Five-minute penalty kick against DiDomenico causes discussions

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21st minute of Thursday’s game in Kloten. Chris DiDomenico sends towards Kloten defender Flurin Randegger, starts checking and catches his opponent in the back. In the replay you see how DiDomenico’s elbow goes up after the check. Was this a natural movement due to the energy of the impact? Or did DiDo help with his elbow and deliberately slap Randegger again?

After consulting the video images, the referees pronounce a five-minute time penalty. However without exclusion. But the damage is also enormous for SCB: Kloten uses the big penalty kick for two goals and thus sets course for victory.

Moser: Then there are 10 players out

SCB captain Simon Moser interprets the scene differently than the referee. If that really had been a hefty penalty, the referees “should have drawn their line through it. But then 10 players would be out,” says Moser. And: you have to let the players decide the games.

Tobias Wehrli, a retired referee who is always looking for an expertise for MySports, supports his former colleagues and speaks of the right decision.

Does the spark plug Chris DiDomenico now also have a target on the back of the referee? Or is the brilliant Canadian just unable to express his emotions?

One thing is clear: for any opponent, DiDomenico is a very easy target, bump into it once – and the fuse will burn. What is also clear: if you can’t take anything, you won’t necessarily get far in the (pre-) play-offs.

Source : Blick