Why has it become a crime to celebrate scoring a goal?
IT MUST be one of the most stupid rules in football. A footballer scores a goal, removes his shirt and is duly booked.
Ross Wallace scored a goal at Blues which potentially kept Preston in the play-off hunt. It was late on, it was the winner, it was a long-range free-kick and it could be the goal which keeps him and his club dreaming of the Premier League.
His reward was a second yellow card. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal which turned the Premier League title back into Manchester United's favour. Yellow card.
Scoring a goal at any level, whether in a World Cup Final or on a school field, is one of the most rewarding experiences for any footballer. Why has it become a crime?
And while we're at it, perhaps football's powers-that-be can explain why it is possible for a club to appeal a red card - which, let's face it, is usually for violent or serious foul play - yet not yellow cards?
So a player can pick up two yellow cards and be sent off yet has no right of appeal. One who gets sent off through a straight red can potentially get it over-ruled.
Bizarre.
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