Liverpool players protested against Tottenham’s goal during the first leg of the FA Cup semi-final, which the London club won 1-0, yesterday, Wednesday, because the referee did not warn the Tottenham player, Swedish Lukas Bergvall, who scored the only goal in the match. In the 85th minute of the match, he committed a violation immediately before scoring, which they believed required a warning, which meant expulsion, since he had been warned on the first occasion in the 68th minute.
Jamal Al-Sharif, the refereeing expert in Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, commented on the situation and said: “The ball reached Konstatinos Tsimikas from the Liverpool team, and Bergvall made a slide to get the ball. The referee applied the principle of providing an opportunity, as the goal of the obstruction was to prevent a promising attack, and considering The ball went to the Liverpool team and they took possession of it. The referee does not return to warning, on the basis that stopping the promising attack did not occur, and the attack continued and the ball remained in the team’s possession. Liverpool, and thus the player is not given a warning. While trying to play the ball, he came into contact with his opponent, which led to the Liverpool player falling, but the attack continued, and the referee granted the opportunity, and here the referee does not give the player a second warning.”
Al-Sherif continued: “If the violation is considered reckless, the situation changes, but in this case the player did not reach the ball, contact occurred, and the ball went to the injured player’s teammate from the Liverpool team, and if the attack was stopped because the ball went to a Tottenham player, the referee would have to here.” The Tottenham player was warned, and thus expelled, and as long as the promising attack was not stopped, and the ball remained with the Liverpool players, then the warning was dropped, especially since Liverpool controlled the ball and continued its promising attack.”
Before the controversial shot, Tottenham scored a goal, but the referee canceled it after returning to the VAR technology. The World Cup referee said about the shot: “The ball reached Solanke, who controlled it before he scored a goal. The assistant referee initially awarded the goal. But after the intervention of the mouse technology, it became clear that Solanke was offside, as he was ahead of the second-last defender in the Liverpool team, as he was interfering in the play, and thus the goal was canceled, and the decision was correct.”
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