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The player pulls the opponent's shirt for a third of the length of the field

Published:2023-09-05 By Nhật Tảo(MetaSports) Comments
Norway Sandefjord Club striker Danilo Al-Saed was given a yellow card for holding on to his opponent's shirt for more than 30 meters to prevent a counterattack in the 2-3 loss to Odd BK on September 3.

In the 57th minute of the match in round 20 of the Norwegian championship, when the score was 2-2, after an unsuccessful siege by Sandefjord, the host Odd counterattacked quickly. The ball was brought to the position of Dennis Gjengaar for the midfielder to lead quickly from the center to the top.

In this situation, almost all Sandefjord players moved into the opponent's field, leaving only goalkeeper Hugo Keto in the home field.

Realizing that the risk was too great if Gjengaar brought the ball beyond the center circle, Al-Saed accepted bad play, pulling his shirt to prevent the opposing midfielder. But even though Al-Saed pulled hard, Gjengaar still dribbled the ball, dragging his opponent about 30 meters, almost to the center of the field.

This situation only ended when Al-Saed realized that many of his teammates had already retreated to the home field, so he let go and stopped pulling Gjengaar's shirt. Midfielder Odd's subsequent pass to the right wing to his teammates was unsuccessful. The referee also blew the whistle, then gave Al-Saed a yellow card.

Before the stubborn foul on Gjengaar, Al-Saed was the brightest star on the Sandefjord side. This 24-year-old Chilean-Iraqi left winger assisted teammate Franklin Daddys Boy Nyenetue to open the score in the 15th minute, then scored himself in the 44th minute.

However, the efforts of Al-Saed and his teammates were not enough to help Sandefjord earn points. Between situations where Al-Saed assisted and scored, Odd scored two goals in a row thanks to Faniel Tewelde in the 33rd minute and then Filip Rønningen Jørgensen in the 43rd minute. In the 85th minute, Solomon Owusu scored to seal a 3-2 victory for Odd.

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