by sussexpob » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:42 am
As for the officiating, the ref was one of those classic idiots who just got caught in his own web of rubbish referring. Early in the game (literally first minutes), he gave England a foul for nothing, then realises he has set a terrible benchmark and in the first 5 minutes he blew everytime a player breathed in the region of another to balance it. You then get the sort of classic situation where players then get fouled, but the referee is tired of blowing everything to cover his previous error, then does nothing.
There was a foul given on Mason Mount when he tries to beat Dolberg (I think) right next to the England box. Mason clearly fouls the Danish lad, but the ref gave him the free kick. Mason then got the ball from the free kick he won, and the referee blew him for backing into the Danish lad when the replay clearly showed Mason was having his shirt ripped off from behind. The referee basically knows the first free kick was a nonsense, and is desperate to make up for it at the first opportunity.
The Kane foul in the box is a penalty. Even the Belgian commentator was asking if the rules had changed, its a clear foul. I think the ref doesnt want to give it as its a big call - when Sterlng goes down though, its like he knows he's made a mistake and its a sort of three strikes you are out; weak referees do this and allow previous decisions to interfere with subsequent ones. The ref was in a position where he'd have pretty much given anything to make up for the Kane foul. And then when that nothing came, he blows.
After that, you know an England player has to be totally murdered to get another decision as a sort of apology to Denmark. Vestergaard took someone out in the area not long after, if the Sterling one is a foul, that is also a penalty- but its not. And then I think Vestergaard also body checked Sterling as he knocked the ball passed him (the Belgian commentators both agreed it was an Ice Hockey check and a clear foul, debately inside the box) and again, the referee just told him to get up.
Just a terrible referee. No real bias. Think he gave both teams rubbish decisions, and the two major ones balanced out.
Poulsen came on and must have fouled Grealish to stop a counter 3 times - 3 clear bookings, ref didnt give any.
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