This is not a simultaneous catch. The receiver gets control first and as long as he maintains control long enough to perform an act common to the game or throughout contact with the ground, it’s a catch and the ball belongs to the offense.
He does. This should have been reversed to a catch.
This is not a simultaneous catch. The receiver gets control first and as long as he maintains control long enough to perform an act common to the game or throughout contact with the ground, it’s a catch and the ball belongs to the offense.
He does. This should have been reversed to a catch.
Your lawyers have an away message up and are on holiday until September.
Our lawyers work so hard we have 45% clinical depression.
Trust me, you don’t want this fight.
USMNT vs Belgium at 8 pm ET.
Every human being in the United States of America should watch this match on Monday.
It’s not about loving soccer.
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The people arguing against Balogun returning are basically saying, “Nooo! Soccer is supposed to be stupid and arbitrary! You’re ruining the sport by making sure justice is served!”
A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:
BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.
The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.
When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.
In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.
This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.
The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.