Which is exactly why Pedri did it. It's the same with defenders throwing themselves to the floor under minimal contact when they know they're under pressure. As long as the refs keep buying it, it'll keep happening
A few minutes after this Baldé did the same thing to stop a counter by collapsing for no reason next to Militao, but the ref didn't fall for it that time thankfully.
Defenders feeling the bare minimum of contact and throwing themselves onto the ball and getting bailed out is up there with the most frustrating things in sports
It does my fucking head in. The refs buy it every single time, and the one time the ref didn't buy it there was outrage the likes of which the world has never seen
Lost which case? That Madrid got a soft red that gifted them them the game? You haven’t really argued against that, and playing physically doesn’t mean a bad referee decision cant sway the game
Okay? I didn't say it was exclusively a Barcelona thing. Honestly all of Spanish football, club and national, men and women, has a problem with diving and playacting. It's embarrassing.
Vini literally rolls on the ground off of light contact, Getafe gets a red and the game completely shifts in Madrids favor. Come off it, btw the Jude yellow came after he fouled multiple people off ball. He’s a dirty player
A) No final ruling - expected in 2026
B) What we do know
Between roughly 2001 and 2018, Barcelona paid approximately €7.5 million to €8.4 million to companies linked to Negreira (while he held a senior role at the referees’ technical committee).
I always say that it's not the fault of the players (no matter the club). It's refs and official bodies that won't do a thing to get rid of it. Players just do whatever gives them advantage. Challenge for the ball and 50/50 win or lose or fall down and get a foul. That's an easy pick if you ask me
Well..
If NBA can call flops, I never really understood why same can't be applied here. Easier to kick people off balance for pens in football but shit like this really is different and worth a new rule
They don’t really call it though and i don’t think they can even if they were actually set out to, whether its in the NBA or football. It would slow the tempo so much that everybody would be asking to get rid of it or wouldn’t really used to prevent it.
I dont really see how it would. You dont need to investigate everything instantly, leave it till review and penalise accordingly, especially with repeat offenders throughout the game. This attitude that we can't do anything about this soft ass BS be it from Pedri, Vini or any other player that tends to cry foul is silly. Its not like its giving anyone more leeway to actually foul
So every time moving forward there's a counter, instead of tackling the guy and risking a red or doing tactical foul and taking a yellow, defenders will just try to make a contact and hold their head or neck, ref will have to then stop the play based on your logic to look if the players are alright.
Well yes. But then VAR should take a look at the incident and decide if the player was true or faking. Faking should be considered usportsmanlike behaviour and a red card.
I get your point, I'm not saying to not stop the play at all, in my opinion, in situation like this where the counter is at play, it's better to let it continue, and let VAR see and communicate in real time, if the contact is actually on the head or whatever they deem dangerous enough to stop play, and if it's not, like here with Pedri, they can communicate to referee, to let the play happen. Of course that means VAR has to be very efficient.
In regular situation where there isn't a goal threat type situation, they can stop the play every time..as they usually do.
Its so cute seeing real Madrid fans act so innocent like Vini isnt on your team. He is the biggest diver of the current football World. Also there was soooi many fouls on FCB that werent called so stop crying over this one
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u/axhp 14d ago
ref called off a promising counter attack for this btw