He’s a stockier Djimi Traore.
That’s harsh.
Djimi was genuinely afflicted by bad luck.
He’s a stockier Djimi Traore.
Who says he wouldn’t have scored from the subsequent corner anyway?
Was it deliberate in your view?Not sure the relevance of that to smacking someone in the face.
having watched it carefully again, its not far off violent conduct. It is striking an opponent, in the face, it lacks brutality. but, just.
Was it deliberate in your view?
Do you mean Champion’s League winner, Djimi Traore?That’s harsh.
Djimi was genuinely afflicted by bad luck.
The VAR protocol does permit going back to sanction VC, spitting, biting, and OFFINABUS even if a restart takes place. (I read that as permitting the red card, not changing any restart.) And Law 5 permits going back if an AR/4O was trying to tell the R of misconduct before the restart takes place (which I read as the restart not actually taking place, so a different restart could be given if the offense was while the ball was in play Before the restart).Deliberateness is certainly a factor for VC where striking to the head or face is the VC. If it was a deliberate strike to the head it would need to have been of only negligible force to avoid a send off for VC.
From your description it doesn't sound negligible.
VAR protocol is a problem though. How do they go back for VC which occured momentarily before a restart if the restart is in fact taken? They should probably have a little clause which allows them to go back for events which occur so close to a restart that there was no time for a check before the restart.
Deliberateness is certainly a factor for VC where striking to the head or face is the VC. If it was a deliberate strike to the head it would need to have been of only negligible force to avoid a send off for VC.
From your description it doesn't sound negligible.
VAR protocol is a problem though. How do they go back for VC which occured momentarily before a restart if the restart is in fact taken? They should probably have a little clause which allows them to go back for events which occur so close to a restart that there was no time for a check before the restart.
Looking at it, the contact looks more than negligible to me.
Either way, going frame by frame it seems that the ball is in play at the point of contact! Just a run of the mill foul leading to a goal. Anyway, not much can be done now