins, 2 of them being in one game and in the same instance. Is it too much? Does it imply I am not managing the game well? Glad to hear your experiences.

Talking to? Sinbin? Red for OFFINABUS? If it is towards an regular AR, I would consider it as a strait red, but what if it is towards a club assistant, especially when they have just made a controversial decision like offside?

What I have been doing is whenever I see a player lying on the ground and it is not a promising attack, I stop play to check the status of the player and then restart with a drop ball. Should I modify this behaviour to only stop on obvious serious injury?

Say a player suffers from cramping, ref stops the play, one of the teammates comes and stretches his/her leg to help with the recovery, do you consider it a kind of treatment and asks the player to leave and re-enter? The typical case would be that a physio comes in to asses and/or treat the...

Yes exactly. I didn't intend to play advantage. The best choice in retrospect is just to blow the whistle immediately, I am sure of that, it was a clear foul. It's not an intentional 'wait and see' either, it's the fact that the striker rising up instead of falling off the ground made me...

There was this match when a striker was fouled in the box and he was falling to the ground. I was going to give the penalty. I've already put my whistle in my mouth. However, the striker hold up in the last minute, rose from a near crouching position, dribbled several step, made a shot and the...