Question Number: 31336

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 3/11/2017

RE: Under 19

Jacob Lee-Hart of Wallasey, Merseyside England asks...

Ok, here is an imagined scenario, I will use real teams to make it clearer. Arsenal vs VfB Stuttgart. Imagine an Arsenal player made a bad foul that should definitely be a yellow card. Advantage is played, and Stuttgart keep possession at least until the advantage is over. Arsenal win it back, go up the other end and score. But the player who scored was the one who committed the foul earlier, but he takes his shirt off to celebrate. Should he then get sent off? If so, do you just give him a straight red or show him a yellow card twice? Thanks.

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi Jacob
Thanks for your question.
The Laws of the Game allow for the referee to caution the player at the next stoppage after advantage had been played on a cautionable offence. That next stoppage is the goal. Now the player has committed a second cautionable offence at that time so the referee will show two yellow cards followed by a red card. The second card is for misconduct as defined by the LotG.
Have a look at this video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RY0DD120slk
Green commits a foul on Red and the referee plays advantage. The same Green player then commits a reckless challenge some seconds later. The referee can be clearly seen to point to two separate incidents and raises two yellow cards followed by a red card.
The same would apply in your example. I suspect though that some referees might only give the one card for the certain offence of removing the jersey. The foul challenge card is a matter of opinion and only the referee will know for certain his intentions on the card for the foul, provided of course he has not verbally said he is coming back to caution
In the video example the referee might have ignored the first foul and only cautioned the second one which was certainly a card. It s a matter for the referees integrity as to how he handles it. His game, his decision, his reputation.
For your information the laws have been updated in June of 2016. Now in the case of a red card offence where advantage is played (should only happen really in a goal scoring opportunity) the player that is to be send off may not participate again in play. Should he do so it is an IDFK from where that happens.
An example would be where a defender commits a reckless foul say 25 yards from goal which would be his 2nd caution. The attacker keeps going with advantage played and is confronted by the goalkeeper who slows him down sufficiently for the defender to recover around behind the goalkeeper and the defender stops the shot with his foot. That is now an IDFK to the attacking team where the defender stopped the ball. The defender is sent off and the restart is the IDFK.

Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

Hi Jacob,
if the advantage includes a first time yellow card caution misconduct with the foul to be awarded at the next stoppage then the subsequent involvement of that player DUE his caution is not a reason to stop play UNTIL he scores the goal which IS a reason to stop play THEN his subsequent jersey removal would constitute a 2nd cautionable action and his celebratory actions likely turn to dismay when the referee confronts him with the signalling the 1st cautionable action by showing of a yellow card pointing back to the location of the first foul earlier then raising it a 2nd time pointing at the jersey then raising the red card and sending him off.

Admittedly when applying advantage at a cautionable event I tend to try & illuminate those around (including my ARs) by verbally indicating that I WILL be cautioning, if possible by saying the name number of the player due to be cautioned, YOUR in the book ! It helps remember the player to the ARs as well as cut down retaliation if it is known he is likely to be carded . Whether the player would recall this warning upon scoring the goal and removing his jersey is a matter of conjecture but it should be no real surprise!
Cheers

Answer provided by Referee Peter Grove

Hi Jacob,
In this scenario the player should receive two yellow cards followed by a red. You should only give a straight red card if a player has committed a single offence which merits a dismissal in and of itself.

As Ref Dawson suggests it might be possible to avoid this situation by making the player aware, when playing the advantage, that you will be coming back to deal with them later.