Re: Ask me about being a FIFA-certified soccer referee
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Yeti > IMHO because football is one of the most simple team games. You only have a few rules (comparing to rubgy, basketball, volleyball...) and basically everyone watching/being involved in a game thinks he could be better than the referee (I'm no exception). These simple rules are part of what makes football the most popular sport worldwide.
The only tricky rule, as said OP, is the positional offside when the guy isn't involved in the action.
BTW line of the week in french 1st division :
Coach of the team standing in the bottom : "Referring has been ugly blablablah"
Referee : "If he was in my place, there would be a riot every single week. If I was in his place... Well it couldn't be worse, as they are already on the bottom"
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The referee was out of line and unprofessional to make those sort of comments in a public forum, but that's still one of the funniest things I've heard all week. I have to admit that that IS the sort of thing we referees say to each other behind closed doors when no one outside the fraternity is around. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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