Friday 7 December 2007

Rule of the game - celebrating a goal

Skimmed through the new game rules that just now have been decided by the Swedish Football Association. And there's one rule that have always fascinated me - when they punish a goalscorer for celebrating too much. The whole thing is really silly, especially when you consider that the whole issue have been examined by a number of people on the FA, probably in several meetings. I cannot in my wildest fantasy understand how it's possible to use so much energy to suppress happiness (which is the immediate and fully understandable reaction of a goalscorer).

Here's what the FA has concluded. Don't laugh:


A player will be issued a warning (yellow card) if he when he celebrates a goal:
- Removes his shirt, completely or partly
- Climbs on the fences against the stands
- If he covers his head or face with a mask or a similar object
(Has anybody seen that? I haven't, so post a link to youtube or whereever.)

Now, imagine yourself in the starting lineup of your favorite team. You're a striker, and it's a big game; like a derby or whatever. You score, no, you score the decider in the last shivering seconds of the game. Happy? Ecstatic? Do you really, really wanna celebrate the goal? Ah, now, you can't do that. It's not allowed. Sure, you can run around or jump in a big pile with your team mates, but you can't pull off your shirt, not even partly, and you can sure as hell not climb the fences to the supporters.

I think silly is not the right word for it. It's more than silly, it's utterly ridiculous.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

dont you remember in the world cup when some ecuadorian guy put on a superman mask to celebrate his goal?

thats probably what the mask things comes from at least.

good rule actually. shouldnt be sissy-rugby celebrations after a goal..

 

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