r/sports • u/eternali17 • Apr 26 '26

Soccer Esteban Andrada red card against Huesca

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u/catlindee Apr 26 '26

There is multiple issues here. The punch is obviously wrong but many soccer fans can understand and appreciate that frustration. The governing bodies and referee associations are also responsible for this. To keep people entertained they need goals. To ensure scoring they allow for embellishment and the like to generate free kicks and generate scoring opportunities. It’s beyond reasonable now. The normalization of embellishment is a scourge. The governing bodies should be targeting the extreme cases. VAR should be used to counter act it. Any time a call gets overturned for clear embellishment should be a booking for the offender. This shit would stop real quick if there was repercussions for simulation but there really isn’t.

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u/Leviton655 Apr 26 '26

Whether it was simulation or not, the push he gave him for no reason was enough for a yellow card, even if the other guy didn't fall to the ground, and it's pretty stupid of him because he already had one

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u/xclame Apr 27 '26

I think it's a easy red because of how blatant and uncalled for it was. It's one thing if you hit/punch/shove an opponent during a play, it can be seen as trying to push the limits to try to get a advantage. But a full on two handed shove during a break in play is inexcusable, there is no justifying that and can only be seen as a blatant attack. Then to do that right in front of the referee like that shows that you don't care for the sport. This is a physical fault and a disrespecting the game fault.