WiisardNic
Active Member
So, as I have mentioned in another post or two, I have not yet become a referee, but am looking to do so in the Australian grassroots offseason. As such, I'm sort of going through my memories of times when I've thought a referee has made the wrong call, and wanted to discuss such instances.
This was during a local first-grade game where the Home Team (Blues) defeated the Away Team (Whites) 1-0. Midway through the second half, at 0-0, Whites had a promising attack down the left flank, and just made their way into the penalty area, when Whites player on the ball was taken out on a sliding tackle by a Blues defender, who then collected the ball on the way past. The referee then sent off the Blues defender, but awarded a corner as "the ball had gone out of play".
The sending off would make sense if it was an off the ball incident, but it was an on-the-ball challenge, so seemed like it should have been a penalty, yeah? (Or DFK if it was just outside the penalty area)
This was during a local first-grade game where the Home Team (Blues) defeated the Away Team (Whites) 1-0. Midway through the second half, at 0-0, Whites had a promising attack down the left flank, and just made their way into the penalty area, when Whites player on the ball was taken out on a sliding tackle by a Blues defender, who then collected the ball on the way past. The referee then sent off the Blues defender, but awarded a corner as "the ball had gone out of play".
The sending off would make sense if it was an off the ball incident, but it was an on-the-ball challenge, so seemed like it should have been a penalty, yeah? (Or DFK if it was just outside the penalty area)