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This is interesting:
www.espn.com
Especially this bit:
"Referee David Coote booked Martínez for his challenge on Daichi Kamada in the 63rd minute. The VAR, Chris Kavanagh, checked the tackle, which saw the Argentina international leave the ground and jump in with both feet, but opted not to send Coote to the pitchside monitor to review his decision. Guidance issued by UEFA, and followed by PGMOL and the Premier League, states that if there is no contact with a challenge of this nature, which is completed before reaching the opponent, only a yellow card should be shown. Even though Martínez left the ground and appeared to stamp, he brought his feet down onto the ball rather than the opponent."
What other areas are governed by this mysterious "guidance" from UEFA, and why is it so opaque that no-one had ever heard of it before. Including presumably the VAR guru who wrote this in his first analysis, and presumably the PL and PGMOL sources he gets his information from.
"Martínez jumped in directly towards Kamada, stamping down onto the ball in a way that must be seen as endangering the safety of an opponent. How can there be a justification for trying to play the ball in this way? Martínez should have been sent off."
Whoopee-do. Yet more transparency in decision making. The idiots.
Let's not forget Johnson's analysis says this at the end each week:
"Some factual parts of this article include information provided by the Premier League and PGMOL."
Then we have this from his original analysis about Martinelli blocking Ederson:
"This may well lead to a VAR intervention in the other top European leagues, with contact on the goalkeeper in the six-yard area, but there are many examples of it not being penalised in the Premier League."
So which is it? We are standardising the rules with UEFA and the rest of Europe? Or we aren't? Or does it matter who the player is, what team he plays for and which outcome you want? What a mess.
Ref right not to show red to Martínez, panel says
The Premier League's Independent Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has unanimously backed the decision not to show a red card to Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez.
Especially this bit:
"Referee David Coote booked Martínez for his challenge on Daichi Kamada in the 63rd minute. The VAR, Chris Kavanagh, checked the tackle, which saw the Argentina international leave the ground and jump in with both feet, but opted not to send Coote to the pitchside monitor to review his decision. Guidance issued by UEFA, and followed by PGMOL and the Premier League, states that if there is no contact with a challenge of this nature, which is completed before reaching the opponent, only a yellow card should be shown. Even though Martínez left the ground and appeared to stamp, he brought his feet down onto the ball rather than the opponent."
What other areas are governed by this mysterious "guidance" from UEFA, and why is it so opaque that no-one had ever heard of it before. Including presumably the VAR guru who wrote this in his first analysis, and presumably the PL and PGMOL sources he gets his information from.
"Martínez jumped in directly towards Kamada, stamping down onto the ball in a way that must be seen as endangering the safety of an opponent. How can there be a justification for trying to play the ball in this way? Martínez should have been sent off."
Whoopee-do. Yet more transparency in decision making. The idiots.
Let's not forget Johnson's analysis says this at the end each week:
"Some factual parts of this article include information provided by the Premier League and PGMOL."
Then we have this from his original analysis about Martinelli blocking Ederson:
"This may well lead to a VAR intervention in the other top European leagues, with contact on the goalkeeper in the six-yard area, but there are many examples of it not being penalised in the Premier League."
So which is it? We are standardising the rules with UEFA and the rest of Europe? Or we aren't? Or does it matter who the player is, what team he plays for and which outcome you want? What a mess.