Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett criticizes the Scottish FA's decision to overturn Mohamed Diomande's red card for a slap against Dundee United, arguing it sets a dangerous precedent. Hackett calls for clarification on striking offences from the IFAB.
Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande was fortunate to see the red card he was shown for a slap in his side’s win over Dundee United overturned, Keith Hackett has insisted.that Scottish FA referees chief Willie Collum may need to hold talks with law makers IFAB over their interpretation of the incident.
It emerged that during those conversations, the two VAR officials, including Don Robertson, had deemed the contact made by Diomande on Holt was “negligible”, and should have been a yellow card.But after reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor during the game, referee Nick Walsh chose to stick with his original decision to send off the
“The fact that someone has decided that a slap is not a striking offence is setting a dangerous precedent.
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