Wycombe Wanderers star Luke Leahy fell sufferer to a brand new rule just lately introduced into soccer.
Leahy obtained a reserving within the eighty fifth minute of his facet’s 1-0 away victory over Bradford City within the English Football League trophy. However, few knew why he obtained a reserving, because the ball was not but in play and there didn’t look like any indicators of an off the ball trade.
However, the social media workforce for the League One facet sarcastically took to social media to verify he had been booked for drying the ball on a steward’s high-visibility jacked. Despite the punishment being voted via final summer time, followers have been livid with the reserving.
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When the ball went out of play, Leahy picked it up and dried it on the again of a steward’s jacket. He was rapidly given a yellow card by the official.
Law 2.8 of the EFL’s legal guidelines state: “No Club shall be entitled to utilise towels or other articles (including articles obtained from spectators) to dry footballs during any Play-Off Match.”
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The rule was introduced in as a method to hurry up play and make sure the ball was not out on the sidelines being dried for too lengthy. Despite the rule being introduced in rapidly, soccer followers aren’t impressed by it.
“Game has well and truly gone,” stated one reasonably upset fan. A second put: “Just wondering what FA rule that comes under…..ref was awful tonight only beaten in awfulness by the pitch and our ability to control the ball.”
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A 3rd added: “Game’s in the mud man,” earlier than a fourth then sarcastically wrote: “Football. There’s just no sport like it.”
An much more upset fifth fan then stated: “Players are now genuinely being booked simply for drying a football. Yeah, this sport is well and truly dead if you are being booked for that, pathetic!”