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..... he did not actually prevent a clear goalscoring
opportunity as someone else popped it in the net. Maybe that isn't how the
rules of the game read, but that to me is the sensible and pragmatic
approach refs take in practice.
Exactly. We are in great danger of missing the point of the game which is to
score goals. This rule was put in place in order to assist in the scoring of
goals or at least in order to counter the prevention of scoring goals. A
goal was not prevented by the actions of any player. That should be the end
of it. It was a goal. It was not prevented by anyone except the referee. How
insane is an interpretation of a rule put there to assist in scoring goals
when the referee of all people uses it to prevent a goal ? The is no denying
that the person who prevented this goal is the referee and that is not the
referees job. No sending off is appropriate. If the authorities or referees
lose sight of this then they are putting themselves in a position of
inflated importance and have become part of the problem instead of being
part of the solution. Keeping the players ON the pitch should be part of a
referees objectives because that is how the paying customers get to see a
game of football as it was intended to be. Sometimes they may be FORCED to
send a player off, but only if there is no alternative. FIFA needs a reality
check.
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