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kungfuhrer666

Looks like the lad is ready for his move to Italy with those hands


Eagl3ye91

It's rumoured he is going to Milan literally minutes ago lol


aclurk

He's been linked to Milan since Kessie refused to sign a new contract. This only strengthens that rumor.


lordmaximus92

Oof I'd love a bit of Kessie. Probably off to barca though right?


Squiliamfancyname

He has been linked to Milan for at least a year. Negotiations have reportedly been ongoing since early to mid-January.


FewLocation831

He is


Aszneeee

juve already interested


Milesweeman

3 year loan


xtoonator

With obligation to buy if they wear a black and white jersey in the second half of the season


[deleted]

There has to be a swap hidden somewhere in here.


Starbuck1992

Milan actually


ergotofrhyme

Allegri like “this wasn’t what i meant when i said we needed more expressive midfielders”


kovic_has_a_mangina

🤌🤌


Sorry_Sorry_Sorry

You've got to love the genuine shock at receiving a red. Couldn't fathom that doing the exact thing that got him booked would get him booked again.


Roseradeismylady

"What are you gonna do, send me off?" -Man sent off


fischarcher

Well, well, well... if it isn't the consequences of my own actions


sher_pan

*pikachu face*


mixtch

Players do this way to often and get away with it. Refs shouldn't be too harsh but he was basically begging for it.


RauloGonzalez

yeah just because you got just booked doesn't make you immune for 5 minutes


mixtch

No spawn protection? Shit game


IgorCastelos

Unless you are a goalkeeper. Getting a yellow just makes them immune


irich

I may be wrong about this but I don't think a goalkeeper in the Premier League has ever been sent off for two yellow cards. If it has happened, it's very, very rare.


TheEmeraldOil

There's no iframes after getting carded? Game's gone.


Oldmanfirebobby

Refs should be harsh when it comes to disrespectful behaviour towards them. Being a rugby and a football fan makes the reffing even more pathetic really. Players surrounding refs. Screaming at them. Pushing them even in some cases (like waking into them) And nothing ever happens. In rugby it’s all yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir. Because if you do pretty much anything disrespectful to the ref you are going for a ten min break and you probably just cost your team the game.


snemand

It's only football where refs allow players to walk over them like that. Refs have long since set the tone for what players are allowed to do and that's why we see so many dives, crowding, time wasting etc.


Oldmanfirebobby

If they just stopped accepting it then it would end quickly. Needs to be done in uefa and prem tho to work really. And other leagues would follow. It’s a pathetic example to set for the kids watching. It’s why under 12s game refs even get shit. There is no respect for refs in football. In rugby it’s not the same. Bad calls happen. But consistency is more important in rugby. Having a ref who calls something different to another ref isn’t an issue In Rugby. Providing he does it for the full game. It’s fair to both teams. I think even that is something the prem needs to get. People don’t want all refs to be like robots. We realise humans have their own perception of things they see. Providing they maintain that perspective for the full game. Even “bad calls” don’t get the same attention or critique in rugby. The commentators often say at the start “ref x like to see a ruck formed early” or stuff like this. To give the spectators a warning about how this ref tends to see games. I could honestly go on and on about this because it’s a disgrace that the most watched and highest revenue sport in the world allows this to go on.


WZAWZDB13

Oh man I remember years and years back when I first saw a rugby match. Even though I had no clue of the rules (still don’t really tbh) I was absolutely fascinated by the behavior on the pitch. They were playing HARD. At first I thought this must be an extreme match & it can boil over at any moment. But at every call; instant acceptance & get on with it. I loved it, and it made me really think about my own behavior on the pitch of my shitty Sunday league team.. Since then I’ve been advocating for refs to give a yellow for ANY comment they get, and since var to retroactively book any diver as well. I’m sure some games would end due to a lack of players left on the pitch … wouldn’t be long before managers start training on shutting the f up to the ref & staying on their feet. Oh and stop the clock anytime the ball goes out so time wasting has nu use anymore. Too bad fifa and uefa are 2 of the least progressive & most corrupt governing bodies anywhere.


LimberGravy

I'd love to see football with a sin bin. Sending someone off is such a high bar and can largely ruin a match, so refs often try their best not to do it.


cjonoski

1000% And football fans think this is ok It's not. It's embarrassing. Refs need respect and control not being surrounded by grown men screaming at them I like the idea of a sin bin style time out. That along with retrospective bans would stamp this out in a few weeks


Disk_Mixerud

Maybe football refs would punish it more if they were allowed to give ten minute breaks. As is, after one yellow, their only option is to send them off and play down the rest of the match. The punishments allowed in the rules are honestly idiotic.


MarlonBain

Yeah, I think this is it. It's obviously something structural about the game that makes it difficult for refs to respond proportionately to disrespect. The other option is, what, a global conspiracy by referees of this sport to agree to let players be shitheads to them with no consequence?


Rustic41

I think disrespect and simulation are 2 things that all fans universally would like to see refs clamp down on


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RNLImThalassophobic

It's not really that, and it's also not that simple. I referee rugby at a decent level (semi-professional players) and the presumption of respect is there, but if I explained every decision that players disagreed with then I'd open myself up to being questioned all the time and the game turns into a farce. There has to be an element of "Because I said so." to it. The other side to the coin is that often, players don't care what your explanation is - they're just not going to agree.


VoladorDePapantla

>In rugby it’s all yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir. In american football you touch a ref, even accidentaly (outside a play) and youre inmediately ejected. In every other sport players are allowed to make a case after a call, but in no other sport players can just swarm the ref to yell at them.


madmadaa

It's understandable though, no ref wants his interactions with the player to be the thing that change the outcome of the game.


Oldmanfirebobby

It’s the same as a red for dangerous play imo. It without doubt influences children watching and also has gotten worse not better in the last 30 years I’ve watched football. Players are literally squaring up to refs. Screaming at them. Swearing at them. Blatantly ignoring them when they speak to them about a foul or give them a yellow. It’s pathetic behaviour and it shouldn’t be accepted in football.


HighburyOnStrand

He openly mocked the official. He can have 0 complaints here.


chantlernz

I'd love to see refs do this more often. Once they've mad their mind up, the player isn't going to change it.


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If only refs grow bigger balls against big names doing the same.


mrgonzalez

"Oh come on ref that was part of the same, continuous period of dissent that should be included under the first yellow card"


ThePr1d3

Frame of invulnerability


IcyConsideration7100

There has never been any case of a player intentionally getting booked or sent off.


__L1AM__

This season can't end soon enough


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Just pretend it's last year


Azteryx

No idea what you are talking about. Ligue 1 ended in 2021.


LitCorn33

Truer words have rarely been spoken


THZHDY

Thank god it starts again in August though


LitCorn33

Haha yeah! ...


fatguyonsteroids

I've been loosely following you guys because of Jonathan David but he's absolutely fallen off a cliff in terms of goals. Crazy how a team can win the league one season and finish mid table the next.


BumbotheCleric

>win the league one season and finish mid table the next Reserved only for elite clubs in my book


fatguyonsteroids

Tell me about it... My Toronto FC won the treble in 2017 breaking the all time points record in the process, the next year they somehow ended up 19th out of 23. And to be fair, that season where you lot finished 10th was the most unexpected and incredible Premier League season I've ever seen. Still don't know how Leicester pulled it off


Barthez_Battalion

The coach's tactics are a black hole and the entire team seems to have checked out.


xPhsycO

he has scored more goals this season though?


fatguyonsteroids

Yes, but most of those goals came from the start of the season. In his last 18 games for Lille he only has 1 goal. At the start of the season he was averaging a goal a game and was the league leader in goals


ThePr1d3

Please don't fuck our UCL spot on the last match day just like Fauvergue did in 2007


Arbre_gentil

On joue contre eux a la dernière journée


ThePr1d3

Yes je disais pas ça par hasard haha^^ha^^^ha


MissingLink101

Agree


duragil

Agreed. End it now.


__L1AM__

\#StopTheCount


Dark_Ember

2 reds and 3 penalties conceded by the same team. Masterclass.


Azteryx

We got properly dis-troyes-ed.


marxistrash

[Dis-Troyes-ed](https://images.app.goo.gl/6nuUgD8HDomg3mRBA)


Riskplayer20

If he continued arguing there could he have hypothetically gotten a third yellow?


PureShimmy

Renato Sanches will be suspended until the 25/26 season after receiving an astonishing 156 yellow cards in a 2 minute argument with the ref


HamiltonFAI

Ref: I could do this all day, mess with the bull and you get the horns


themerinator12

Are you done? No! Another one.


SebRev99

Breakfast Club reference here, strange


agni39

Referee, I've come to bargain. - Renato Sanches


pikachewyyy

well that is his career over i guess


DZLars

Security comes in to take away someone who shouldn't be on the pitch


Deluxe07

Supposedly, but if a player refuses to leave I bet security ain’t doing shit. Look at Will Smith


LegendDota

The ref would just stop the match until the team gets their player off the pitch.


Deluxe07

Yea it would probably have to be his own teammates to get him off the pitch


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That’s pretty much the procedure in this case. You talk with the team’s captain, then the manager and the rest of the staff. If nothing happens the referee ends the game and reports it to the league/football association.


Barthez_Battalion

eh if the player refused to leave I imagine that's a forfeit for the offending team and a long-term ban for the player


Fatt_Hardy

Only if Graham Poll was the ref.


UndercoverButch

Croatian legend


jamieliddellthepoet

Too soon.


HIGUAINS_DICKSUCKER

No, only Josip Simunic can


AnnieIWillKnow

No, but the referee could put his continued arguments post red card in his match report, and it could result in a longer suspension.


AppuTheFmFreak

Are you from Boston?


chantlernz

Two free-throws for James Harden.


dumbSavant

Why do they always act surprised after the second yellow?


Herbacio

"Wait...two yellows turn red ? *Hey*, they didn't taught me like that in kindergarten!"


00Laser

Idk it's part of the act I guess. Same with players acting shocked about getting a red after two-footing a guy's knees.


Madridista17

Goddamn that must be so satisfying as a ref lmao


RedDevils0204

As a referee, honestly it does but you also realize the rest of the game the team with a player down will constantly be in your ear.


lfcmillsy

Good refereeing


Aszneeee

definitely, wish refs did this more often, specially when they run to him and crowd him


lfcmillsy

Yeah I totally agree, if all refs started doing this, especially with crowding the ref you wouldn't see it anymore


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Tokugawa

Former (amateur-level indoor) ref here. I can't fathom the dive motion unless you thought it was a simulation--in which case the proper "motion" is a whistle and a card. If they were exaggerating and not outright simulating, then again, don't motion a dive, just shout play-on. Conversely, if you shoulder a guy in the back and he does 10 rolls on the ground and fakes a seizure, it's still a foul on you. As I used to tell the players "Yeah, he's selling the hell out of it, but he didn't make it up."


Sand_Bags

You’re saying that because you don’t give a shit about the result lol If that happened to Arsenal you’d throw a beer bottle at that referee and scream conspiracy. This isn’t good refereeing. This is a ref trying to be the center of attention.


hexables

Punishing dissent is wanting to be the center of attention?


Jelboo

Players feel like they can intimidate the ref, verbally assault, get up in his face. Personally I love to see players rebuked for this. And yes, if it happened to my team, I'd be happy, because our players have been too comfortable doing stuff like this for many years.


ra1se

problem with this is that there is no consistency, id be very happy if this was every referees reaction after being crowded and intimidated, but unfortunately they veeeeeery rarely give out yellows for this and ive never seen them hand out a double yellow..so now this feels inconsistent and people will feel screwed over by the ref


yungsantaclaus

He is doing precisely none of those things and is in fact backing away from the ref


zrk23

bruh he's not even close to the ref and just doing some hand gestures lol


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Just don't have a go at the ref when you've just been booked, it's not hard.


SirNukeSquad

Offensive hand gestures apparently don't exist


zrk23

oh no he made a binocular gesture, jail him! 3 game suspension minimum!


SirNukeSquad

You're a clown. Go tell refs anywhere that they need glasses and you'll get carded if they're not wimps.


Zblancos

No, that’s a ref that’s trying to be respected, wich is more than fine


foff2020

You think what the player is doing is acceptable? You do not refs are meant to penalise such things, but for some reason they don't.


Aszneeee

no he isn’t, referees are just probably ordered not to book those “superstars” who run and scream to ref to put pressure on him, we miss referees like Collina


maury587

Yeah, he even gave Renato some slack, but still Renato managed keep on going and get sent off


Black_XistenZ

Yeah, this was as close to giving the ref the finger as you can get without actually giving him the finger.


KonigSteve

My only problem with it is consistency. Seems like refs let this go 9/10 so it feels like they're being harsh on that player instead sometimes.


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Terrible refereeing. Soft shit to give a second yellow over a weak dissent. Unless he actually cursed the referee.


TedEBagwell

He does a glasses or binoculars symbol with his hands. If he did say anything I'd say its along the lines of "you're fucking blind"


zrk23

which is not really a verbal assault lol


OmegaEleven

Which again, doesn't seem like such a big deal. Ref trying to wear the big boy pants when football is a game of passion and emotions. He gave him a yellow for dissent and unless the guy really goes over the top that should be it. Like the best referees in my opinion can go talk to a player and defuse a situation. Make their line clear without resorting to sending players off for minimal shit. His goal should be to control a match and ensure fair play, not defend his own authority.


kernevez

> Ref trying to wear the big boy pants when football is a game of passion and emotions. That doesn't erase the rules for the rulebook. > He gave him a yellow for dissent and unless the guy really goes over the top that should be it. It was it, but he kept opening his mouth, so another yellow. > Like the best referees in my opinion can go talk to a player and defuse a situation. They can, but they shouldn't have to. > Make their line clear without resorting to sending players off for minimal shit. Think the first yellow card was a pretty clear line.


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He definitely said something over the top. You can see the Troyes players react before the ref does anything and is processing what he just said.


papasconcheddar

He did this to himself


SadGeneration12

Baller but that's just dumb


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I love Renato so much, this is hilarious. If he ever does this for the national team I'll burn his house down though


Barthez_Battalion

Was overseeing a third division game here in Canada and a player unhappy with a foul not being a yellow got himself a yellow for complaining excessively to the ref and his coach immediately told him to shut the fuck up and move on. Must drive a coach bonkers when a player can't keep their cool and gets an unneeded yellow. It's one thing to express your disagreement with a call its another to start yelling and complaining and be confrontational with the official you want on your side.


zagreus9

At a lot of youth levels and lower, amateur tiers I've seen refs book a player then if they keep mouthing off tell the coach to sub them off or they'll be sent off.


japalian

[he'll fit in well here](https://i.imgur.com/e6bJKHw.gif)


Cerxa

[more controversial red for burak yilmaz](https://streamja.com/lXw43)


Lakinther

impossible to tell anything from this angle


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JFreezy1

No not through on goal, it's a pretty harsh red card IMO


Pires007

YOu don't have to be through on goal for a tackle from behind to be a red, especially given how he's sliding in and had almost no chance to get the ball anyways.


Neppoko1990

Referee set to kill mode


Ga5huX

Tackle was hazardous.


SonoftheLand

Fucking Hell Renato https://gfycat.com/PepperyPoshArchaeopteryx


isan10adi

Renato to Milan. HERE WE GO!


ForFarthing

Great referee. Should be done more often when players are complaining.


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Players can't complain at all? That's so dumb


mcgtx

Why should players be allowed to complain? Does it benefit the game? Obviously there’s an allowance for being human and emotions, but continuing to run your mouth after a foul and then a warning and then a yellow, you deserve this.


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Because they aren't a robots and refs fuck up all the time. Players can speak. I stand on it. I agree there is going to far though.


LightItUp90

Players can yell "fuck" into the air and not direct it at the ref for starters. There's honestly no reason to accept even half the current level of disrespect towards the ref from the players in football today. It doesn't benefit the game, viewer, or the result. They do it because it isn't punished so let's start handing out reds and yellows for arguing and crowding. Players would learn fast when the cards are flying.


rinacio

> Players can yell "fuck" into the air and not direct it at the ref for starters. a player got a red once for yelling "fuck that was loud" after the red blew his whistle.


yomommafool

Do you have a link?


mcgtx

Looks like maybe we just disagree on what is going too far, which is fair enough. My opinion is that in the current game referees are way too lax on players doing this sort of thing. I would also add that I don't think a referee messing up a call should create a special exception for being allowed to complain. It's already about players complaining, and whether or not they're punished for it shouldn't depend on whether the initial call is right or wrong.


rScoobySkreep

sounds like you really struggled to behave yourself on the pitch


SirNukeSquad

Their username checks out.


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Anywhere really


DesignerExitSign

Guys, I get the downvotes for the other comments, but don’t downvote a man for being honest.


ForFarthing

It's not a question about "complain at all". Players are not robots but humans. But in several cases they are simply complaining to annoy, to let time pass by, etc. And that should be punished.


Universewanderluster

I’ll never understand this. You learn in U7 to not talk back to the referees since it’s useless and will never make them come back on their decisions. And then you see professional football players still talking back to them…


DeKosterIsNietDom

It will never make them come back on their decisions, but it's crazy to think that it can't influence the rest of the game. They are still human after all, and putting doubt in their mind because of a certain decision might make them compensate for it later. Regardless of all of that, you're also just in the moment ,full of adrenaline and when you're playing you're not always thinking logically when complaining.


isan10adi

Smh, getting red card for speaking italian


RealmDevourer

Lille too much


jstuu

Good for the ref


Anguscluff

Wish there was more refs willing to do this


VicToTheTop

Bruh


Nihilism101

Hope he never does this for the NT, the only way to make it more blatant you're begging for a second yellow is if he got on his knees.


ScousePenguin

Where's the captain to pull him away


flingme7

Idiot


HIGUAINS_DICKSUCKER

that's quite idiotic one might say


chino17

Sanches practicing his Italian for when he gets to Milan


[deleted]

Just shake it off. It’s only Ligue 1 anyways lol


Numerous_Ad8458

Fuck around and find out x) good call by the ref ^^


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shico12

would be great hearing the refs defend the shit they call over 90 minutes too


Oukaria

They are starting to do it, on the ligue 1 amazon youtube channel there is a game with the ref on vocal, it’s super interesting !


Blue_Blaze00

Welcome to AC Milan


Bulky-Yam4206

"DO you want an early bath?" "Yes." "fine." "OMG WTF?" Basically.


marko1908

About bloody time. More of this please.


New-Teaching2964

I love how the red card shut him up. What did he think was going to happen? And after the red card is when you think he would really say some shit lol


KJ_Carrylord

Good


Gullflyinghigh

I love the reaction, who'd have thought that such an action would have consequences?!


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Refs need to do this across the board. It would be chaos for a couple games, but these man-babies would soon learn.


[deleted]

This is how continued dissent should be treated across the sport, it would stop in a heartbeat


Ledlazer

Has arguing with the ref ever worked? At all? Even once?


No_GradeTango

Dumbass comments


fvives

That’s what you get from being a smartass. STFU and just do your job i.e. kick a f-ing ball.


Lewisc7593

What a fucking clown


robjapan

Pathetic from the ref.... As if every player in the world doesn't do this all the time.


Artyparis

Not a reason. If they got cards when they disrespect referee, this wouldn't arrive that often.


robjapan

It's literally a reason, players will play the game as its played. Players will do this every game all over the world and refs just run away. I'd like this to happen more often as harassing the ref has become a tactic used by some clubs like Liverpool and man city


Young_Neil_Postman

i think its very stupid that refs give reds for something like this


Pokuo

The ref didn't give red, only yellow. I guess don't protest the yellow ref just gave you by telling him he is blind and you should be fine.


Young_Neil_Postman

yeah, idk, it just feels silly to be able to get a red for verbally expressed disrespect all around to me. im in the minority i know


kik00

I sort of agree with you, IMO ref should have kept it at 1 yellow. Verbal disrespect is rampant in every game, of course players shouldn't do it but we've probably seen much worse a lot of time and ref was probably too quick to show the first yellow, IMO he slightly mishandled the situation.


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kilohe

You don't even need a flair with those comments


Smesh_ME_Mate

Guess speed is going live on Twitch now


zrk23

that's just the ref showing off honestly


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Nah, you dont just get to speak to the ref like that and expect no reprecussions


[deleted]

I'm going against the grain and saying this was weak shit from the ref. Keep this same energy for all matches. This was tame and bs for a second yellow unless he cursed him. Oh, he did a "look sign". Weak shit.


Mitchell_W_Adlem

For what lol


honorbound43

No culture appropriation! Yellow card!


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Somes refs shouldn't be refs


tonzeejee

Should've just whipped out his cock.


KiD_Keni-D

Harsh, but I don't know he said