Vidic Handball= Yellow, Kewell Handball = Red -> Learn your rules ref!
How on earth is Kewell's accidental handball warrant a RED CARD? While Vidic's intentional handball is a YELLOW CARD? Well thats because the Referee of Vidic's match UNDERSTOOD THE RULES. Unlike ROSETTI. In FIFA's Laws of the Game (2005), Law 12 states that a free kick or penalty will be awarded if a player "handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)". It adds: "Referees are reminded that deliberately handling the ball is normally punished only by a direct free-kick or penalty kick if the offence occurred inside the penalty area. FIFA continues …"A caution or dismissal is not normally required." According to this;
- Vidic should have been a spot kick + yellow card (which it was)
- Kewell's should have been a spot kick only (no card as arm was in a natural position). Ah two World Cup's in a row that the Italians have knocked the Aussies out!
- Vidic should have been a spot kick + yellow card (which it was)
- Kewell's should have been a spot kick only (no card as arm was in a natural position). Ah two World Cup's in a row that the Italians have knocked the Aussies out!
