Yellow card to a player that continues after the whistle is blown.

[GRBomber]

We are having lots of cards to players that continue with the play after the ref blows the whistle.
Ronaldo got one against Australia, for example.

Is it really necessary? The crowds are very loud and some fans carry whistles. I would not "believe" I heard the whistle, if I was a striker in front of the goal.

IMO, this rule is not really necessary, because the offender doesn't really harm the game.

[NHRef]

They are probably getting a card for delay the restart of play. This is one of the things the refs are actually calling. So the "harm" in theory is the offended teams right to a quick restart. The delay allows a potentially out of position team to get players back to stop a quick counter.

[macheath]

We are having lots of cards to players that continue with the play after the ref blows the whistle.
Ronaldo got one against Australia, for example.

Is it really necessary? The crowds are very loud and some fans carry whistles. I would not "believe" I heard the whistle, if I was a striker in front of the goal.

IMO, this rule is not really necessary, because the offender doesn't really harm the game.

In at least two cases (Ghana and Brazil), cards issued after an offside call, and the attacker continued with play and shot the ball into the net. This is heavily frowned upon. Ghana appealed the card, as it was his second in two games, lost the appeal, so he's off for the U.S. game.

[GRBomber]

They are probably getting a card for delay the restart of play. This is one of the things the refs are actually calling. So the "harm" in theory is the offended teams right to a quick restart. The delay allows a potentially out of position team to get players back to stop a quick counter.

That makes sense, but I always think that it's unfair because the player goes "mindless" when he is about to score.

[benni...]

Well in some cases its considered petulence and they've been trying to enforce that as a bookable offense. But in Ronaldo's case, the ref figured he heard the whistle, I assumed he did as well.

I know I would appreacate players getting yellow cards when touching the ball after a foul has been blown against you. It was in last years World Youth Championships/

[Tuco]

I don't want to sound like Captain Obvious, but this rule has already been enforced for a while now. I remember Klinsmann getting a yellow against Bolivia in WC '94 for the very same reasons. Of course, he tried to talk his way out of it, but he had a reputation, you know. :D

[Lockjaw]

The unfair part is that an open Australian player stopped attacking because of a whistle blown from the stands. Ronaldo did the right thing in my opinion, you put the ball in the net & then check with the referee.

[argentine soccer fan]

It also happened to Crespo against Serbia, in a play that was not even offside.

Perhaps when the ref looks at intent, they should consider whether the situation calls for a team to waste time. For example, if a team is behind and they keep playing, or even if they're confortably ahead, odds are they're not doing it to waste time. On the other hand, if it's a very close match and they're getting the result they need, that is where time wasting comes into play.

[GRBomber]

It also happened to Crespo against Serbia, in a play that was not even offside.

Perhaps when the ref looks at intent, they should consider whether the situation calls for a team to waste time. For example, if a team is behind and they keep playing, or even if they're confortably ahead, odds are they're not doing it to waste time. On the other hand, if it's a very close match and they're getting the result they need, that is where time wasting comes into play.

Crespo was very unlucky on that match. Denied of a goal, yellow carded and later he suffered a PK and the ref didn't see it.

[leg_breaker]

It's a load of rubbish. When you're through on goal you think of nothing else other than scoring. Not listening to whistles that could very well be from the crowd.

The refs seem to think people are going to the games to watch them, rather than the players. Even completely non-dirty games are getting half a dozen yellow cards, it's madness.