UEFA tells referees to get tough on
cheats
Friday, February 09, 2007, 17:56:28 HRS
View of the Geneva Lake from the UEFA headquarters. European
football's governing body has said that referees have been
instructed to clamp down on player protests and cheating in the
forthcoming knockout rounds of the Champions League and UEFA
Cup.
European football's governing body has said that referees have been
instructed to clamp down on player protests and cheating in the
forthcoming knockout rounds of the Champions League and UEFA
Cup.
"We have to stop this type of behaviour," said UEFA Referees'
Committee member Hugh Dallas on the UEFA's website.
"Confrontation now is becoming a bigger problem in our game. It's
tactical, it's deliberate."
Dallas told leading referees at a course Thursday that players who
mob the referee, and not only the initial offender, should be
sanctioned, as well as those who run across the pitch to join an
incident.
Excessive physical contact with the referee warranted more than a
yellow card, he added.
Dallas also reiterated instructions about booking players who feign
being fouled, warning that some players were refining their
simulation skills during training.
"Why are they becoming very good at it? Because they are practising
on the training ground how to cheat," he said. "We must drive this
out of the game."
Impose On Players Like Ronaldo ,
Deco........etc
