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Originally posted by Coach P:
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Originally posted by futbol(soccer):
1- No way was it a penalty
I just want to make a point that I think the TV commentators kept missing. The question is not whether or not it should have been a penalty. The question is "Was it a foul?" If it is a direct kick foul and it is committed in the penalty area, the rules say that a penalty kick must be awarded. The referee does not have the option of deciding whether or not a foul was severe enough to warrant a penalty kick. It doesn't matter how severe it was. If it is a direct kick foul that would be called a foul anywhere else on the field, then it must be called in the box. And that means penalty kick.
As a referee could not agree more!
And then the question is was it a foul or not? We might see it one way, but the referee is also human and humans see things differently. But let me quote a friend from another forum, who is a Croatian fan and we all saw what happened to them:
"Concerning referees' mistakes.

If the ball is constantly in our box chances are the referee might make mistake in opponents' favor. And contrary. If we attack and keep ball in oppnent's box we might get "lucky". I think that is the meaning of "luck is with the brave". Though this saying is of course not only about referees' mistakes.

So if a team defends 1:0 most of the time they should not complain about referee but their own "