Not sure Nani has a 'reputation' ...The first VAR still was pretty damning. He took the ball but then straight legged the opponent’s ankle. With VAR it’s an easy red. Unfortunately the player’s reputation might not help here as he is probably an “easy player to send off.”
Without VAR I can imagine this being missed. So, well done to the ref for calling it.
Difficult situation though as in football we still have the feeling that if you win the ball then whatever happens next is less important. Of course, that’s not the laws and this is a red card excessive force endangering the safety offence.
In the Pro Game, Dissent is downgraded to 'didn't happen', OFFINABUS is downgraded to Dissent and there's no criteria for dismissal that I'm aware ofFirst of all, I didn’t see anything in real time. On the VAR you could see the contact (wish we could’ve seen a better view of it though)
I can see why it’s been given as a red card. For me though, it’s certainly ambiguous and my heart is saying yellow (is it really excessive force?)
On a side note, the reactions are ridiculous. Hope the ref booked all those Orlando players for dissent but the worst reaction was Nani using the waterworks after being sent off. Also those commentators were appalling. Not only did them seem to lack knowledge on the game, but accusing the “young referee” of bias (they strongly hinted at it) and their insistence of it being a clean challenge (there’s no disputing it’s a foul) was ridiculous as well
In the Pro Game, Dissent is downgraded to 'didn't happen', OFFINABUS is also usually downgraded to nothing and there's no criteria for dismissal that I'm aware of
What is excessive force? "Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and/or..."This incident was covered on Inside Video Review this week (3.57 in video) -
PRO's view was the red card was incorrect as there was not excessive force.
If it's extremely difficult to spot in real-time, I'm struggling with the whole 'excessive force' thingWhat is excessive force? "Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and/or..."
this for me clearly exceeds the necessary use of force.
the fact that this does not cause serious damage is luck. It's straight leg studs on a planted leg.
It's a very obvious red card - how the MLS Independent Review Panel has rescinded that is beyond me.