87 mins gone and 1-1 Swiss down to 10. Red card looked harsh to me - looked like it should have been yellow.
Just seen the highlights. Awful decision. Michael Oliver should be forced to apologise to the whole of Switzerland for that terrible decision. I am fed up of these ridiculous reds where a player goes off for a follow through after a clean tackle. How can you stop a follow through? Maybe UEFA and FIFA should explain this? Have any of the people that make the rules ever played a game in their life? Have they ever even played a Sunday league game? The Swiss player won the ball and was not off the ground or anything. How the ref could have known for certain that was a ref in a split second is implausible. Should have gone to VAR at least.
87 mins gone and 1-1 Swiss down to 10. Red card looked harsh to me - looked like it should have been yellow.
Just seen the highlights. Awful decision. Michael Oliver should be forced to apologise to the whole of Switzerland for that terrible decision. I am fed up of these ridiculous reds where a player goes off for a follow through after a clean tackle. How can you stop a follow through? Maybe UEFA and FIFA should explain this? Have any of the people that make the rules ever played a game in their life? Have they ever even played a Sunday league game? The Swiss player won the ball and was not off the ground or anything. How the ref could have known for certain that was a ref in a split second is implausible. Should have gone to VAR at least.
VAR did check it but didn't overrule - presumably they didn't regard it as a clear and obvious error. I felt they should have advised the ref to check the monitor to review his decision.
Just seen the highlights. Awful decision. Michael Oliver should be forced to apologise to the whole of Switzerland for that terrible decision. I am fed up of these ridiculous reds where a player goes off for a follow through after a clean tackle. How can you stop a follow through? Maybe UEFA and FIFA should explain this? Have any of the people that make the rules ever played a game in their life? Have they ever even played a Sunday league game? The Swiss player won the ball and was not off the ground or anything. How the ref could have known for certain that was a ref in a split second is implausible. Should have gone to VAR at least.
VAR did check it but didn't overrule - presumably they didn't regard it as a clear and obvious error. I felt they should have advised the ref to check the monitor to review his decision.
I see what you’re saying Paul, but I think the ref should have given a yellow then watched it back on the monitor to review as VAR will rarely overturn a ref and he made such a quick decision I can only conclude from the swift nature the decision was made he was influenced by the Spanish players.
VAR did check it but didn't overrule - presumably they didn't regard it as a clear and obvious error. I felt they should have advised the ref to check the monitor to review his decision.
I see what you’re saying Paul, but I think the ref should have given a yellow then watched it back on the monitor to review as VAR will rarely overturn a ref and he made such a quick decision I can only conclude from the swift nature the decision was made he was influenced by the Spanish players.
I think the only thing he concluded was that it was reckless.
VAR did check it but didn't overrule - presumably they didn't regard it as a clear and obvious error. I felt they should have advised the ref to check the monitor to review his decision.
I see what you’re saying Paul, but I think the ref should have given a yellow then watched it back on the monitor to review as VAR will rarely overturn a ref and he made such a quick decision I can only conclude from the swift nature the decision was made he was influenced by the Spanish players.
Yes, going for the lesser option would make sense when VAR is available. Had he done so, I don't think VAR would have summoned him to the monitor.
