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Originally Posted by goddfather40
He was going for the ball
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No, you don't dropkick the ball. In the replay it looks like he was trying to break the ankles of the italian player.
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Originally Posted by goddfather40
In fact, he even got a small piece of the ball.
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no, the ball was gone
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Originally Posted by goddfather40
The second red card (actually a second yellow) was similar, Pope was late, but got a large bit of the ball and it was again a tackle from the side, not behind.
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Well, since that would have been Popes second yellow Card which equals a Red Card. so I think that was also OK (if the foul was worthy of a yellow card).
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