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    Refereeing so far

    Too lenient on diving and yellow card offences generally.

    Inconsistent on holding in the area, e.g. Nigeria penalized, Tunisia given a free pass.

    By not punishing niggly fouls they are not protecting creative players.

    #2
    Some interesting (well, to me anyway) stats from tournaments past and present. The fall in yellow and red cards since 2006 is stark. The increase in penalties awarded is already known, but it's interesting to see the rate so far is more than double 2014.



    Year Games Yellows (per game) Reds (per game) Penalties (per game)
    2018 26 78 (3.00) 1 (0.04) 12 (0.46)
    2014 64 187 (2.92) 10 (0.16) 13 (0.20)
    2010 64 261 (4.08) 17 (0.27) 15 (0.23)
    2006 64 345 (5.39) 28 (0.44) 17 (0.27)
    2002 64 272 (4.25) 17 (0.27) 18 (0.28)
    1998 64 258 (4.03) 22 (0.34) ??
    1994 52 235 (4.52) 15 (0.29) ??
    1990 52 162 (3.12) 16 (0.31) 18 (0.35)
    I can't find total penalties awarded for 1994/8 as of yet.
    Last edited by SouthdownRebel; 23-06-2018, 08:36.

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      #3
      I think I'm right in saying that there were no missed penalties in 1994, except for the two shootouts. And Diana Ross.

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        #4
        Originally posted by N est à? View Post
        I think I'm right in saying that there were no missed penalties in 1994, except for the two shootouts. And Diana Ross.
        "That's not true, I saw Dave Rubbish blaze one over for Generic FC at Portman Road that year"

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          #5
          Yellows are back down to where they were in 1990, the aftermath of which was when FIFA decided to clamp down IIRC.

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            #6
            2006 had that crazy game between Holland and Portugal that had 4 reds and about 20 yellows. It's no surprise it tops the chart.

            As for the refereeing, if we count VAR, then it has been hit and miss although more hit than miss granted. Sure it is getting some big decisions correct but is also missing blatant penalties where you are left wondering what they are looking at. The one against Morocco was so bad that the ref either hates Morocco or was involved in a betting scam. England and Serbia have seen players rugby tackled to the ground and had no penalty awarded. VAR limits mistakes but when it fails it makes the mistakes ten times worse.

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              #7
              VAR has also reduced the number of "I felt contact so I went down" pens but not eliminated them, e.g. Tunisia's pen v England was probably one where the force was not sufficient to produce the reaction, which was the criterion used in denying Neymar's pen.

              "Seen them given" ditto. Still the case with free kick awards around the box that the refs discretion is a large factor
              Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 23-06-2018, 12:44.

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                #8
                Accordig to this morning’s Gazzetta, Serbian manager Krstajic has compared VAR to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague . . .

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                  #9
                  If VAR routinely took 20 years to reach a decision he'd have a point

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