whufc wrote:In this day and age its amazing when in that situation how many defenders still take the risk of fouling the opposition and getting the auto red despite the opposition still having to finish the goal.
More than ever teams are scoring from direct free kicks and refs are giving red cards 100% of time for those incidents.
I think defenders need to start to be willing to put on as much pressure as possible without giving away the foul, back your keeper in and stay on the park even if the opposition score, especially when your side is ahead.
Spot on, no need for the challenge. He still had work to do to finish it off and Eugene might of pulled of a cracker save. The worst thing that would happen is he scores and you are still 2-1 up with equal numbers.
Once you go down to 10 men you virtually have no hope especially so early. Even great sides struggle to hold on with a 1 man disadvantage