Man City v Shaktar Donetsk
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spuddy1878
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There is one refereeing career over.
Two things.
Can either the assistant or the statue behind the goal not see this and help out, maybe (trying to defend the ref) he was unsighted.
Secondly its not a dive from Sterling as a few suggesting on twitter.
Two things.
Can either the assistant or the statue behind the goal not see this and help out, maybe (trying to defend the ref) he was unsighted.
Secondly its not a dive from Sterling as a few suggesting on twitter.
Poor positioning. Looking down barrel of a gun, with no angle, but not un-sighted I dont think.
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spuddy1878
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He should be closer and more importantly 10 yards wider and then he cant make that mistake.
Still think the assistant (cant see his position) should be level (ish) with Sterling and assistant behind the goal who was probably on his phone.
Still think the assistant (cant see his position) should be level (ish) with Sterling and assistant behind the goal who was probably on his phone.
I'm sure the Citee brigade will be on in a bit defending it!!!
spuddy1878
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You're not suggesting hes tried to con the referee are you ?
It's a horrible error, but what is the AAR doing? He has got a clear side on view of that, as arguably has the senior assistant.
I have some sympathy with Kassai as he was too much directly behind the play with no angle, but that is one of the worst ever penalty decisions and he will carry the can. He needed rescuing by his team mates and for whatever reason they didn't. That either means he says he doesn't want any help on penalties on his side of the pitch, in which case he only has himself to blame, or the AAR had nodded off.
I have some sympathy with Kassai as he was too much directly behind the play with no angle, but that is one of the worst ever penalty decisions and he will carry the can. He needed rescuing by his team mates and for whatever reason they didn't. That either means he says he doesn't want any help on penalties on his side of the pitch, in which case he only has himself to blame, or the AAR had nodded off.
I suspect he was lulled into a false sense of security by a one sided game and switched off. Also think that whilst he was once one of the golden lights of FIFA refereeing, he has been on the wane for a while now and is nowhere near his previous very high standards. This incident might well signal the end of his FIFA career, but I still think he has been badly let down by his colleagues.
Perhaps, but even at grassroots a player making a bee line for the area is a key sign that I need to be getting wide. Inexcusable here
CapnBloodbeard
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AAR and AR should be intervening.. What has gone wrong in the process?
Peter Grove
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Not unheard of perhaps but against the provisions in the Laws of the Game regarding the roles of the other match officials and completely contrary to the whole rationale for having AAR's in the first place, so I would be surprised if a top-level referee would issue such an instruction.
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one
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So would I. Almost as much as seeing that given as a penalty and not overturned by any input from (A)ARs
With respect, an offside call takes milliseconds, he wasn’t anywhere near offside, the Lino doesn’t become blind to any other call once the offside is OK. AR’s fault IMO, luckily it wasn’t a game changer and the dodgy deal money team shone through.
