I feel like the Keeper may have gone a bit of a hand on that goal from the throw in, very hard to tell though and certainly inconclusive from the footage.
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100%. Couple of local teams post clips on Insta but nothing worse than that round here. You're on a hiding to nothing, whether you have a good game or (as in this case) a bit of a shocker.
As an aside, it was great to hear the manager at half time berating his team for whinging at the ref and threatening to sub players off if they didn't get on with it and their players actually appear to behave pretty well all things considered.
The narrator/player does call the referee biased on two occasions (one during commentary, one at the end).
The penalty award and the retake are clearly wrong, encroachment would have been supportable before the law change but not now.
For the penalty appeal there is contact as the attacker checks back but I'm not convinced there is enough to take him down like that. The throw-in certainly looks like it went straight in, be interesting to know how the discussion between referee and AR went.
For the penalty appeal there is contact as the attacker checks back but I'm not convinced there is enough to take him down like that. The throw-in certainly looks like it went straight in, be interesting to know how the discussion between referee and AR went.
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Sounds like the complaints are disagreements of fact (e.g., did the GK touch it, was there enough involvement for an encroachment call.). But appeals have to be based on Law errors, not factual errors, no matter how egregious. If the R says the GK touched the ball, then as far as an appeal, panel is concerned, the GK touched the ball. Doesn’t matter if the ball was a foot away from him.
Surprised the protest wasn't accepted over that penalty retake which isn't really justifiable in law.
I think the Blue should have gone for grabbing the neck when there was a red for second yellow at 23:00
Side note: How does a "football youtuber" not know the sin bin yellow law change by now?
Side note: How does a "football youtuber" not know the sin bin yellow law change by now?
'Referee, why did you award a retake of the penalty?'
'Because the goalkeeper was off his line when the ball was kicked'
Wrong, but not wrong in law now... Start replaying games over incorrect decisions and you're on a slippery slope.
Especially when he seemed to know the penalty kick encroachment law change
It's an interesting video. The standard of football being played looks above Sunday league (in terms of the skill level - guess is most of these players also play saturday) and so you're going to get problems in these games where generally less experienced referees cut their teeth or more experienced refs get their Sunday morning referee fix from.
Appointers to these competitions need a greater awareness of the teams and assign an appropriate level of match official to be able to deal with the expects standard of football and the additional scrutiny that comes with these YouTube teams.
That said he might be appropriate level and he may of just had a bad day at the office.
Appointers to these competitions need a greater awareness of the teams and assign an appropriate level of match official to be able to deal with the expects standard of football and the additional scrutiny that comes with these YouTube teams.
That said he might be appropriate level and he may of just had a bad day at the office.
Agree, but if he said it was encroachment by defenders that would definitely be incorrect in law and grounds for a replay. Pretty sure that is what he gave it for and the AR was telling him the keeper wasn't off the line.
Oh I agree. He's almost certainly got it wrong in law, but if he realised this after the event and was asked for comment, as soon as he said he ordered the retake for the goalkeeper, even though it's a wrong decision, it's no longer wrong in law.
I suspect that is giving him way too much credit. I would put money on him not being aware that the law was changed, so when asked about it he would almost certainly dig his own grave. It looks like both ARs tried to bail him out on two of the decisions and he chose to ignore their advice, I'd have very little confidence of him answering questions from the discipline department competently.
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Maybe…
With regard to whether the keeper touched the throw in before the ball entering the goal:
What is the safe option here - goal awarded or goal kick?
Who gets the benefit of the doubt?
There isn’t really a ‘safe option’ because you’re either risking allowing a goal you shouldn’t be or disallowing a legitimate goal.
But I’d agree, if I wasn’t certain I’d seen a touch from the keeper I’d go with the goal kick