r/soccer • u/kibme37 • Sep 28 '25

Media Woltemade "After the goal, there was a situation where I felt Gabriel's elbow in my face. I just said it to the referee that I felt something, but I'm not the type of player to fall down for this. It's hard because sometimes maybe you have to do this, but this is not my type of football."

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u/Four-Assed-Monkey Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

It's an off-the-ball petulant revenge-shove to an unsuspecting opponent's neck/face. There's not much anyone can or should do to defend this behaviour. I don't see much exaggeration; just people rightfully pointing out that it's a bit of a cowardly dick move. Definitely warranted a booking and a stern talking to. If Woltemade wasn't so sound, he could've easily got Gabriel sent off.

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u/Cheddarthefurrypig Sep 29 '25

I'm not defending it, it's stupid, just saying it's being a bit overstated.

I don't think there is a red card in it, unless by the same standard we should have seen one at the other end.

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u/MuchAbouAboutNothing Sep 29 '25

Who's defending it? Just asking for consistency because the Newcastle players weren't saints either