Nick Against the World (54 Viewers)
- Thread starter IncuboRossonero
- Start date
It's not new that referees are reluctant to give red cards and if you watch a few dozen games with such occurances, you'll notice that red cards tend to be given if the player in question is tackled from behind, which wasn't the case in the Argentina game. Hence (although technically wrong, perhaps), it's understandable the referee only gave a yellow card.
Thing is there are a few ground rules that need to be respected. If you take a man down while you're the last defender you get a red card. It's just like playing football with your hands. Ridiculous and blatant blunder. Oh and guess what, that linesman who disallowed a legal Argentina goal in the last minute of regular play? That's right, the one who also misjudged no less than FOUR offsides in Spain-Ukraine. Yeah, FIFA are doing everything they can to ensure high refereeing standards 
.
.What an atrocious comparison. If a defender catches a forward from behind there's a much slimmer chance he'll ever touch the ball and it is quite clear the defender was pulling the emergency break. In Heinze's case he was coming in from the front, actually 'scratched' the ball (not enough? there's no rule on that) and there's a conflict of conclusions to be drawn: the referee was behind the situation and could conclude Heinze actually touched the ball and the forward was looking to go down OR he could conclude it was a blatant foul and red card the player OR he could conclude foul was minor, the ball was also hit, and hence didn't amount to a red card, or, or, or... Football is a total grey area and anyone who denies it needs to get back in touch with reality.
Apply for a job at FIFA and get to work yourself then
Oh and guess what, that linesman who disallowed a legal Argentina goal in the last minute of regular play? That's right, the one who also misjudged no less than FOUR offsides in Spain-Ukraine. Yeah, FIFA are doing everything they can to ensure high refereeing standards .
.
Well obviously I don't want to work with people such as Platini and Blatter. Besides, I don't think that anyone in the right state of mind would risking working in an industry such as football.
Heinze scratched the ball? Oh FFS, even if Heinze pulled off a tackle like that in midfield it could have been red. It has been in several cases this tournament. The rule is simple: if you deny someone a clear chance on goal, in whichever fashion that may be, a red card is the only option. So if the ref whistles for a foul there's not even the need to consider whether it was a minor foul or not. It's always a red card. It's just as grey as offside really. If you take someone down rather harshly in midfield then you can start discussing about wich card there needs to be shown, but this is quite clear. You could of course say that that other Argentina defender was going to cope up with the Mexican player, but then you're also saying that he could run 100 metres in 5 seconds, which is at least debatable.
Heinze scratched the ball? Oh FFS, even if Heinze pulled off a tackle like that in midfield it could have been red. It has been in several cases this tournament. The rule is simple: if you deny someone a clear chance on goal, in whichever fashion that may be, a red card is the only option. So if the ref whistles for a foul there's not even the need to consider whether it was a minor foul or not. It's always a red card. It's just as grey as offside really. If you take someone down rather harshly in midfield then you can start discussing about wich card there needs to be shown, but this is quite clear. You could of course say that that other Argentina defender was going to cope up with the Mexican player, but then you're also saying that he could run 100 metres in 5 seconds, which is at least debatable.