Cup final for me on Thursday, late on in the first half, a goal was scored to put the team ahead, the goal scorer celebrated with his team, diving to ground with a teammate who grabbed the goalscorer’s shirt, causing it to come off.
In the moment I concluded that this wasn’t an accident and a caution for the goal scorer was the correct action to take, however this was not without protest.
My question is, was it correct to caution the goalscorer, or should I have cautioned his teammate who took the shirt off him, also, if the teammate didn’t intend to take the goalscorer’s shirt off of him, is it still a cautionable offence?
In the moment I concluded that this wasn’t an accident and a caution for the goal scorer was the correct action to take, however this was not without protest.
My question is, was it correct to caution the goalscorer, or should I have cautioned his teammate who took the shirt off him, also, if the teammate didn’t intend to take the goalscorer’s shirt off of him, is it still a cautionable offence?