The Ref Stop

Mar v Por

The Ref Stop
es1 said:
disappointed to not see a card for the protests at half time
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while I would often agree, from what I saw he handled it well. Very calm and just making it no big deal. By managing and not carding there, he hasn’t boxed him into the “do I give a 2CT” dilemma that Lahouz had yesterday. He wasn’t going to gain anything from giving a caution there other than aggravating Portugal.

He handled the first half well—but it was pretty easy compared to what we saw yesterday. But I don’t think the second half will be anything close to as easy, at least not unless Portugal get a couple of quick goals.
 
socal lurker said:
while I would often agree, from what I saw he handled it well. Very calm and just making it no big deal. By managing and not carding there, he hasn’t boxed him into the “do I give a 2CT” dilemma that Lahouz had yesterday. He wasn’t going to gain anything from giving a caution there other than aggravating Portugal.
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You're right of course but he's got half the team in his face protesting without sanction
 
Hardly a new take, but my word pepe is a piece of work

Goes down under minimal contact looking for a pen then laughs at the ref penalising him for a clear foul
 
DevonRef said:
Yep .... Collina edict? or...? confused of Devon
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Thanks. Looked up and saw the caution graphic, then suddenly a red. Certainly wasn’t enough in the foul for SFP.

And I suspect yesterdays event have seen an edict issue along the lines of “we can’t have a repeat”.

Glad of the result, not least because of the histrionics, tantrums and outright cheating by several Portuguese players, a certain Bruno Fernandes a major culprit
 
Wow! Didn't see that coming.

After last night, Cheddira probably thought there was no way he would be getting 2 yellows, especially in the space of a couple of minutes.
 
Tealeaf said:
Suspect yesterdays event have seen an edict issue along the lines of “we can’t have a repeat”.
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I don’t think there was an edict. I think a lot of what we saw yesterday wasn’t a specific edict, either, but an understanding of what is expected by the powers that be. And our R today learned from yesterday that one can’t go too far down that road. Studs onto the top of the foot isn’t a hard yellow to give, especially with only a few minutes remaining in stoppage. (But how was there not added time for the RC and “injury“ delay during added time?)
 
es1 said:
You're right of course but he's got half the team in his face protesting without sanction
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Led by Fernandes, who had blatantly dived to try and buy a penalty just before half time. He'd gone into the game carrying a caution, so shoving one up his nose there and then would have had some poetic justice.
 
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That will put an end to the CR V LM final FIFA so desperately want conspiracy theory
 
FIFA changed its plans after CR got 15 game time in his last game and didn't start this game 🥴
 
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