Did anyone watch the above match last night? Fairly unremarkable game from a footballing perspective, but it did contain one of the strangest top-level refereeing performances (from Carlos del Cerro Grande) I've seen in a while!
For the vast majority of the match, he just seemed to be letting pretty much every minor foul go - to the extent that on multiple occasions, the players from both sides seemed to stop and expect a whistle, only to be caught out when the play was allowed to continue. Add to that the fact that he consistently seemed to give handball for incidents where the ball may not have actually touched a hand, and both his cautions were for tackles that seemed to be more legal than not!
Not unfair or inconsistent, as he was clearly applying the same rules to both sides, but just very strange to see. Provided some interest in what was otherwise a very dull game at least!
For the vast majority of the match, he just seemed to be letting pretty much every minor foul go - to the extent that on multiple occasions, the players from both sides seemed to stop and expect a whistle, only to be caught out when the play was allowed to continue. Add to that the fact that he consistently seemed to give handball for incidents where the ball may not have actually touched a hand, and both his cautions were for tackles that seemed to be more legal than not!
Not unfair or inconsistent, as he was clearly applying the same rules to both sides, but just very strange to see. Provided some interest in what was otherwise a very dull game at least!