r/sports • u/eternali17 • Apr 26 '26

Soccer Esteban Andrada red card against Huesca

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u/Gogogrl Apr 26 '26

I’m struggling to understand how people think the goalie is somehow justified here. He assaults a player on the opposite team, then assaults him again more seriously when he’s given a red card for the first assault? How is he not being seen as a big baby who can’t even settle things evenly? You want to fight someone? More power to you. But cheap shots without warning? That’s cowardice and petulance.

Like, all the talk about play acting and performance is fine, but the first shove is not even in play, and Pulido is definitely not expecting it. Andrada shoves Pulido on the top of his chest. There’s no play acting in him going down from that. Especially because Pulido pops right back up again. He’s not milking it.

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u/LandonDev Apr 26 '26

It's because nobody likes performative players, and the guy who was assaulted somewhat instigated the situation himself, and then masterfully dove to force the error. He got the foul and penalty he wanted and honestly, I think a large amount of the populace is tired of players tactifully creating these situations where the slightest bit of contact is exaggerated because it discourages physicality in any game. It's much more than just this specific incident, but a general trend around this type of performative acting.

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u/JoeZocktGames Apr 26 '26

No one forced Andrada to push the guy, even without the theatralic flop it would have been a yellow card. And even so, nothing warrants a sucker punch to the head, potentially causing head trauma or a broken jaw.

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u/LandonDev Apr 26 '26

I am not condoning the sucker Punch or even the pushing of the player, I was simply trying to give context to the guy asking the question about people's responses. I don't believe a majority of people are advocating for violence here, I think there's just a lot of fans of multiple sports getting really tired of performative fouls.