Related: We had one of "those refs" today. He gave out around 7 yellows to players, most for questioning calls (and none particularly vocally, as far as I could tell; just the standard "common..." type of comment). He double yellow ejected a coach also; the first for coming onto the field to check on a head injury before he was signaled on, and the second for pointing out that they are supposed to check on head injuries, and it was absurd to not allow him to do so. He warned both coaches early for allowing subs to step onto the field before the other players were fully off the field (and he had signaled for players to come on), moved players back less than 5 yards on throw-ins, stopped the game for every free kick, made some pretty obviously bad calls, etc.
I didn't get the sense he was corrupt or anything, to be clear, but he was the type of official that was much more interested in being the most important person on the pitch, than he was allowing the kids to just have a safe and fair game. Based on what I saw of the game before, though (where both coaches were carded for arguing calls and told to not say anything else), this is just how the season is going to go now.
I didn't get the sense he was corrupt or anything, to be clear, but he was the type of official that was much more interested in being the most important person on the pitch, than he was allowing the kids to just have a safe and fair game. Based on what I saw of the game before, though (where both coaches were carded for arguing calls and told to not say anything else), this is just how the season is going to go now.
