I had a game on the weekend (Blue vs Red). Blue made a very bad challenge on red and a foul was given, I cautioned as a result and then instantly knew I should have gone for red - lesson learnt on that one.
The player still protested over a yellow and was clear;y very angry - he later kept complaining about decisions and all so could have sin-binned him but after speaking to him he cut it out. When we were both walking back ready for a goal kick, he was about 5-10m away and did not take his eyes off me once. I think he was trying to intimidate me as he knew that I had seen what he was doing and continued. He then shouted, "You okay?" in a confrontational way rather than a genuine concern. Looking back I probably should have cautioned him for adopting an aggressive attitude but in all fairness, he was a big guy and I am only a small 17 year old. I felt too scared to stop play and call him over about his attitude since it was aggressive towards me.
I feel like because he spent most the game trying to intimidate me and as a result I was too scared to give the decision, I let the red team down as i was not in control, what should I have done differently in order to prevent this and at what point is it that i am okay to abandon the match?
The player still protested over a yellow and was clear;y very angry - he later kept complaining about decisions and all so could have sin-binned him but after speaking to him he cut it out. When we were both walking back ready for a goal kick, he was about 5-10m away and did not take his eyes off me once. I think he was trying to intimidate me as he knew that I had seen what he was doing and continued. He then shouted, "You okay?" in a confrontational way rather than a genuine concern. Looking back I probably should have cautioned him for adopting an aggressive attitude but in all fairness, he was a big guy and I am only a small 17 year old. I felt too scared to stop play and call him over about his attitude since it was aggressive towards me.
I feel like because he spent most the game trying to intimidate me and as a result I was too scared to give the decision, I let the red team down as i was not in control, what should I have done differently in order to prevent this and at what point is it that i am okay to abandon the match?