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How long to go ref?

raf83

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Level 7 Referee
Had a team today who asked me how long is left? I said 30 seconds. So they sent all their team up for the corner including keeper and scored. Left me wondering, had I given them a ‘free hit’ to get the winning goal? Felt a bit unfair they could put all players in the oppo box in the knowledge there wouldn’t be enough time for the other team to counter and score.
 
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I have been working on saying a minimum of...

Then if a team is being pushy in extra time for the game to end, I'll often say things like: "I said a minimum of three minutes, but you're holding up the game so I am stopping the watch everytime"

Not sure how experienced you are @raf83 but I often want the game to end, as it gets dangerous towards the end.
 
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