Originally posted by Mr_Trek:The thing is. The overly-excessive violence from the GK is not excusable either. He could've easily just tackled the guy to the ground and held him there 'til security arrived one second later.
Only problem is, it's not his job to tackle the guy and hold him down until security arrives. He's in the middle of a match, and all of the sudden there's this drunk idiot throwing himself at him. I was impressed he didn't punch the security guards that showed up once the guy was down. You can see he isn't sure who is running up behind him, and he braces himself to punch the guard before he realizes who the guard really is.
Understandable that the ref had to card him (given the letter of the law), but I think you have to penalize Ajax financially for not having a better control on their security. You really can't start awarding points to a team when something like this happens though, because who's to say a fan of AZ didn't show up, "attack" an AZ player only to get 3 cheap and easy points out of the situation. Unlikely, but possible....
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