A referee

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A referee is an authority who watches a game or match near guarantee that the principles are adhered to and to parley on issue emerging from the player

A player is an individual who plays soccer; a soccer player.

Most at times when you watch a football match you may see players gathering around the referee and arguing with him or her about a decision the referee has just made that they find it unfair on their side.

So when a referee settles makes a decision that conflicts with their team the main response to that decision can be to differ with it and need to challenge it.

At times they may also feel a strong sense of been cheated on by the referee.

If a player genuinely believes a referee has made a decision that is unfair or wrong, the player may feel an immediate desire to dispute the decision.

Because of the distance between the pitch and the stance, and also since we are watching it on a tv screen it is almost impossible to hear what they are saying to each other but we the viewers draw our conclusions from the incident that happened and the kind of gesture they show.

Throughout a game of soccer, the referee is expected to be neutral. They should not be seen or perceived to favor one side above the other.

Does the arguement change anything is the first question that we ask ourselves, but in most instance it does not make any change to occur until maybe the other officials say otherwise because They may be closer to an incident or be able to see or hear something the referee can’t, it is recently that the introduction of the the FIFA technology called Virtual Assistant referees at times the argument might cause the referee to go and check the incident again and make a final decision.

As a matter of fact a good referee will be continually communicating with the other officials during the game to aid their decision making and do their best to make the best and most accurate decisions they can.

If a referee allows the players from either team to influence the decisions they are making, then they would have lost their impartiality and would most likely be stopped from refereeing any more games until they could demonstrate their impartiality again.

Arguing with the referee can have negative consequences for the player.

When a player decides they are going to go over and argue with the referee about a decision that has been made they need to be very careful.

This is because Law 12 of the official Laws of the Game of soccer clearly shows that a player can be cautioned for showing dissent in word or action towards the referee.

When emotions are running high it can be too easy for a player to say something offensive and find themselves being cautioned because of it.

A player’s heightened emotions combined with the belief that they may be able to change a referee’s decision can often lead a player to argue with a referee.

In conclusion, it will be very good for referees and football as a whole if players should respect the decision that referees make and even when they do not agree with a decision, they should do it in a respectful manner so that at the end of the day everyone is happy, thank you.