Just look at TV footage from around the domestic leagues,
from around Europe and from the rest of the world. It is a problem in almost every game
that we see. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo appeal to match officials week in, week
out that they are being held.
Referees have been tasked with clamping down on the
offence but it is a thankless undertaking as professional footballers are often well
practiced in disguising their pulls on shirts. Sergio Ramos, Gerard Piqué, Virgil van Dijk,
Toby Alderweireld and their ilk are rarely caught with a handful of an opponent’s shirt
by the ref but TV cameras show that they are serial offenders – almost every corner and
set-piece sees them wrestling with an opposing player – but the offence is so difficult to
detect accurately.
At least it was until now!
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