AmandaJR
Money List Winner
The game's gone mad.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Now then - why is this player tackling the player in the air by placing hand near groin?
Very strange tactic. I no longer fully understand football rules. In rugby you can't tackle a player until his feet are back on the ground.
The lesson to be learned is that after heading the ball, do not attempt to land on your feet if opposing player is nearby, because it is potentially dangerous.
Instead you should grab the player on your descent and land on top of him with full body-to-body contact and then roll around on the ground a few times, lie still for a few minutes, and then get up as if you are having great difficulty with you arms and legs.
This is acceptable.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
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Swango1980
Well-known member
Well, I don't think he was "tackling" him? Not judging by the still, and from memory, I thought the Galatasary player was trying to run away from the Juve player, chasing the loose ball?
That being said, it was one of the most absurd red cards I've ever seen. He was getting a red anyway, as it was a second yellow (which is a joke in itself). Yet VAR decided it should be UPGRADED to a straight red, thus probably giving the Juve player a 3 game ban instead of a 1 game ban. To me, that is mind boggling. If I was on VAR, I'd be feeling bad that I couldn't intervene to remove the second yellow. Yet this VAR went the opposite way, and decided he needed a longer ban.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
The ban is the same, so not sure why it needed VAR anyway. 3 games is for violent conduct which this wasn't.
Swango1980
Well-known member
This is where I may be getting confused to FA and UEFA Rules, and their punishments? Had to do a bit of digging to find the UEFA Laws of the game (just in case they were different to FA). Straight reds can be given for denying a goalscoring chance, typically a 1 game ban. The other reasons are Serious Foul Play, Biting, Spitting, Violent Conduct, Offensive and abusive language. I assumed all of those would carry a 3 match ban? Whereas getting a red for a second yellow would, by definition, be seen as less serios, and get a 1 game ban?
Mind you, I'm hoping they see sense, and either overturn it, or have the flexibility to minimise the ban to 1 game anyway (assuming a straight red is commonly given multi-game bans)
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
No - not at that point of contact - he was moving towards Kelly.
He had no chance whatsoever of challenging for the ball in the air so he sought to put Kelly off balance or force him to head the ball poorly by fouling with his hand.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
He didn’t touch him , never judge by a still picture
