15-06-2024, 06:42 PM
(15-06-2024, 05:51 PM)Ain’t got a Danny Wrote: Someone explain why the Spanish defender wasn’t shown a red after conceding the penalty. It would have been a tap in.
And why it’s ok for a defender to encroach in the box but an attacker gets penalised so a free kick is given against them.
Good game though.
Because of the new directive last season to not punish teams twice (i.e. panalty and red card). All fouls that give away penalties have only been a yellow since that directive.
Personally I thought yellow was harsh today ... he hardly touched him, certainly not enough to bring him down so the Croatian faked a trip and went down. A better decision would have a penalty (cos he did touch him) and a yellow for the forward for simulating the trip.
And it's not OK for a defender to encroach .. if they do and the penalty is saved it should be retaken, but in this case the attacker's encroachment was the first offence.