Incident today where Green 9 was shielding the ball out of play and his flailing arm caught yellow in the face. I awarded the free kick to yellow and called over green for a chat, and at the time I deemed it careless so I just told him to be careful.
i then had a chat with the yellow captain who was annoyed about the decision, and then I heard green 9 say to his team mate ‘I did it on purpose, he deserved it’ which a few yellow players heard him say and started complaining to me. In my mind, I wanted to red card him for violent conduct but at the same time, I had no proof that he was specifically talking about that incident, although it was the only one he’d really been involved in. I opted for a yellow and went down the route of adopting an aggressive attitude but even that I’m caught in 2 minds about. Any thoughts? There was probably around 30 seconds between my chat and the one with his team mate.
i then had a chat with the yellow captain who was annoyed about the decision, and then I heard green 9 say to his team mate ‘I did it on purpose, he deserved it’ which a few yellow players heard him say and started complaining to me. In my mind, I wanted to red card him for violent conduct but at the same time, I had no proof that he was specifically talking about that incident, although it was the only one he’d really been involved in. I opted for a yellow and went down the route of adopting an aggressive attitude but even that I’m caught in 2 minds about. Any thoughts? There was probably around 30 seconds between my chat and the one with his team mate.