Wrong Decisions

Disproportion of the perception of wrong decisions The relevant wrong decisions that are put up for discussion are the following ones, which are in a certain sense “decisive for the game”. Namely, those which award a goal or those which disallow a goal. The formulation is chosen to make it as vivid as possible. The…

Penalty

Penalty! That’s a penalty kick! This rule alone is actually worth an entire chapter. Or a book of its own. In principle, almost EVERYTHING could be said about the penalty decisions of these days. It is important to note, as always, that a decision against a penalty kick in a scene to be assessed, which…

The playback time

Now and then in the past, a rule was modified, now and then a new one was introduced. Of course, one should assume that it took some time for these ideas to take hold, because the rules are somewhat rigid, but if it is possible to intervene, then there should at least be a noticeable…

The three-point rule compresses

The rule of three points Now this rule is one that is rarely if ever discussed, so it is ideally suited for demonstrating something that can help get to the heart of the overall problem.The central view expressed in the text as a whole is that more goals would be good for football. More goals,…

The Three-Point Rule

This rule is ideally suited to point out a few basic things, especially since the rule itself seems to be generally recognised and not in question, and has thus remained largely unnoticed, so that at this point it is by no means possible to serve common clichés, but rather it is immediately apparent that the…

The three-point rule

This rule itself is definitely worth a closer look, and, let’s call it that, slightly provocatively, “get to the bottom of it”. It becomes interesting, by the way, if you ask a random person (who is generally interested in football) about it. What were they thinking when they introduced her? At this point, everyone may…

The referee’s fear of the goal action

A provocative statement that needs a good justification in order to be accepted.First of all, repeat that the referee has a very high, in principle too high responsibility. Decisions have to be made at the moment and cannot be taken back (the fact that there have recently been a few examples of a different kind…

That is NOT a foul worthy of a penalty kick

Every other weekend… every (other? other?) weekend there are a bunch of so-called “upsets”. How are these subdivided, what are the categories of “upsets”? Has the paying spectator already become so jaded by a constant barrage of reporters that he or she is no longer interested in such questions, that he or she simply accepts…

Evidence Technique

One of the theses put forward — sometimes expressed in this way, sometimes in that way — is that the position on the pitch where an action to be judged takes place becomes indispensable for the referee to be able to assess foul or non-foul (it is hardly different in the case of questionable handball).…

Whistles against goals

I just find it curious that so many people seem to be convinced — yet at the same time, a surprisingly large number of those I would classify as sufficiently intelligent, yet so heavily influenced by the media?! — that the many handball discussions are triggered by the malice of the referees or the indecisiveness…