What is Cash supposed to do there? Expected arm position as he’s going down to block and fired at him from a foot away.
Doesn't have much detail in it, but yes the article says he refused to come onWait so he was actually asked to sub in and refused? The article is paywalled
On the bright side I did get a good laugh out of itWent back and watch the highlights of the Villa stuff. Absolute disgrace of an officiating performance.
Pathetic red card. Mitrovic instigated the entire thing, leaned his body forward, and then acted like he got shot.
Referees rewarding behavior like that is why players dive all over the pitch.
Glad Michael Oliver learned from his last mistake
Did the ball hit off Cash's chest?
Either way, it's been described as a soft penalty pretty much everywhere
I thought profanity still matteredDeflections were actually removed as a consideration from the rule this year, although England still seems to consider them.
Theoretically the only considerations are where it hit (both similar), if the arm made the body bigger (both clearly did), and if the arm was in a natural position (must have ruled Cash’s actions couldn’t justify the position while Gabriel’s could)
I thought profanity still mattered
This is the challenge of typing on a phone before you're really awakeI'm pretty sure swearing at the ref has never helped. May have missed that change though.
But really, they actually took out proximity too as a direct callout in the rule, but it's indirectly considered under the "deliberately touches the ball" part. Basically if you're 30 feet away and leave your arm in a position to hit the ball, you're far more likely to be called for intentionally touching it by leaving it there versus if you're 2 feet away.
More leeway is supposed to be given for "natural" position the closer you are to the ball, but there's no explicit callout for deflections.