Youth football
Crazy football game without a referee ends with 75 goals
Nothing works in football without a referee
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At a youth game in the Lübeck district, the referee did not appear for the game. The footballers got going anyway – a total of 75 goals were scored.
For a soccer game you need 22 players, eleven on each side – and a referee. The referee often has the most ungrateful job on the field because all the other actors are dissatisfied with his decisions. But nothing works without him. The players from two clubs in the B youth district class A13 Lübeck had to find out.
The appointed referee did not appear there for the game between 1. FC Phönix and ATSV Stockelsdorf II, reports the local portal “HL-Sports”. Accordingly, the referee himself had a job as a footballer and therefore skipped his role as a game director. In the short term, there was no substitute: none of the audience wanted to blow the whistle. So both teams played without a referee – the game ended with the crazy result of 40:35 for Phoenix.
Protest against regulations
The young footballers came to avoid punishment for the home club: Since the home club has to ensure a neutral game management according to the regulations, the game would have been rated 5-0 for the opponent had it not taken place. It didn’t seem fair if the fault wasn’t with the club. A rescheduling of the game was also not possible due to the rules. So both teams just started playing, but according to the description of “HL-Sports” they lost the desire at some point. Both goalkeepers left their posts, with 57 goals scored in the last 20 minutes of the game.
The clubs involved want the unusual football game to be understood as a protest. “It is a criticism of the rule that a youth game cannot be rescheduled even though both teams would agree not to play the game without a referee. It is not a criticism of the referees, who are truly an unenviable job in theirs Doing free time “,” HL-Sports “quotes the trainer of ATSV Stockelsdorf, Matthias Kraushaar. Assaults on referees occur again and again, especially in the amateur field.
The unusual result is likely to last, as the game ended properly. There could still be an aftermath: the score sheet was apparently not filled out. And the club of the missing referee could still face a penalty.
Source: “HL Sports”