The Bosnian player came from behind as Balogun was playing for the ball. What is his responsibility for creating the dangerous play?
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Trying to find the logic in what is considered dangerous. You'd know that if you could follow a thread.
The problem is the penalties are too severe. I don't have a problem with the sport in general, but a lot of the rules and officiating in international soccer make it way harder to watch. The game could be so much more entertaining with some changes to the rules and penalties.
Since people are confused:
Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.
-lunging at the opponent in challenging for the ball
-endangers the safety of the opponent
Why is that not the same for potential concussions?
Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.
-lunging at the opponent in challenging for the ball
-endangers the safety of the opponent
Why is that not the same for potential concussions?
It’s an example of why soccer will continue to struggle
This and the bull **** red for covering the face.
You lose me with "at an opponent" there. To meet this definition, you'd have to show a player is intentionally trying to headbutt the other player. Those three words imply intent.
"using one or both legs", if you kick someone in the head on a challenge I suspect you'll find a red card frequently.
Show that Balogun was intentionally trying to rake his cleats down the other player's calf and step on his turned ankle.
Again I think a red in that case was too severe.
The rules aren’t going to change.
It was a poorly officiated game if you ask me. Ref needed to deliver 1 or 2 yellows within the first 10 minutes of the game to get the physical play under control. He didn’t and the game was what we saw.
Sure, but not every challenge that results in a head injury is a red card worthy challenge. Just like not every challenge that results in any injury is automatically a red card.
The question isn't necessarily dangerous, it's did the person's actions endanger the safety of another player. Lots of things are dangerous but fair play, or don't rise to the level of a red card.
In the context of the game I said I didn't think it was a red, but when you see Balogun step on the guy's ankle it obviously is open for interpretation.
Of course they are.
The rules aren’t specifically mentions legs.
If you want a double red for every challenged header that’s a perfectly acceptable opinion that will never happen.
There are camera views showing that he was not looking at his feet. How can can intentionally take his foot on the back of the opponents leg if he didn’t look at the opponents leg?
Objectively he did nothing dangerous to Balogun though. Yes two players going for a 50/50 ball can be dangerous, but not necessarily in a way that earns a card. Many hard challenges go uncarded or even without a foul given.
No, that's not what I want. I want dangerous situations to be treated the same. A concussion can end a career just as easily as a bad leg injury, maybe more so. I'm told intention doesn't matter. Like I said earlier, I'm simply trying to find the logic in the rule. But I think doing so in the rules of football is a fool's errand.
The penalty is too severe, and the rules aren't evenly applied within the game or across the tournament.
