I'm not a Chelsea fan, far from it, but after watching the appalling decisions made by the referee last night in the Champion's League semi-final against Barcelona, I did feel a bit sorry for them.
These glaring errors can not go on. I do feel sorry for referees a lot of the time, who have to make a difficult call in a split second, sometimes with limited viewpoint. The problem is, with big screens in stadiums and the watching TV audience it is now very obvious, very quickly when a major mistake has been made. This damages confidence in the referees and in the bigger picture harming football.
So why not put some level of TV review in place, but limit it as they do in the NFL. GIve each team the right to 2 or 3 reviews only per game - so it is te mangers decision if he thinks there has been a major error to call for the 4th official to review the TV coverage. A limited number of reviews will not slow the gamne down too much and I believe will result in fairer results and more confidence in the referees.
So come on FA, UEFA and FIFA, time to act
2 comments:
not sure that would solve the issue actually.
I'm more of a rugby person and I'm used to watch a sport where you simply do not argue with the referees.
yes, they make mistakes. but the common belief is that such mistakes are never intentional and are to be taken as a part of the game.
i think the problem is that football can hardly be considered a sport nowadays. too much audience. too much money. too much everything.
Hi Agrajag [g]
As unfair as it was, it was still desperately funny.
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