Soccer Coach
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Yes, interesting discussion and as you said we have the benefit of video replay.Makes for a good discussion in any case. I'm bias in the fact that I used to be a forward I guess. As an attacking player, yes...I'm looking for that contact. As you said @Canucks4Ever , the defender is in a better position to win the ball but indeed has not won it yet. The striker has not won it either but at the last moment gets to the ball first.
But I think a similar hypothetical situation is a foul outside the box as well. There's so many times in hold up play as a forward where the defender rushes in to intercept the pass from behind. As the pass is coming towards them, neither player has possession and whoever gets to it first usually wins the referees decision.
So far:
No pk - 3
Pk - 1
I do not know if @GoF has the entire clip. Because there was a yellow card given for protesting about a penalty. If this is not the situation, there must be another situation with a card given involving protest a penalty.
A twist to the story would be if indeed he gave a yellow to the player for protesting this penalty, if this is the case, then the referee gave THREE yellow cards to the same player during the game. One on the first half and two during extra time. I guess, if it happened to Poll, it can happen to anyone.
In any case, I hope that what is taken from all this is that the VMSL is more careful in monitoring and supervising referees. Ideally,the VMSL should have each official assessed externally one or two times. Somebody should be providing them unbiased and adequate feedback. Maybe I am wrong, but my impression is that at the moment the referees are unregulated during the season; other than optional coach feedback. Can someone correct me if this is not the case?