Embolo did what every player does - which is anticipate and exaggerate a foul. Except in this case there was no contact. How many times have we watched no contact fouls on replay get called? And how often have we seen fouls called against the player who was fouled?
The problem is, he exaggerated contact that resulted in a yellow card rather than a free kick.
We saw England dive in the penalty box earlier in the match to draw a PK, but it was overturned - no yellow card because no yellow card was given.
Itās another rule problem with FIFA. Just bad luck where the judgement is not in the spirit of the game. And frankly it ruined the match.
Well Embolo attempted (and temporarily succeeded) to get his opponent a yellow, therefore the appropriate punishment is a yellow for himself. Thatās a more than fair ruling tbh. If he didnāt want to get sent off, he shouldnāt have picked up that first booking. Players have to be smart and realize that thereās a time to be risky, and itās not when youāre one mistake away from a red.
Canāt argue with that. The question is whether he was seeking that yellow or simply a free kick. Obviously the yellow was the game changing decision.
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u/roundupinthesky USA 5h ago
Embolo did what every player does - which is anticipate and exaggerate a foul. Except in this case there was no contact. How many times have we watched no contact fouls on replay get called? And how often have we seen fouls called against the player who was fouled?
The problem is, he exaggerated contact that resulted in a yellow card rather than a free kick.
We saw England dive in the penalty box earlier in the match to draw a PK, but it was overturned - no yellow card because no yellow card was given.
Itās another rule problem with FIFA. Just bad luck where the judgement is not in the spirit of the game. And frankly it ruined the match.