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Old Wed May 20, 2009, 08:50pm
Nevadaref Nevadaref is offline
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When the defender has been beaten and is out of position, escalating the penalty should he foul makes perfect sense to me.

He should have to make a choice. He can let his opponent go unchallenged for an easy score or he try to make a desperation play knowing that he is risking a harsher penalty should he fail.

Soccer handles this concept very well by issuing yellow cards for deliberate tactical fouls and even red cards when the foul is committed by the last defender and the attacker has an obvious goal scoring opportunity.
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