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After watching that video, I think it just makes Holgate look like a bit of a rubbish footballer.
I think he’s just run in and swung his leg through and completely missed the ball - (because he’s a bit crap(?)) - and therefore kicked the player instead.
If he actually kicked the ball, the ball would be between him and the player, but he’s nowhere near it. I don’t even think he’s gone for the player on purpose, he’s just totally misjudged everything about trying to kick the football. Sometimes you see a reckless lunge that a player should never have attempted because it was always going to have a potential for causing injury, but here it only ends up being so shocking because he makes such a mess of the basic skill of trying to kick a rolling football.
If he’d actually swung his foot through where the ball was, I don’t think it would have been a reckless challenge, (because the ball was nowhere near Mitoma’s leg!), but he’s missed by that much he’s nearly bust the lad in two.
It wasn’t a stupid ball to go for.
It wasn’t a ‘vicious’, angry challenge.
It wasn’t the sort of illegal jumping two-footed lunge that everyone knows is outlawed.
It looked like just an incredibly crap attempt to kick the football that missed by so much his foot ends up smashing into his opponent’s thigh in an obviously dangerous (red card) way.
I think he’s just run in and swung his leg through and completely missed the ball - (because he’s a bit crap(?)) - and therefore kicked the player instead.
If he actually kicked the ball, the ball would be between him and the player, but he’s nowhere near it. I don’t even think he’s gone for the player on purpose, he’s just totally misjudged everything about trying to kick the football. Sometimes you see a reckless lunge that a player should never have attempted because it was always going to have a potential for causing injury, but here it only ends up being so shocking because he makes such a mess of the basic skill of trying to kick a rolling football.
If he’d actually swung his foot through where the ball was, I don’t think it would have been a reckless challenge, (because the ball was nowhere near Mitoma’s leg!), but he’s missed by that much he’s nearly bust the lad in two.
It wasn’t a stupid ball to go for.
It wasn’t a ‘vicious’, angry challenge.
It wasn’t the sort of illegal jumping two-footed lunge that everyone knows is outlawed.
It looked like just an incredibly crap attempt to kick the football that missed by so much his foot ends up smashing into his opponent’s thigh in an obviously dangerous (red card) way.