I swear i felt the concussion from Bijev's shot into the crossbar. He smoked that ball. These SRFC vs OC matchups are developing into a yellow card party.
I heard after the game that Malik Badawi, the referee for this game, tends to use his yellow card a lot. That said, Amico should have been sent off much earlier, on the foul that led to the PK. To me that was a yellow card foul, he already had a yellow, and I think the ref just didn't want to send him off while also awarding a PK.
There was another play when Kneeshaw was streaking through & Amico was already on a yellow, tripped Kneeshaw just before he broke into the backline of OCFC - The ref only gave Amico a talking too. Should have been sent off on that play. BTW, I found some video footage of the goal that was taken away from Iwasa in the first half - sorry that is a legit goal - the ref is blind I am not a near normally complains about the ref but this was a GOAL !!! @BlurbsIndomita #SACvOC pic.twitter.com/7wNoO7yyWn— Rave Bear (@Rave_Bear_Sac) June 3, 2018
Yeah, i just watched the game again on dvr, and you're right...Iwasa's goal was legit, and the tackle on Kneeshaw was yellow card worthy. Although, to be honest, I thought Amico's first yellow (on Bijev?) was a bit harsh. PS - and yes, I resurrected a thread for a game completed almost a week ago.....it' s what i do when i've spent the morning pre-scheduling the dvr for World Cup games.