Scenario: The blue team are attacking and there is a challenge on the half way line, I play on as I didn't see too much wrong at the time and the ball gets hit towards the corner. While the ball is moving I notice the 2 players on the half way line squaring up and confronting one another as the blue team has taken exception to the tackle. Que some minor pushing followed by the blue player petulantly kicking the other player as he goes to run past while the ball is still in play.
Here's where I went wrong:
1) I should have given the free kick to the blue team or at the least played advantage
2) I felt like I had to do something for the kick out (very minor, more like a tap of the ankles) but didn't deem it to be a red for violent conduct although I was asked after the game why it wasn't a red. I put the caution through for adopting an aggressive attitude
3) I struggled with the restart, I had to stop the game once they were confronting one another (I had CAR's). In the end I brought it back for a blue free kick on the half way line on the basis that the blue player was impeded. I don't think this was correct in law, in hindsight I wonder if I should have dropped the ball for the team in possession in the corner. It was a difficult one as I had to try and keep an eye on both the ball and the confrontation to my right hand side (perhaps I should have had a wider view too). At the time my priority was stopping the confrontation before it could escalate (which I did), but it affected my ability to correctly restart the game.
Before that the game was going very well but this flash point ended up being a key match incident as the blue team smashed the ball forward from the free kick and the keeper fumbled it leading to a goal. The other team also said they wasn't ready for the restart either and had too many players pushed forward.
This was an unusual situation but it must have looked extremely messy and I felt like I became a bit unstuck and let my inexperience show. It also got in my head and for the next 5-10 mins I was thinking about it instead of getting it out of my head and moving on.
Here's where I went wrong:
1) I should have given the free kick to the blue team or at the least played advantage
2) I felt like I had to do something for the kick out (very minor, more like a tap of the ankles) but didn't deem it to be a red for violent conduct although I was asked after the game why it wasn't a red. I put the caution through for adopting an aggressive attitude
3) I struggled with the restart, I had to stop the game once they were confronting one another (I had CAR's). In the end I brought it back for a blue free kick on the half way line on the basis that the blue player was impeded. I don't think this was correct in law, in hindsight I wonder if I should have dropped the ball for the team in possession in the corner. It was a difficult one as I had to try and keep an eye on both the ball and the confrontation to my right hand side (perhaps I should have had a wider view too). At the time my priority was stopping the confrontation before it could escalate (which I did), but it affected my ability to correctly restart the game.
Before that the game was going very well but this flash point ended up being a key match incident as the blue team smashed the ball forward from the free kick and the keeper fumbled it leading to a goal. The other team also said they wasn't ready for the restart either and had too many players pushed forward.
This was an unusual situation but it must have looked extremely messy and I felt like I became a bit unstuck and let my inexperience show. It also got in my head and for the next 5-10 mins I was thinking about it instead of getting it out of my head and moving on.