Comments on: Upon further review, Marcelo Zalayeta won’t be suspended

By: adam

adam — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:02:37 +0000

mounir?

By: moka

moka — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:28:24 +0000

I agree with Charlton; in tennis, players allowed a certain number of challenges per set, why can’t they do that for soccer? It would make sense.

And plus, it shouldn’t take too long; the 4th official will take the decision. Simple.

By: Wendall

Wendall — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:24:52 +0000

I say if it is a game changing event, like a penalty decision, then video replays are justified (only after the play goes dead). The use of video replays to determine guilt and assess sentencing of suspensions is good as well. Stopping the game for a dubious call that is not a penalty does the game no good at all.

Take rugby league and union, they will use the video official to determine if a team has scored but unless the try is under dispute there is no recourse to the video official.

Football is a relatively low scoring game so penalties can be of huge importance. Taking 2 minutes to make the right decision (or a more considered one) is worth it, in my opinion.

By: Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:22:17 +0000

I’d say allow two challenges to be lodged by the coach, for each of those times, should the call not be overturned then for that particular chalenge issue the coach a yellow card for wasting the fans time.

Which means that if both challenges don’t pan out then the coach is looking at a yellow card accumulation.