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I would. You can say that you witnessed the death of football. It's allowing the officials to force Rochdale through.
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That should be the rule but it isn't. They're only interfering with play if they play or attempt to play the ball.
Wasnt the decision correct?
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Turned it on late but the penalty decision and Rochdale's goals were both correct decisions. Not sure what hilarity came before that though.
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Debatable. The disallowed penalty was wrong for instance. The new rule states that the kicker will be booked if he feigns kicking the ball after completing his run up, but stuttering is allowed. So wrong decision by the referee completely.
He didnt stutter, he stopped. He planted as if he was going to hit it aswell.
I can see both sides though tbh.
There were players in the box which was evident on the replay.
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Both true, but according to the rule book on Fifa states that it's only against the rules if you actually stop, feign to kick it and then kick it. It you stop mid-run, that's legal. According to Fifa anyway.
True for players in the box, but that's just a retake.
True for players in the box, but that's just a retake.
Son stopped...im assuming thats what the referee is getting at. He literally stops...looks...then takes it.
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That's completely legal though, ref has got it completely and utterly wrong.
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules...laws/football-11-11/law-14---the-penalty-kick
He stopped like 2 yards from the ball and took another couple of steps before shooting. You can't stop as you shoot, like you can't swing at the ball then cause the ref to dive then shoot. But stopping in the run up itself is 100% allowed. Ref couldn't have gotten it more wrong if he tried and then the VAR follow up got it wrong also. The problem here is when they don't have a clue what the rules are. Ref in the studio also managed to confirm the wrong decision as being correct... which is why I have to laugh insanely at people who say that refs being asked for an opinion are always right, they quite obviously aren't.
VAR should have seen that he didn't stop next to the ball but a couple steps away from it and allowed the goal and taken back the incorrect yellow card. It could have been ordered to be retaken as it looks to be a Spurs player who encroached into the box first.
commentators say he got it right he's set s precedent there. every other player who stalls their run up should be booked and a free kick given to the oppossition
wont happen though
You missed the second part:
Feinting to take a penalty kick to confuse opponents is
permitted as part of football.
However, if in the opinion of the referee the feinting is
considered an act of unsporting behaviour the player
shall be cautioned.
So refs opinion. VAR didnt give that call so its the refs opinion.
VAR itself isn't the problem, it's just that the standard of refereeing is so poor across the board that even with VAR they still don't know what they are doing and what they should be awarding or penalising. The inconsistencies won't go away, they're just being deferred.