belied dat
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Saw an incident a couple weeks back. Wow, that's all I have to say.
Goalkeeper from Team A collects the ball in between penalty spot and top of the box. Ball took a couple of bounces to GK's chest. Easy grab for the GK. Team B forward tries running down the ball, obviously not going to get it NOR was the forward going to make contact with anyone. Team A GK sticks foot out and blatantly trips Team B forward. Forward does not go down, but there was contact.
Referee correctly whistles the foul. Yellow card to GK. Substitution for Team A GK because of the yellow card. Referee then awards an indirect free kick to Team B in the box! No coach says a word. No AR says a word. Fans going crazy (they never saw the trip, have no idea why there was a yellow card).
Ensuing indirect free kick was taking a little extra time. Team B was trying to get CR to move Team A forward from top of the box so they could lay ball back and shoot it -- wall was 10 yards away, but Team A forward wasn't. Everyone was asking CR how long does Team B have to take the free kick. All of a sudden, CR blows his whistle and awards Team A the free kick for, I'm guessing, a "shot clock violation." Team A hurriedly plays the ball and tries to get up the field! Play continues.
How in the world does this take place? No one remedied the situation. CR nor ARs say anything to coaches at halftime about the situation. Absolutely baffling to see this happen. From my understanding, the CR is not new to refereeing either. No words. Should never happen.
Goalkeeper from Team A collects the ball in between penalty spot and top of the box. Ball took a couple of bounces to GK's chest. Easy grab for the GK. Team B forward tries running down the ball, obviously not going to get it NOR was the forward going to make contact with anyone. Team A GK sticks foot out and blatantly trips Team B forward. Forward does not go down, but there was contact.
Referee correctly whistles the foul. Yellow card to GK. Substitution for Team A GK because of the yellow card. Referee then awards an indirect free kick to Team B in the box! No coach says a word. No AR says a word. Fans going crazy (they never saw the trip, have no idea why there was a yellow card).
Ensuing indirect free kick was taking a little extra time. Team B was trying to get CR to move Team A forward from top of the box so they could lay ball back and shoot it -- wall was 10 yards away, but Team A forward wasn't. Everyone was asking CR how long does Team B have to take the free kick. All of a sudden, CR blows his whistle and awards Team A the free kick for, I'm guessing, a "shot clock violation." Team A hurriedly plays the ball and tries to get up the field! Play continues.
How in the world does this take place? No one remedied the situation. CR nor ARs say anything to coaches at halftime about the situation. Absolutely baffling to see this happen. From my understanding, the CR is not new to refereeing either. No words. Should never happen.