text book circumvention.

[Ganajin]

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/...lodeiro-incident-instant-replay?autoplay=true

This is from Toronto FC and Montreal yesterday. at 1.27 It would be hard to find a clearer example of a player using trickery to circumvent the "back pass" rule (and I know that's merely a layman's term). And here, the ref gave nothing at all!! Staggers belief.

 

[Paul March]

Err, yes it's not even subtle!

The ref looks like he should avoid fast food outlets on his way to grounds too!

 

[DanRicketts]

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Yowsers.

 

[Andy A]

I was a keeper before I became a ref, I had a centre half who would routinely do stuff like this when passing back to me. I told him it was against the LOTG.

Not once did a referee blow up!!!

 

[Peter Grove]

This is one of the specific practices given as an example in 1992 when the amendment on using a deliberate trick to circumvent Law 12 was introduced.

According to FIFA circular # 488, issued July 24,1992:

Examples of such tricks would include: a player who deliberately flicks the ball with his feet up onto his head in order to head the ball to his goalkeeper ...

I can't believe the ref didn't call this.