Two Examples of Player Dishonesty: Hong Kong Senior Shield QF

The following are video highlights of two incidents of player dishonesty from a quarter-final Senior Shield match between South China and Tai Chung on 25 December 2009 at Hong Kong Stadium. The crowd attendance was 2,537.

25 Dec 2009 Senior Shield South China v Tai Chung 2 Incidents Player Dishonesty



Although the Referee was "tricked" by the South China player (red #15), the R does a good job in minimizing dissent from the Tai Chung players by publicly warning blue #13.

Referees know that they cannot trust players to always be honest and therefore must have the self-confidence to trust in themselves and to also rely on their own team (the match officials) to make decisions.