This past weekend I refereed a good cup tie between two well matched teams. It had all the signs of being 0-0, extra time and penalties until I awarded the home team a penalty with 7 minutes left. Attacking player in the corner of the penalty area, going nowhere when a defender came towards him, raised both hands and just shoved him flat on his back. You really had to be there to understand how blatant it was. Cue mayhem from the defending team players and coaches but all directed towards the offending player rather than myself. Home team scored the penalty and won 1-0. I've never awarded a penalty which was so universally accepted, the losing team could even had a laugh about it after the match.