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Heerenveen boss Robin van Persie was left exasperated after match officials mistakenly allowed Fortuna Sittard to field 12 players against his side on Saturday.
"I find what preceded that goal very special," Van Persie said post-match. "Fortuna Sittard had 12 men on the field for a minute before that throw-in. Apparently that is allowed and possible. You can't imagine that? That it is simply allowed.
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/...-referee-error
For a Professional game thats pretty rough.
CSB: I was coaching a youth game one time and for whatever reason the Leagu was having trouble getting Refs to show up, so normally you'd abandon the match and re-schedule but it got to a point where the coaches had to Ref one half each because they were just running out of time to get these matches played.
So one match we're up against this team and they've got this Croatian coach who did just an appalling job of the first half and now its my turn.
They're about to go on the attack and I blow the whistle.
"Why? Why you stop game?"
You've got 13 players on the pitch.
"No! No! I....oh....mistake, I promise!! Mistake!"
Happens again. Blow the whistle.
"What? You trying to cheat us out of game??"
Dude...you have got 13 players on the pitch. Count them! You can count cant you son? You're like 30 years older than me!
Ugh...what a pain that was. I give Refs a lot more respect after that crap, thats a tough gig.
