In reply to: A fascinating goal in La Liga last weekend posted by wcnitz
Believe it or not, the LOTG place no restriction on taking a quick free kick unless it meets certain constraints. The referee can always indicate that he is going to want a ceremonial restart, but he is not required to if none of the conditions are met (injury, booking, has to talk to a player, etc.).
I do think the laws need some clarity here, but based on how they are written now this is a perfectly legitimate goal.
until the referee threatens them with a yellow card. The interpretation of the laws brings certain dark arts into the game.
I would call this the 'Right of the Weak'. I realize Madrid is neck-and-neck down to the wire and that Sevilla wasn't a guaranteed 3 points, but this seems beneath a title contender.
If it were Granada or Leganes taking that restart, OK fine. But Madrid should really be more gentlemanly than that.
An opponent stops to help the cramping player. To take advantage of that by playing with an injured (only cramping) player is pathetic
Why? The injured player was still on the ground. The ball was not in play. The referee should have indicated a ceremonial restart and asked for attention for the injured player. This wasn't bang-bang - there was quite a bit of time between the whistle and the restart.
On a side note, I didn't keep watching but I assume the 'injured' player was just fine.
You don't even get a warning for preventing a quick free kick by standing in front of the ball. It's an immediate caution and then a hard restart. I actually did this to a kid a couple weeks ago.
'But he didn't ask for ten!' Doesn't need to, buddy.