Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates with his Crystal Palace teammates (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Brighton were recently awarded a penalty against Crystal Palace in the Premier League when Georginio Rutter was brought down in the penalty area.
However, the VAR decided to overturn the penalty after assessing the incident. It looked like Rutter came into the area with a clear dive. Initially the referee decided to punish Jaydee Canvot for his foul on the Brighton attacker, but upon review it became clear that the Brighton star played for the decision.
Georginio Rutter deserved a severe punishment
Keith Hackett has now suggested the player should have received a harsher punishment for his dive. He believes that yellow cards are not enough punishment for players who have a tendency to dive at every opportunity. The lack of a good penalty is a motivation for players to cheat when it comes to contact in the box.
Hackett has urged PGMOL to take further action to discourage cheating in the game.
Examples must be set
Speak with Football insiderHackett said: “The only way you are going to solve the simulation is with a one-match ban. I would like to see a review panel, which meets weekly, and where acts of simulation are not dealt with by referees they should be flagged, and a review panel should take a retrospective approach to sanctioning.”
“If they keep getting away with it, they will. We’re at a point where the slightest contact, instead of the player going ahead and shooting on goal, he goes to the ground and wants a penalty. There’s no incentive not to do it. A yellow card is not enough. There’s almost an incentive to go to the ground.”
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace will be happy that VAR ruled out the referees’ penalty. Rutter will be fully aware of what he did to win a penalty for Brighton, and one can only hope he doesn’t repeat these acts of simulation in the future.
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