Belief in many games we have now reached the level of handball or basketball. Football is no longer a contact sport.
I play football and basketball in the club and I’m sorry, but this perception that basketball is a contactless sport is just not true, and especially not when I compare it with football.
Overall, more is allowed in football when it comes to contact, but this is a difference between worlds in terms of intensity. In football (where it also hurts more, of course, of course, of course, but the same impact on the game) is basically a foul on the foot (whether intent or not), I have never experienced this in basketball. Even one leg on the opponent’s thigh is always foul in football, you can get a elbow in basketball without a foul, just to name a few examples. And I’m not talking about the behavior of the players yet, that’s a difference from day and night.
In football, the rules simply have to change completely, especially in the referee. A soccer field is 16 – 17 times as large as a basketball field and in the basketball whistle on a professional level three referees, in football there are usually 4 officials. In addition, there are twice as many players in football (excluding TWS) who can be in the field of vision. There is fundamentally wrong with the relationship, which means that the referees can perceive less in comparison and rely more on the reaction of the players, which in turn promotes acting.
Instead of only criticizing the referees, you should therefore rather criticize DFL / DFB, UEFA, FIFA or what do I know who is responsible for the competition and its referee for the defects in the referee. The training is too bad, the salary is rarely enough for a full -time job, referees are constantly exposed to insults and possible violence …
These are the points that have to get better (especially the last two), so that you have more referees, what you can make for more referees per game (MMN alone you need at least two referees on the field), which in turn ensures that you have a better division of area and referee and then also ensure a better view of the referee, which can make it possible to make it completely in the long term and that the referee can be completely not only have to rely in part and partially on their feeling.
I know I’m a bit off here, but it simply fit by comparing you with basketball at the point.