Expert on the uproar at the World Cup: the change in refereeing

The United States played against Bosnia and Herzegovina on the night between Wednesday and Thursday Finnish time. The host country won the match 2–0.

When the match was 1–0, the striker who scored the lead goal Folarin Balogun sizes Withdraw Muharemovicin on the calf. Var checked the situation, and the American striker was given a red card.

Referee expert Jan-Peter Aravirta says that the situation was peculiar.

“This was a really interesting thing. The defender comes past the USA player and is about to win the ball. Balogun is surprised, but still goes to fight for the ball in the follow-up game of the World Cup,” Aravirta analyzed.

Although According to Aravirra, Balogun is trying to win the ball a little too much in the situation, the expert says the situation was a complete disaster.

Aravirta refers to previous situations in the World Cup where a red card has not been given.

He mentions, among other things Lionel Messin the situation in the match between Argentina and Algeria, where Messi hit the pieces ahead of the Algerian player’s calf. Messi did not receive a red card for the situation.

Aravirta mirrors Balogun’s situation to Messi’s case and states that the red card was unreasonable.

“I think a yellow card would have been enough. Var should not have intervened in the case, because the situation was an accident.”

Aravirta suspects that there has been a change in refereeing during the World Cup. He brings up the situation of the Qatar–Canada match, where Canada’s Ishmael Konen the leg was broken as a result of the tackle. of Qatar So Madibo was banned for five matches for the incident.

According to Aravirta, such situations can affect other judges. He says that the verdict could have been influenced by the fact that Muharemovic had a big chance of getting injured in the situation.

“In such situations, the referee can get scared that if a player is seriously injured, then I have to act and give a severe punishment.”

Due to the red card, Balogun will not play in the next playoff round.

Also Belgium’s match against Senegal saw a special situation when Belgium received a penalty kick in the 118th minute. Var checked the situation for a long time and judged a foul.

of Senegal Pathé Ciss crouched over the penalty spot after Belgium Diego Moreira elbowed the Senegalese. Youri Tielemans didn’t get to shoot hard until several minutes later. Before this, Ciss had pulled Moreira by the hair.

According to Aravirra, the Belgians protected the penalty spot so that the Senegalese cannot sabotage the area around the spot.

“It seemed that the Senegalese were annoyed by this trick and went to cause confusion.”

Belgium won the match 3–2. The United States and Belgium will meet in the quarterfinals on the night between Monday and Tuesday Finnish time.