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There was contact on Neymar so is that enough not to give the yellow? Not enough for the foul to be given yet enough for it not to be clear simulation? Pretending to have been fouled is subjective. I would say most referees will not go with a card on contact. If the foul was not given in...

What was questioned and also doing the rounds was the fact that one player stays in the opponents half to not allow the kick off to happen until the team gets set up again.. It got lost in translation along the way.

There are offside cameras at every ground and there are two persons watching for offside. I would not be surprised if the AR got an offside shout. The ground camera shot shows the AR out of position on the header so I feel he had to get help as his view of Iran 6 was severely compromised...

The best referees are the ones that can *forget* about a decision made earlier in the game. Memory though does not allow us to be perfect referees. One expects though that having got to the top of the pile that it was NOT done by balancing decision in favour of one team. However it is not...

Hi Nothing wrong here in Law and the referee was not to know that the ball was going to be kicked back as it was. The only part that does not sit well is that the question arises in the first place. I think it is only fair that players should not expect a player that is off the field of play and...

It is clear referees have been told to ease up on yellow cards. Busacca is not a fan of cards and it is clear that referees have been told to only card for foul challenges or instances where they have little choice. FIFA do not want suspensions in the knockout stage. So far there are 52 yellows...

Hi SF We can say though that it is a huge improvement from what it was with in the past players almost level with the kicker. I would say trifling by Blue with a goal scored directly. Two maybe 3 Blues are at worst a step over the line. Very few, if any, referees including VAR are going to go...

I would have given the fouls yet I felt there had to be a reason not to. Seven or eight officials in a VAR room looking at TV feed plus their own feeds? Was it felt that Kane in both instances had got himself into these positions. On the first one Kane moves his arm over the defender first and...

My memory is not so bad http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/name/62/post/1934334/headline "" Busacca belongs to the school of thought that believes that referees need, whenever possible, to manage games through talking and psychology. A stern verbal rebuke can achieve as much as a card. The best...

MIB Do you think that VAR did not review the decision? The point I was making was how the decision was not made and that Kane started with his right arm over the top of the defenders left shoulder which was not a natural position which may have questioned the certainty of the foul. I did not say...

Some on here are too sore on the officials. It is clear that referee are instructed not to issue cards for what they would normally. One yellow card in the whole game here. There were a number of incidents that normally result in cards yet it is clear the instructions are otherwise. Some...

VAR is an assistant referee using a mic. On the penalty referee had a clear view and made the call. VAR would have looked at it and agreed with the call. Correct decision for me. Stick out a leg out into the players path and this is always going to happen even if the player has his arms above...

I recall the debate about the use of the shin in the backpass debate which after many years was clarified to only include the foot. I argued that if it looked like a kick it should be called. I still think at speed refs will struggle with a shin kick as not the use of the foot! This is somewhat...

hi Since 1994 there has been over 2000 penalty kicks in the Premier League of which 83% have been scored, 13% saved and the balance 4% missed. I would say that in most if not all of the penalties including those scored there are encroachments. So goalkeepers and player get into a habit at all...

Hi Three videos all of which are preventing release and should be penalised. Not even close to the Benzema situation

Hi Why is the Law there. To prevent challenge and release of the ball by the GK. We all have plenty of situations where the attacker runs in front of the GK on a punt or jumps up in front of the GK to prevent a throw. We penalise those and in the One example it is a foul as Benzema is then...

Hi From what I see it comes down to the difference between intercepting and preventing. From my take on it Benzema does not go towards the GK or the ball just parallel. I would say more an interception so no foul for me. Anyway I do not see any major outcry that Liverpool was done an injustice...

Hi Changes can be viewed here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGddOBkMp5Dd4_dNtfPdtiyvft6B1rsB/view Some interesting changes. The parry is now excluded as possession Throwing an object at the ball is a separate offence

Hi There is a world of difference between a ball kicked into play at a restart quickly or a corner kick taken as a feint and unsporting behaviour at a restart. My experience as I said is that the corner kick ruse is generally accompanied with unsporting verbals as in both video. It rarely...

Hi The big test is deciding if it hits the bicep or not. At pace the ball will look like it hit the upper body and deciding what it hit is never easy. The player may have made himself bigger by using his upper arm. With the arm at the side it can be a very difficult call as it will look like the...