A NEW king of club football in the country is set to be crowned after Global was ousted from the Philippine Football Federation-Smart Club Championships following its shock 1-0 quarterfinal loss to Ceres at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.
Global owner Dan Palami said his team lacked offensive bite, although he was also quick to give credit to their Negros Occidental-based opponent’s defense in the defeat that ended their reign as champion.
“We have to congratulate Ceres for a sturdy defense especially their goalkeeper who had a lot of saves,” he said. “Of course, when there’s a combination of good goalkeeping and poor finishing, then it’s a bad combination for us. I think we should have done better.”
“We should have to take this bitter pill, learn from it, and look forward to the (UFL) League,” added the businessman from Tacloban, who also manages the Philippine men’s football team. “It’s back to the drawing board. Basically, everything was right except the finishing.”
Palami also rued some questionable calls, saying his team will write a letter addressed to the PFF, the referees, and the match commissioners to point out the mistakes.
Palami made special mention of two instances, first when the officials seemed to have cut stoppage time short after they signaled a four-minute time added on; and second, when a Ceres booter was not given a double yellow card after he didn’t go to a stretcher when he asked for it late in the first half.
“We will write a letter not to protest the result but to (remind authorities) that in this kind of game, the referees should be more, say, up to it,” Palami said.
“I don’t want to take this win away from Ceres on poor officiating but really, if we want to move forward as a league, a country, it should not only be the teams improving themselves, but most especially the officiating because you invest a lot in the teams and poor officiating takes away your chances of winning.
"Palami made special mention of two instances……when a Ceres booter was not given a double yellow card after he didn’t go to a stretcher when he asked for it late in the first half."
ReplyDeletePalami may have raised a valid point regarding a cut in stoppage time after the 4th official announced the 4 minute additional time. Based on FIFA Rules the announcement of additional time only indicates the minimum additional time of each period of play. The referee may go beyond the announced additional time if he deems it appropriate but may never reduce it.
On Palami’s 2nd complaint regarding a player of Ceres (Treyes) walking off the field of play instead of using the stretcher Palami’s complaint is without basis. FIFA Law 5 INJURED PLAYERS paragraph 8 reads: “as soon as the referee has authorized the doctors to enter the field of play, the player must leave the field of play, EITHER ON A STRETCHER OR BY FOOT.” So Treyes opting to walk off the field on his own to receive treatment in the sidelines instead of using the stretcher is permissible and no infraction was committed--------in this particular case the referee did not err in not issuing a yellow card against Ceres player Treyes.
So in the 2 instances the referee erred IF proven he reduced additional time and Palami also erred when he vehemently argued with the officials for the supposed failure of the referee to issue a yellow card on Treyes which could have led to the expulsion of Treyes.
Therefore, in Palami’s own words the referee was not up to it-------------but so was he.
the comment section in Bleachers' Brew- "Ceres ambushes Global, 1-0, to advance to the semis of the Smart National Club Championships" has a comprehensive take on the matter.
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