Belgium - Iran

Archer said:

That's just the default when you live in Charleroi.

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They are all either very inexperienced football spectators or children or numpties though. I don't celebrate much in life, but if I had been born a lot less grumpy, I'd like to think I had the few dozen brain cells needed to realize that unless the goal is clearly uncontentious, the busy bodies in the deathly shipping container hundreds of miles away are immediately looking for the forensics needed to spoil my day Grrrr

I’ve only just seen the sending off. I have to say that he touched him slightly. He went down like a bag of spanners and I actually thing it’s a dive.
I know I’ll will get criticised for this view, but it’s a booking for a dive for me.

The bigger issue I had with the DOGSO is that SO MUCH was being let go in that game, then you get pretty marginal contact whistled for a foul that has to be DOGSO based on circumstances.

Soft contact but smart from the attacker and ref has no choice - at this level. At 0-0 in grassroots you might make a different decision.

santa sangria said:

Soft contact but smart from the attacker and ref has no choice - at this level. At 0-0 in grassroots you might make a different decision.

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Agreed. I also add daft from the defender giving referee a decision to make.
The attacker couldn't care less being labelled a diver or a cheat if he can get an opponent sent off.
The ref is dammed if does and dammed if he doesn't.

On the feining of the injury.... I'll post it in another thread.