I was assistant referee and the following happened.
There was a backpass to the keeper played with too little pace.
Keeper came to kick it, attacker charged him down.
Keeper kicked it out, attacker continued his momentum and left a late foot in on the keeper. It was a foul, maybe a caution.
Keeper said something to attacker who turned around and squared up to keeper.
Keeper shoves him, not violently.
Referee runs over and talks to them both, produces a yellow card for the keeper.
Now keepers teammates approach me and say, 'did you give that penalty'. And I realise that the ball is on the spot and a pen had been awarded.
I raise my flag and call the ref over, I tell him that, it was a foul on the keeper and therefore a freekick and that I believed that it should be a card for the attacker and a card for the keeper for the retaliation.
Referee agrees that it was a foul initially, but explains that IT IS THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENCE THAT GETS PENALISED (NOT THE FIRST) SO THEREFORE IT IS A PENALTY. (I won't even mention that the keepers clearance sailed out of play and was probably out of play when the scuffle happened)
Is this correct?
Thanx.
There was a backpass to the keeper played with too little pace.
Keeper came to kick it, attacker charged him down.
Keeper kicked it out, attacker continued his momentum and left a late foot in on the keeper. It was a foul, maybe a caution.
Keeper said something to attacker who turned around and squared up to keeper.
Keeper shoves him, not violently.
Referee runs over and talks to them both, produces a yellow card for the keeper.
Now keepers teammates approach me and say, 'did you give that penalty'. And I realise that the ball is on the spot and a pen had been awarded.
I raise my flag and call the ref over, I tell him that, it was a foul on the keeper and therefore a freekick and that I believed that it should be a card for the attacker and a card for the keeper for the retaliation.
Referee agrees that it was a foul initially, but explains that IT IS THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENCE THAT GETS PENALISED (NOT THE FIRST) SO THEREFORE IT IS A PENALTY. (I won't even mention that the keepers clearance sailed out of play and was probably out of play when the scuffle happened)
Is this correct?
Thanx.
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