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If he'd just stood there and not ducked (assuming ball didn't hit him ofc) there would be no possible offside offence.

Not seen it "The referee’s call of offside and no goal to Liverpool was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Robertson in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper."

https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/aug/07/update-on-2023-26-refereeing-strategy 39,000 Referees. 4,100 BAME August 2025

Discount schemes like should be means tested the biggest barrier to people doing the referee course is money not race. @RustyRef Where are you getting your stats from? It was more than double that percentage of BAME refs before these discount schemes became so prevalent

Good use of VAR. Diaz endangered the safety of an opponent.

IFAB need to stop National and Continental FAs from having their own interpretations.

"Intentional handling"? We're discussing natural or unnatural position. We will see far more dubious decisions given as handball very spom, and people will talk about UEFA being very strict on bodies being unnaturally big and the decision not being a clear and obvious error

Free kick given outside the box for handball. Replays show the contact inside VAR sends the referee to the monitor on the basis it wasn't handball as the arm was in a natural position So much for UEFAs low bar for handling

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I've seen officials using Comms kits for BUCs Field Hockey games

No, was in the process of releasing it. Spirit of the game play on. I'd also, theoretically, allow the goalkeeper to be challenged when he's dropped it on the floor.

Basic game management to allow him back in to position. How's he getting away with incorrectly coloured leggings at that level?

VC is 3 games. OFFINABUS 2 Games

Misread. I read it as grabbed his head to claim it hit him in the head as many players do. No need to speculate on intent as he has deliberately handled the ball.

"Instantly grabs his head" . Suggests to me he knew exactly what he was doing.

Quirk of VAR procedure? The referee likely wouldn't have given it if he thought it inside the penalty area.

Worth noting they could still does this trick even if they had substitutes available.

Original goalkeeper can replace player 2 as goalkeeper. If player 2 has taken a penalty already then the original goalkeeper doesn't take a penalty during this round of penalty kicks. If player 2 hasn't taken a penalty then the original goalkeeper has to take one. I

Let's see how long the ban is, they decide on a case by case basis in European Comps