When I do soccer I have a tool that I use to help decide whether I should give a yellow card or a red card for an 'orange' offense -- one which I could go either way. I ask myself, "Could this foul/action happen again and I would not lose control of the game?" If yes, probably yellow. If no, the action demands a red card and disqualification.
I have a flagrant on this play. This is absolutely something you cannot let happen again, regardless of what happened earlier in the game. I think this is flagrant in the first minute and the last minute.
I don't say this often but these refs did a great job of controlling the situation. As these videos go we don't often get an opportunity to say that. Well done guys.
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