I swore never to bring up OFFINABUS after the last thread BUT..
70th minute of a Ladies fixture, 3-0 to home side. Ball in from a corner, bit of a scramble and it hits the bar before crossing the line. Keeper then catches the ball and it pushed into the goal.
I've already awarded the goal as I can see the keeper is already over the line but pandemonium ensues, three players from away side surround me. I tell them to go away, I make eye contact with their captain and ask her to step in before I have to.
I explain my call to the captain, and make public admonishment of her teammates actions. Then as a player from away is walking past she says "they've pushed her into the goal, you pr*ck"
Now I could've gone yellow and sin bin, I was already planning on one for one of the players who got most in my face, because I couldn't let it slide and have it happen again. But I jumped straight to red because there's no way for me it's not OFF or IN.
Anything I could have done differently? Totally quiet game up until then. Only thing I could've done would be to sin bin another player from away team for surrounding me but honestly I thought the Red sent enough of a message.
70th minute of a Ladies fixture, 3-0 to home side. Ball in from a corner, bit of a scramble and it hits the bar before crossing the line. Keeper then catches the ball and it pushed into the goal.
I've already awarded the goal as I can see the keeper is already over the line but pandemonium ensues, three players from away side surround me. I tell them to go away, I make eye contact with their captain and ask her to step in before I have to.
I explain my call to the captain, and make public admonishment of her teammates actions. Then as a player from away is walking past she says "they've pushed her into the goal, you pr*ck"
Now I could've gone yellow and sin bin, I was already planning on one for one of the players who got most in my face, because I couldn't let it slide and have it happen again. But I jumped straight to red because there's no way for me it's not OFF or IN.
Anything I could have done differently? Totally quiet game up until then. Only thing I could've done would be to sin bin another player from away team for surrounding me but honestly I thought the Red sent enough of a message.