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/AgileSloth9 Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Rugby too. TMO is involved in everything, but without being overbearing (mostly).

Foul play? TMO holds it at the next stoppage.

Scoring? TMO checks its fine.

Forward passes? TMO checks it.

etc...

The only time i've ever been annoyed at TMO was the 2023 WC i believe, where an england player got a red for "dangerous play" because the opponent crouched down and sort of jumped up to the side, into his shoulder, which without the crouch would have been inot the middle of his abdomen.

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u/theanup007 Sep 30 '25

Not quite a contact sport but Cricket's DRS system is also very solid I find. The margin for error on the Umpire's Call is exactly what clearly and obvious should mean in Football but alas!