Varanes left leg makes contact with dele allis right leg causing the collision of dele's leg. I think there might also be some connection on the heels.
France v England, Penalty 46th minute
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Varanes left leg makes contact with dele allis right leg causing the collision of dele's leg. I think there might also be some connection on the heels.
santa sangria
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Thanks for that!
Pen. Red card. Dire midfield. Cahill looked champo. We need a whole new midfield. Someone buy Wilshire already!
I understand the 'Letter of the Law' stuff but at the end of the day football pays our wages at all levels. People pay good money to see 22 footballer perform and not a referee on a mission to ruin a friendly spectacle. We are a mere bastion of seeing fair play and the institutors of Dem Laws...Whilst this isn't wrong at all in Dem Laws we have to be careful that this VAR jolly becomes a view piece for everything and anything that isn't plain and simple. Things slowed down always look worse!. The U20s championship recently players were already making the square sign to pressure referees to look at something, this wants nipping in the bud NOW before it gets like US football and the fans vote with their feet and we'll all be out on our backsides. Friendlies are different, hopefully relaxed, more 'friendly' as the name suggests and I'm sure a bit of common sense could have prevailed and 22 men would have continued...Cue the Weekend Warriors revolt!!!
Without knowing how experienced you are, I don't want to comment too deeply, but this is an attitude taht has absolutely NEVER worked for me. Some of the worst matches I've ever had are down to me going in thinking it's only a "friendly", delaying getting the cards out as a result and letting the players get right on top of me. I would always advise new referees to avoid thinking of them as "friendlies", as that attitude will only ever get you into difficulty.
Peter Grove
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So many things here that were/are not as per the VAR protocol.
The players seemed confused at first as to what was going on and I have to say I was wondering too - all because the referee did not follow the protocol, which says:
Covered by the protocol:
Again, all they have to do is follow the instructions in the protocol:
Not allowed according to the protocol and would violate perhaps the most important principle underlying the Laws of the Game - that the referee is the sole judge of facts concerned with play. Once again, the protocol makes several important points clear in this regard:
The most important principle in all this (and that some people seem to be confused over) is that the VAR is not allowed to make any decisions, they are only there to offer advice/information and the final decision still rests with the referee.
If they want to take the proverbial then we have tools to sort them out however i feel we should always have the ability to step back a bit from the intricacies if the LOTG in certain situations. Yes, friendlies can go mental, any game can, I've sent off 3 from the same team in one however many pre-season or charity games etc can easily be refereed with a lesser degree on being pedantic or holier than thou as long as they don't abuse your kind nature and play up.
There are 100s of examples of top refs allowing flexibility on friendlies don't pretend it never happens.
@Peter Grove Protocol needs to change. That would be the only way to stop the referee running off the field.
The France and England game just goes to show how the system should work. The referee makes a decision based on the facts... the facts (that this was a red card offence) can be seen time and time again on a replay and certainly doesn't take much to work out the action to take. You have a referee on the side of the pitch who is part of your team... be a part of a team and allow those colleagues to help you make decisions. There is no teamwork involved in using VAR when the referee has to run off the field to view an incident, particularly when there is a colleague who is perfectly capable of making a decsion on the sidelines (who the match referee has to run past get to the monitor).
The France and England game just goes to show how the system should work. The referee makes a decision based on the facts... the facts (that this was a red card offence) can be seen time and time again on a replay and certainly doesn't take much to work out the action to take. You have a referee on the side of the pitch who is part of your team... be a part of a team and allow those colleagues to help you make decisions. There is no teamwork involved in using VAR when the referee has to run off the field to view an incident, particularly when there is a colleague who is perfectly capable of making a decsion on the sidelines (who the match referee has to run past get to the monitor).
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Sure. And I'm saying that this logic clearly hasn't been used her as it's all done by the book, and whenever I've tried to use that logic in real life, it's always worked badly for me.
Apply the laws as written and you're on safe ground. Make up variations because it's a "friendly" and you're making a rod for your own back with inconsistencies and unfairness.
santa sangria
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The real test for a VAR will come with a mass confrontation. Usually we see the original offence punished but all the handbags and players running 40 yards aggressively get away without YCs. Is there any guidance or examples of this yet, what will happen when the VAR is faced with a mass con?
CapnBloodbeard
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So tell the player not to do it. He's the one who did it
