Saturday, 21 August 2010

Referees Must Show Cards Calmly, Clearly and Correctly Part 2

The following incident occurred during a first-leg play-off round UEFA Champions League match between Hapoel Tel-Aviv and FC Salzburg on Wednesday 18 August 2010. The match finished 2—3.

In the 66th minute, Hapoel Tel-Aviv’s Omri Kende (red#23) fouls a Salzburg player (white) in the penalty area. However, the referee calmly, clearly but incorrectly awards a yellow card to Hapoel Tel-Aviv’s Eran Zahavi (red#16) who was running in from behind during the foul. Here are three freeze frames of the incident.

[Hapoel Tel-Aviv’s Omri Kende (red#23) fouls a Salzburg player (white) in the penalty area]

[Inexplicably, the referee cautions red#16 for the foul in the penalty area]


The post-match report correctly states the caution is assigned to Kende (red#23) and not to Zahavi (red#16), so sometime during or after the match (??) the referee was made aware of his mistake.

The referee is Pedro Proença (Portugal).


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