The Footie Thread

[Orikoru]

Maybe the ref & VAR got this right, though I’m not 100% convinced. A rhetorical question; if you jump and you’re on the way down do you put your leg out or do you bring it closer to your centre of gravity so you don’t fall when you land? Just asking… I don’t think it’s conclusive either way and I’d say it’s just a coming together.

As I said earlier - the little nudge on his waist while in mid-air throws him off balance and causes his leg to flail forward slightly.

 

[AmandaJR]

Maybe the ref & VAR got this right, though I’m not 100% convinced. A rhetorical question; if you jump and you’re on the way down do you put your leg out or do you bring it closer to your centre of gravity so you don’t fall when you land? Just asking… I don’t think it’s conclusive either way and I’d say it’s just a coming together.

That did cross my mind as if your feet were in front of your hips then bending them would bring your feet closer to you. He was so straight at the peak of his jump though that it would be a weird donkey kick to bring his feet towards him...I think.

 

[Hobbit]

As I said earlier - the little nudge on his waist while in mid-air throws him off balance and causes his leg to flail forward slightly.

That did cross my mind as if your feet were in front of your hips then bending them would bring your feet closer to you. He was so straight at the peak of his jump though that it would be a weird donkey kick to bring his feet towards him...I think.

I genuinely don’t know the correct answer but in my opinion he doesn’t make an effort to pull his leg back BUT, as I said, it’s inconclusive.

 

[clubchamp98]

When the Gala player gives him that little nudge with his hand, it puts him slightly off balance so he flails his legs out slightly since he's in mid-air. That's literally it. His eyes never once glance down like he's trying to land on his heel, he's just watching the ball. Total accident and an awful decision.

I agree
He never looks down so can’t see where the other players leg or foot is.

 

[Swango1980]

Maybe the ref & VAR got this right, though I’m not 100% convinced. A rhetorical question; if you jump and you’re on the way down do you put your leg out or do you bring it closer to your centre of gravity so you don’t fall when you land? Just asking… I don’t think it’s conclusive either way and I’d say it’s just a coming together.

To give you a fair and honest answer, I'd need to go out and film myself a few hundred times, observe what I did, compile the outcomes and share that research with you. But judging by the disgrace of my golf swing and the way my body moves, I doubt anything I do would tell us what a regular human being would do.

If I was to guess, I reckon the answer is dependent on many variables. Who you are and your athletic ability. The angle you are coming in at. If you are touched by another player. How high you jump. Randomness of the occasion.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Not all contact is a foul, even if there is a bit of contact with the arm.

And in this case, if there was contact, it was minimal. The Juve player made the header, as intended. And he landed as intended, except for fact on way down his foot made contact with the opponent. But he certainly was't forced out of balance and suddenly landing on his back or anything like that.

I see no foul by either player in this case.

I see a deliberate intent to give a light push to the player in the air. He has moved towards the player in the air in order to achieve this.
There is no attempt to get to the ball or to play the ball fairly. He pushed the player who is in the air heading the ball.
A deliberate push to someone who is in the air playing the ball is dangerous, because it can cause the player to land on the ground in an uncontrolled way.