#3 Referee once again gets it painfully wrong
“As you play more, everybody will improve and that means everybody,” said Mumbai City FC coach, Alexandre Guimaraes about the standard of refereeing in the league. It’s high time that the Indian Super League addresses the dinosaur in the room. We’re half way into the tournament and on far too many occasions, the referee has played the central figure in a football match.
Kerala forward Antonio German found himself through on goal but was cynically tripped just outside the box by Chennaiyin keeper, Kerr. Instead of sending off the Jamaican, the Sri Lankan referee decided to book German for a dive.
Had the forward gone past Kerr, he would have surely scored the equaliser, with an open goal to aim at. Thankfully for Steve Coppell’s side, CK Vineeth bailed out the home side with two well-taken goals.
