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Originally Posted by Sever
Did you see the replay of Kewell's handball? Eyes closed, arms down and in. Maybe i don't know enough about football, but doesn't a straight red have to be deliberate in some form? Something like the sliding trip from the Ghana midfielder which was punished only with a yellow? I'm playing the dodgy ref card on this one. (Bloody Itallians!) If we can't have some consistency then i'd like the calls to be consistently in our favour for a change. 
A better performance by the Aussies though. Fingers crossed for a victory against Serbia and a favourable result in Germany v Ghana. |
Yes, but unfortunately if the referee gives a penalty (which he pretty much had to as it was a goal denied) the red card has to follow because Kewell was deemed to have stopped a goalscoring opportunity (whether intentional or not). Just the way the laws work. He can't give a penalty (which is given when goalscoring opportunity has been illegally prevented) and not card him. I agree it didn't look intentional (though he did move his arms wider slightly possibly as reflex) but once the referee gave the penalty that was it for Harry Cool.
