Hi all, just looking for a discussion on a match incident from the weekend.
Lofted through ball, going to the left winger near the corner/wing (so definitely not DOGSO) and the CB deliberately tried to stop the ball with his hand. The ball hit his arm but carried on to the winger, so I played advantage and the winger almost scored.
My question is, would you caution the defender? My choice on the day was not to give a caution, as it would be for 'stopping a promising attack', which it ultimately didn't. The wingers' manager was a referee observer and didn't say I got it wrong too. After checking LOTG it states - a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour including if a player: handles the ball to interfere with or stop a promising attack - so now I'm thinking a caution should have been given. In the grand scheme of things, people accepted my explanation and were happy with it.
What are your thoughts?
Lofted through ball, going to the left winger near the corner/wing (so definitely not DOGSO) and the CB deliberately tried to stop the ball with his hand. The ball hit his arm but carried on to the winger, so I played advantage and the winger almost scored.
My question is, would you caution the defender? My choice on the day was not to give a caution, as it would be for 'stopping a promising attack', which it ultimately didn't. The wingers' manager was a referee observer and didn't say I got it wrong too. After checking LOTG it states - a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour including if a player: handles the ball to interfere with or stop a promising attack - so now I'm thinking a caution should have been given. In the grand scheme of things, people accepted my explanation and were happy with it.
What are your thoughts?