I've been waiting for this to happen since the law changed! I'm so happy right now lolMartinez booked during penalty shootout after being booked in normal time. Cue the pandemonium when he isn’t sent off
If ever there was a law designed with a specific player in mind...Also, are we at all surprised that Emi Martinez was the one to finally receive a yellow in normal time and in a penalty shootout?
TNT have now uploaded the full penalty shootout ().
I particularly love the commentary at end (starting at 13:38).
"He escaped by a tiny, tiny fraction of the law of yellow card, red card from being sent off".
Must admit the "law of yellow card, red card" is a new one on me .
It never fails to amuse me how little, pretty much all football stakeholders (apart from referees), know about the LotG.
In fairness, it's a law that very rarely will pop up so I'm not going to critisize the commentators for not knowing(and as a fan I didn't either). I think the referee could of shown the card more clearer than he did which no doubt didn't help with the confusion but the way he talked to Luiz with his hand gestures was quite clear watching on in hindsight the referee knew the law perfectly and did all the right things.
Out of interest why were the LOTG changed to allow players to get two yellows and no red?Martinez booked during penalty shootout after being booked in normal time. Cue the pandemonium when he isn’t sent off
I openly admit I am guessing here, but KFTPM don't count as being part of the game, so sanctions don't apply?Out of interest why were the LOTG changed to allow players to get two yellows and no red?
I vaguely remember it was related to encroachment becoming a mandatory caution, they were worried that KFTPM would become farcical with keepers getting sent off. Might be totally wrong on that thoughOut of interest why were the LOTG changed to allow players to get two yellows and no red?
Not quite got him off the hook. The caution might not have counted as a second one, but it does count as a caution so he is now out of the semi-final for receiving three cautions. So at least some level of karma.Martinez..... green light to misbehave during the shootout that determines the outcome of the game.
So regardless he would have been suspended! The commentators need not moan.Not quite got him off the hook. The caution might not have counted as a second one, but it does count as a caution so he is now out of the semi-final for receiving three cautions. So at least some level of karma.
The people playing and commenting on the game should know the laws though. Despite this, I agree. I've only had to do this once in a friendly that was more heated than it should have been, and for some reason had a penalty shootout. To make my life easier, once the card was in my hands, cue the shouting, I calmly explained before I showed the card that the player would not be sent off. Unsurprisingly, it stopped very quickly.I think the referee could of shown the card more clearer
I think it might have been the direct cause because in one match a keeper got booked for doing this, and then as a result didn't even attempt to move on the other penalties. In the next round they removed the mandatory caution iirc.They suspended cautions for coming off the line during shoot-outs at the women's world cup. That tournament probably one of the majority instigators of the later changes