I wish they would also go back to calling shirt pulling as a foul. At the stage now where itâs, âwell that wasnât enough to give a penaltyâ so apparently thereâs varying degrees of shirt pulling that are allowed that the referee or VAR officials have to make a judgement call on. BULLSHIT!! Pulling another players shirt is 100% a foul but the powers that be have decided to let some of that slide. Start calling it and they will stop.
Another thing they let slide now is players blocking opposition run about 15 to 20 yards from the ball. Clear as day in the fifa rules, that is obstruction cause itâs not within playing distance of the ball. Iâve heard commentators say âwell, heâs entitled to go anywhere on the field he wantsâ, well, no he isnât and the obstruction rule covers that.
FIFA's obstruction rule, officially known as "
Impeding the Progress of an Opponent" (Law 12), prohibits moving into an opponent's path to block, slow down, or force a change of direction when the ball is not within playing distance. It is deemed a foul if a player is not actively playing the ball.
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