Sometimes you wonder, do Referees understand the game of Football? Quote from Roy Keane, and undoubtedly one of the best people to be wise on this one!!!
BACKGROUND:
ATK Mohunbagan has an average of 46% possession, but FC Goa on the other side is the table topper in this case with almost 59% possession, the most by any team in this ISL.
Both the teams have scored 6 Goals each, but while ATKMB conceded only 3 Goa conceded 6 goals.
The passing accuracy of ATK is 67% while for Goa it is 83.5%, not only that Goa also beats ATK by a long difference in the successful passes, 2494 compared to 1120 in total.
But when ultimately in the game where the coring of Goals are important there ATKMb is better.
Though all these might not be necessary when the Referee is Rahul Gupta, the wise Man today can say the last words today, as he is officiating his 4th Match while showing 21 Y, 3 Red, and giving 2 Penalties. Like his last game, he liked to turn a game anyway he wants to. It seems Rahul wants to have a say in the end result of the game by his own tricks!!!
Angulo gets the ball rolling, and we hope to enjoy a good game today.
On the 5th Minute, Donachie concedes a free-kick while tackling Roy Krishna, you can almost say Krishna earned the Free-Kick, and this is what Krishna does, a willy Fox!
On the 15th Minute Angulo & Tiri leap to win the ball, but instead of the ball Tiri headed Angulo on the back of his head, A foul and Yellow card, but Tiri seems very unhappy with it Though it was not intentional but is seems Rahul wants to show who is the Boss on the field and showed the Card.
On the 21st Minute, Tiri collided with McHugh when he was attacking, and the Referee has given ATKmb a Free-Kick. Though it seemed Gonzalez has fouled Tiri, actually Gonzalez has nothing to do with it. A shamble of referring, we must say.
At the fag end of this half, tempers are on the rise here and every foul attracts a mini-scuffle. Even Edu Bedia seems to be having a go at Habas, and obviously, Habas is not known as a person who will take things!!!
On the 70th Minute, Noguera bullies Pranay for the ball, cuts Tiri in and McHugh comes on with an absolutely wonderful challenge on the edge of the box. McHugh gets the ball, but Noguera is now down, getting treatment by GOA physio and Goa claims Penalty. Repeated replay shows that It was not.
On the 80th Minute, Ortiz along with Angulo plays wonderfully and Ortiz storms into the Box, McHugh clearly unable to catch Ortiz, pushes him and puts him off. It was a sure penalty, But Rahul clearly eliminates all the Football Rules and gave a Goal-Kick!!!
On the 84th Minute, ATK got a penalty. Krishna almost attracts Aiban to foul him in the penalty box, and this one was clearly a penalty. Rahul also thinks the same!!! Shocking isn't it?
On the 88th Minute, Pritam fouled Brandon and gets a taste of the Yellow!
Full-Time ATKMB: 1 Goa 0
If the referees are so inconsistent in their behaviour of applying rules of the game then they not only are the Main decider but can also turn a game according to the favour they want, and Rahul Gupta does that one perfectly today.
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