I caught a little of the Inter-Tottenham game from yesterday. Just after halftime FSC showed a graphic indicating there were only six fouls committed in the entire first half. SIX! For a top-flight football match this is pretty remarkable. That's an average of one foul every 7 1/2 minutes. Over the entire 90 minutes the ref, Victor Kassai, blew for fifteen fouls, ten on Tottenham, five on Inter. The average then comes down to a foul every six minutes, still not bad at all.
That's the first stat. The second stat is that the same referee gave six yellow cards. Three to each team, two in the first half, four in the second. Some of these cards, it appears, were for diving, dissent, maybe even time wasting although I'm not completely sure on the last one. However, it's strange that in a game of so few fouls there were so many cards.
Unfortunately I was not able to watch the entire game, or even most of it. Did any of you get to watch it and what were your thoughts? The good news - there is a whole new slate of Champions League games on today.
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