Jan 13, 2025 10:28 PM IST
Kolkata derby’s penalty choice was justified, says AIFF’s Trevor Kettle, affirming referee’s name on handball incident involving East Bengal’s Vishnu.
Kolkata: East Bengal weren’t denied a penalty in Saturday’s Kolkata derby within the Indian Tremendous League, stated Trevor Kettle, chief refereeing officer of the All India Soccer Federation.
Gamers of Mohun Bagan Tremendous Big & East Bengal FC throughout the Kolkata Derby on the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati. (ISL)
The incident in query was a shot from East Bengal’s PV Vishnu placing Lalengmawia Ralte’s arm. Kettle stated the instruction to referees this time has been to ask themselves if the hand was in “a justified (natural) position” when the ball strikes it. “The ball hitting the arm or the hand is not in its own right an effect (a foul),” he stated from New Delhi throughout a digital media convention on Monday.
Ralte’s arm was “clearly in a justified position,” he stated. The arm being barely away is regular identical to it’s to have arms away from the physique when a participant makes an attempt a shot, he stated. “There is no deliberate action to handle the ball. So, that is not a handball.”
Kettle accepted referee Tejas Nagvenkar was “deceived” by Odisha FC’s Diego Mauricio which led to East Bengal’s Jeakson Singh getting a second reserving. Errors occur, he stated. The punishment couldn’t be rescinded as a result of that may solely occur for direct crimson playing cards. It’s the similar within the Premier League.
On condition that his transient is to enhance the usual of Indian referees, Kettle stated he was towards getting overseas referees to ISL as would occur within the first six seasons. Earlier than the season, the previous Premier League assistant referee stated, he had performed a survey amongst coaches and located that the common acceptance of accuracy in main choices was round 82.5%. That’s the quantity referees have achieved to this point this time period, he stated.
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