This, simply, is what frustrates the life out of fans
A blatant 2nd yellow isn’t given, and the head of PGMOL himself defends it under the justification of “not wanting to have a negative impact on the game” (something not written into the rules)
But then the softest 2nd yellow you could possibly imagine gets given against the very same team
The only rationale for fans is to assume that for certain teams, sending a player off is a bad thing, and for other teams, sending a player off simply has to be done
Yeah, this is wild… Guessing they give it for him ‘kicking’ the ball away? But I saw Joao Pedro boot the ball 30 yards down the pitch in the first half and he got nothing for it, again it’s the inconsistency of these rules and how much they fluctuate. Such weird officiating.
So he kicks the ball into Rice, then kicks Rice, and Rice gets sent off
Investigate Kavanagh immediately
You have to be absolutely desperate to send him off to make that decision
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