Ok well my opinion on that specific few seconds is it wasn't enough for a red card and I'll be surprised if it would be defended by many if it was given.
Yeah that still image doesn't convince me. And I doubt you'll see him get a retroactive red card, but we'll see.
Oh, no chance you will. But again, for me it's not about what the league does. It's about what PRO thinks was proper, based on instruction. And this is definitely a case where the still photo is almost irrelevant. That could be anything. It's the movement of the opponent's head that really has me asking the question here and you can only see that on video. There's a significant amount of force in this action and it's targeted at a dangerous area where we are supposed to have heightened awareness to player safety.
Listening to the interaction between Saghafi and the VAR, I'm surprised he didn't think this was a slam dunk case of interfering with the line of vision with the goalkeeper. It seems to be consistent with other past examples where goals have disallowed.
Two things I found interesting. PRO does not opine on the misconduct on the DFK turned PK, only reciting what the R decided. Does that suggest they would prefer a red, or that there were differing opinions at PRO so they stayed silent? On the sliding HB, I think we again have evidence that the language about natural position for what a player is doing, really doesn’t mean what the words say. The arm up when sliding is 100% natural—it’s right where you see arms when baseball players slide. What the words really mean, I think, is “a natural-ish position that soccer expects given the expectation to keep arms down and away when contesting for the ball.” (I’m totally OK with this being handling. But I don’t think it is if the language of the law is directly applied. I think we were better off when it was left at “deliberate.” But that does not mean I think IFAB should mess with it any more!)
On the penalty kick foul by the goalkeeper, I’m interested in hearing PRO’s opinion on whether or not this is DOGSO. I’m leaning yes, but could be convinced either way.
I would have fully expected an OFR for DOGSO if this was outside of the penalty area. Optically it worked out for the referee that he went yellow on the FK.
I suspect the referee thought that even without the player jumping through there was no way the GK was going to get anywhere near that shot since it hit side netting.
For it to be a DOGSO red it would have to be judged the GK didn't make a legitimate play on the ball right? Otherwise DOGSO in the box when making an attempt to play the ball is only a yellow now?